In 1980 and 1981, Rosetta Reitz organized a tribute to the "Women of Jazz" at Avery Fisher Hall as part of the Newport Jazz Festival. Called "The Blues is a Woman", the program, narrated by Carmen McRae, featured music by Adelaide Hall, Big Mama Thornton, Nell Carter and Koko Taylor.

July 02, 1980

Jazz Alive

FM > Nakamichi 600 tape deck (best guess) > Maxell UD cassette tape > cleaned and demagnitzed (before each tape) Nakamichi 680Zx > Realtk HD sound card > Sound Forge > Adobe Audition (slight tape hiss removal) > Izotope Ozone 5 > Flac Frontend Level 8 > Dime

Dick Hyman, piano and leader
Doc Cheatham, trumpet
Vic Dickenson, trombone
Kenny Davern, clarinet
Bill Pemberton, bass
Panama Francis, drums

Billy Taylor, MC

01 Introduction Billy Taylor
02 Carmen McRae Opens the Show
03 Linda Hopkins sings Bessie Smith
A. Out In The Cold
B. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
04 Little Brother Montgomery
A. pinao solo
05 Little Brother Montgomery and Sippie Wallace
A. You Got to Know How
B. Hard Born Momma

Tape Flip

06 Little Brother Montgomery and Sippie Wallace
c. Like a Jelly Roll
07 Nell Carter to sings Ma Rainey
A. Trust No Man
08 Nell Carter to sings Ida Cox
A. Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
09 Nell Carter to sings Alberta Hunter
A. Sugar
10. Adelaide Hall
A. Don't Worry About Me
B. I Can Give You Anything but Love, Baby
11. Carmen McRae introduces Sharon Freeman
A. Lils Boogie

TT: 59:44

Tape Two

A. Lils Boogie

12. Carmen McRae introduces Big Mama Thornton w/Jay McShann
A. Rock Me, Baby
B. You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog
13. Carmen McRae introduces Beulah Bryant w/Jay McShann
A. Fever
B. Let's Go to T Town
14. Carmen McRae introduces Koko Taylor and her Blues Machine
A. You Can Have My Husband
B. Let The Good Times Roll
C. Wang Dang Doddle

15. Billy Taylor outro

tt: 48:11

Total time: 107:55


Note: This is old school FM tuning so the first few seconds is me tuning the dial to find the correct signal. No push button techonology here. After the first few seconds the signal is great.

Note 2: Here is the info for the inserted photo:
Rosetta Reitz with the performers (Carmen McRae, featured music by Adelaide Hall, Big Mama Thornton, Nell Carter, and Koko Taylor) of the Blues Is a Woman Concert at the Newport Jazz Festival at Avery Fisher Hall. Copyright Barbara Weinberg Barefield; (standing, l to r): Koko Taylor, Linda Hopkins, George Wein, Rosetta Reitz, Adelaide Hall, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Mama Thornton, Beulah Bryant; (seated, l to r): Sharon Freeman, Sippie Wallace, Nell Carter

Note 3: This is my best guess at the date. My tapes are marked 1981 but I'm guessing Jazz Alive would not get the tapes out that quickly. If this is the 1981 show I'm happy to change the date. Plus, I did not find the exact date for the '81 date.

Mike Adams
03/12/2014
cowgill.music "at" gmail




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