{"id":8328,"date":"2021-11-12T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T10:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2021-11-12T22:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:58:47","slug":"episode-115-jules-bledsoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/12\/episode-115-jules-bledsoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 115. Jules Bledsoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 115.  Jules Bledsoe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=446-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Freddye-on-the-boat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Freddye-on-the-boat.png 462w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Freddye-on-the-boat-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><figcaption>That&#8217;s Freddy in the background!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I present an important African American artist who has been nearly forgotten by history: the bass-baritone Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943). He is most remembered for creating the role of Joe in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II\u2019s <em>Show Boat<\/em>, but he was equally celebrated in his time for his memorable concerts, which took place both here and in Europe, and for his operatic portrayals, most significantly, the title role in Louis Gruenberg\u2019s opera <em>The Emperor Jones<\/em>, based on the play by Eugene O\u2019Neill, which he portrayed both in the United States and in Europe. When this opera premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1933, the legendary baritone Lawrence Tibbett created the title role (in blackface). Barred from singing at the Met because of his race, Bledsoe took his portrayal of Brutus Jones on the road, performing it in a triumphant European tour, but also subsequently in New York in 1934 under the aegis of the short-lived Aeolian Opera Company, which was intended to provide performing opportunities for Black opera singers, but which folded almost immediately. Jules Bledsoe was also a composer who wrote many songs and arrangements of spirituals, as well as a version of Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin entitled <em>Bondage<\/em>, as well as his own operatic setting of O\u2019Neill\u2019s <em>Emperor Jones<\/em>, which may or may not have been performed at the time. Even less well-known and acknowledged is that Jules Bledsoe was a gay man in a relationship with a Dutch white man named Freddy Huygens who at the time of Bledsoe\u2019s premature death was referred to as either his \u201cmanager\u201d or his \u201cclosest friend.\u201d I present examples of all the extant recorded material I could find by Jules Bledsoe, alongside recorded examples of work by his collaborators Abbie Mitchell, Irene Dunne, Anne Roselle, Marie Powers, Todd Duncan and excerpts from the work of composers W. Franke Harling, Shirley Graham Du Bois, and Louis Gruenberg performed by Jeanette MacDonald, Valaida Snow, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, and Lawrence Tibbett. Billie Holiday even puts in a special appearance! The episode also includes tributes to the recently departed British soprano Joan Carlyle and the US-American bass-baritone Jake Gardner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Joan-Carlyle-as-Arabella.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Joan-Carlyle-as-Arabella.png 739w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Joan-Carlyle-as-Arabella-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Tippett: Sweet was the peace (<em>The Midsummer Marriage<\/em>). Joan Carlyle, Colin Davis, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jake-Gardner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jake-Gardner.jpg 349w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jake-Gardner-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilhelm Grosz, Jean Toomer [German translation by Josef Luitpold Stern]: Lied der Baumwollpacker (<em>Afrika-Songs<\/em>). Jake Gardner, Robert Ziegler, Matrix Ensemble [1997]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Joe.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Joe.png 409w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Joe-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: Ol\u2019 Man River (<em>Show Boat<\/em>). Jules Bledsoe [from soundtrack to 1929 film version of Show Boat]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Billie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Billie.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Billie-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Billie-768x610.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberta Nichols, Mann Holiner: Your Mother\u2019s Son-in-Law. Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra [1933]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-at-Piano-snapshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-at-Piano-snapshot.png 977w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-at-Piano-snapshot-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-at-Piano-snapshot-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Du bist die Ruh\u2019, D. 776. Jules Bledsoe, unknown orchestra and conductor [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jeanette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jeanette.jpg 425w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jeanette-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling: Beyond the Blue Horizon. Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Russell Bennett, RCA Victor Orchestra [1950]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Valaida-Snow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Valaida-Snow.png 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Valaida-Snow-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Valaida-Snow-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>W. Franke Harling, Sam Coslow: Sing, You Sinners (<em>Honey<\/em>). Valaida Snow [1935]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-headshot.png 953w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-headshot-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-headshot-768x618.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Poor Mourner. Jules Bledsoe [unknown recording date]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-mirror-snapshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-mirror-snapshot.png 991w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-mirror-snapshot-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-mirror-snapshot-768x553.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Gonna Shout All Over God\u2019s Heaven. Jules Bledsoe [unknown recording date]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8587\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8587\" class=\"wp-image-8587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot2.png 878w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot2-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot2-768x660.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8588\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8588\" class=\"wp-image-8588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot3.png 862w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot3-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot3-768x681.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"881\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot5.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8590\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot5.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8590\" class=\"wp-image-8590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot5.png 881w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot5-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot5-768x669.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8589\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot4.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8589\" class=\"wp-image-8589 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot4.png 880w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot4-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Southland-screenshot4-768x667.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Turner Layton, Henry Creamer: Dear Old Southland [adapted from Deep River]. Jules Bledsoe [Path\u00e9 Short 1932]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-studio-portrait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-studio-portrait.png 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-studio-portrait-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Deep River. Jules Bledsoe [unknown recording date]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Irene-Dunne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Irene-Dunne.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Irene-Dunne-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Irene-Dunne-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds: They Didn\u2019t Believe Me (<em>The Girl from Utah<\/em>). Irene Dunne, Victor Young and His Orchestra [1941]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-snapshot-with-books.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-snapshot-with-books.png 625w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-snapshot-with-books-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Bledsoe: Does I Love You? Jules Bledsoe, unknown conductor and orchestra [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Freddye.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Freddye.png 830w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Freddye-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Freddye-768x527.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><figcaption>I&#8217;m pretty sure this is Jules and Freddy together.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Leh\u00e1r, Andr\u00e9 Mauprey, Jean Marietti: Je t\u2019ai donn\u00e9 mon c\u0153ur [Dein ist mein ganzes Herz] (<em>Le pays de sourire<\/em> [<em>Das Land des L\u00e4chelns<\/em>]). Jules Bledsoe, Armand Bernard, Orchestre Ultraphone [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Young-Headshot-Damaged.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Young-Headshot-Damaged.png 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Young-Headshot-Damaged-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ange Fl\u00e9gier, Alfred de Vigny: Le cor. Jules Bledsoe, Armand Bernard, Orchestre Ultraphone [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Shirley-Graham-Du-Bois.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Shirley-Graham-Du-Bois.png 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Shirley-Graham-Du-Bois-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shirley Graham Du Bois: Excerpt from <em>Tom-Tom<\/em>. Markel Reed, Kyle Walker [2020]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Anne-Roselle-as-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Anne-Roselle-as-Aida.jpg 435w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Anne-Roselle-as-Aida-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: O patria mia (<em>Aida<\/em>). Anne Roselle [1928]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Marie-Powers-Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Marie-Powers-Portrait.jpg 578w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Marie-Powers-Portrait-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Felix Schumann: Meine Liebe ist gr\u00fcn, Op. 63\/8. Marie Powers, Frank La Forge [1951]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Abbie-Mitchell.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8599\" width=\"414\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Abbie-Mitchell.png 332w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Abbie-Mitchell-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: Summertime (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Abbie Mitchell, Frank Black, NBC Symphony Orchestra [radio broadcast 1935]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Todd-Duncan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Todd-Duncan.png 522w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Todd-Duncan-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson: Lost in the Stars (<em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Maurice Levine [1949]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adelio-Zagonara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adelio-Zagonara.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adelio-Zagonara-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Adelio Zagonara<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Louis Gruenberg, Kathleen de Jaffa, unknown Italian translator: Excerpt from <em>The Emperor Jones<\/em>. Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Adelio Zagonara<a>, <\/a>Gianandrea Gavazzeni,<a> <\/a>Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell\u2019Opera di Roma [live Rome 23 December 1951]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tibbett-and-Gruenberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tibbett-and-Gruenberg.jpg 373w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tibbett-and-Gruenberg-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><figcaption>Lawrence Tibbett and Louis Gruenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Louis Gruenberg, Kathleen de Jaffa: Standin\u2019 in the Need of Prayer (<em>The Emperor Jones<\/em>). Lawrence Tibbett, Orchestra conducted by Wilfred Pelletier [1933]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Jones.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8603\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Jones.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8603\" class=\"wp-image-8603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Jones.png 916w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Jones-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-as-Jones-768x641.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Brutus-Jones.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8604\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Brutus-Jones.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8604\" class=\"wp-image-8604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Brutus-Jones.png 351w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Brutus-Jones-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Emperor-Jones-poster.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8605\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Emperor-Jones-poster.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8605\" class=\"wp-image-8605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Emperor-Jones-poster.png 362w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Emperor-Jones-poster-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Jones.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8606\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Jones.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=8606\" class=\"wp-image-8606 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Jones.png 304w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Jones-172x300.png 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-singing-cowboy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-singing-cowboy.png 994w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-singing-cowboy-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-singing-cowboy-768x586.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: He Rose from the Dead. Jules Bledsoe [unknown recording date]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Doggy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Doggy.png 970w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Doggy-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-Doggy-768x591.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Wake Up, Jacob. Jules Bledsoe [unknown recording date]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"919\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-telephone.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-telephone.png 919w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-telephone-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-and-telephone-768x638.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional: Water Boy. Jules Bledsoe, unknown pianist [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Rolls-1024x586.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Rolls-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Rolls-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Rolls-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Rolls.png 1337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Jules Bledsoe, unknown pianist [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Gaiety-theatre-poster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Gaiety-theatre-poster.png 579w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-with-Gaiety-theatre-poster-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: Ol\u2019 Man River (<em>Show Boat<\/em>). Jules Bledsoe [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jules-and-Eleanor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jules-and-Eleanor.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jules-and-Eleanor-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Jules Bledsoe and Eleanor Roosevelt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-in-clown-costume.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-in-clown-costume.jpg 570w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-in-clown-costume-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption>As Tonio in <em>Pagliacci<\/em>, perhaps? Or just dressed as a creepy clown&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Amonasro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8616\" width=\"489\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Amonasro.png 367w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Amonasro-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><figcaption>As Amonasro<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Grave-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Grave-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Grave-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Grave-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Bledsoe-Grave.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 115. Jules Bledsoe SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I present an important African American artist who has 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