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Live at City Blues

Nap Turner
Live at City Blues

At age 14, inspired by the burgeoning jazz and blues scene of Washington, D.C's 14th and U Streets in the mid 1940's, Nap Turner built his own bass from a five-gallon Pepsi syrup can, wood floorboards, and a clothesline. It is with this instrument that Turner got his start playing the city's clubs, coming into contact with the likes of Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker, and Gene Ammons. In the ensuing decades, Turner would struggle to develop his craft while battling drug addiction, eventually kicking his habit in the 1970's and re-integrating himself into the city's music scene as an award-winning DJ for Washington's premier Jazz station, WPFW. Having never released recordings before 1995, Live at City Blues marked Turner's first solo album and features his exceptional interpretations of Jimmy Reed, E.J. White, and his chief influence, Percy Mayfield.

Track Listing

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Going Down Slow (Live) Nap Turner 07:30
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Walking on a Tightrope (Live) Nap Turner 03:34
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Good Morning Blues (Live) Nap Turner 07:17
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Street Walking Woman (Live) Nap Turner 03:47
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Highway's Like a Woman (Live) Nap Turner 06:44
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Painful Party (Live) Nap Turner 04:55
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Lover and the Married Woman (Live) Nap Turner 06:48
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The Hunt Is On (Live) Nap Turner 04:23
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Room with a View (Live) Nap Turner 05:47
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Baby What You Want Me to Do (Live) Nap Turner 04:45
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Wedding Pledge (Live) Nap Turner 04:43