Episode 49: A Special Relationship
Sunday, 16th December 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
John Purser explores aspects of the relationship between Scottish and American music in James Dillon’s and Alasdair Nicolson’s works inspired by New York City, a ragtime fugue by David Johnson, Gordon McPherson’s dreaming of California via Phoenix, William Burroughs-style cut-ups in John Lunn’s Jazz Pointilliste, The Average White Band’s funk musings on transatlantic touring and Tam White’s masterly riposte to Muddy Waters’ assertion that white men can’t sing the blues.
Episode Playlist
- James Dillon - East 11th St NY 10003
Music Projects/London Richard Bernas, conductor
CD East 11th St
NMC d004 Track 1 - Alasdair Nicolson - 42nd Street Stomp
Joanna MacGregor
CD Play
Sound Circle SC007 Track 1 - David Johnson - Prelude and Fugue 7
Ian Hobson
CD 12 Preludes & Fugues for Piano
Zephyr Z113-98 Track 13-14 - John Lunn – Jazz Pointilliste
Paul Hindmarsh, tenor William Sweeney, clarinet Jack Keaney, piano
BBC recording - Gordon McPherson - Phoenix
Psappha
CD Detours
Metier MSV CD92073 CD 1 Track 5 - Gorrie/Stuart/Ball/Duncan/McIntyre/Ferrone: Person to Person
The Average White Band
CD The White Album
Columbia 5134132 Track 4 - Tam White - Stonemason’s Blues
Tam White, vocal/acoustic guitar Fraser Spiers, harmonica Neil Warden, guitar
CD Tam White’s Shoestring
Greentrax G2CD 7002 Track 9
