TRUE BLUE: Ray Blue

Episode 10 of the Bevin Turnbull/Turn-Tay-Bull Podcasting podcast, hosted by Bevin Turnbull, titled "TRUE BLUE: Ray Blue" was published on May 13, 2021 and runs 18 minutes.

May 13, 2021 ·18m · Bevin Turnbull/Turn-Tay-Bull Podcasting

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Summary

A relaxed conversation with the world-renowned, Ray Blue--tenor saxophonist, composer and educator. This episode kicks off with one of my original themes, MONTSERRAT (where my maternal grandparents were from) then segues into Ray's title cut, WORK. The rhythmic similarity is striking, yet I feature synthesizers while Ray remains true blue to acoustic piano and live drums accompanying him.  One would hardly guess that I only met Ray about a month ago, where I sat in on trumpet with his group in Peekskill, New York. That day one of the first things I said to him was notwithstanding his own personal style, that he reminded me of George Coleman, who played sax with Miles Davis in the 1960s. He seemed kind of flattered, telling me, "George is my teacher. I recently had my regular lesson with him!" Ray underscores our talk with his renditions of standards--EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME and finally, THAT'S ALL. Our customary closing is of course, CLOCKTIME by B. Turnbull.

Episode Description

A relaxed conversation with the world-renowned, Ray Blue--tenor saxophonist, composer and educator. This episode kicks off with one of my original themes, MONTSERRAT (where my maternal grandparents were from) then segues into Ray's title cut, WORK. The rhythmic similarity is striking, yet I feature synthesizers while Ray remains true blue to acoustic piano and live drums accompanying him.

One would hardly guess that I only met Ray about a month ago, where I sat in on trumpet with his group in Peekskill, New York. That day one of the first things I said to him was notwithstanding his own personal style, that he reminded me of George Coleman, who played sax with Miles Davis in the 1960s. He seemed kind of flattered, telling me, "George is my teacher. I recently had my regular lesson with him!"

Ray underscores our talk with his renditions of standards--EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME and finally, THAT'S ALL.

Our customary closing is of course, CLOCKTIME by B. Turnbull.