• July 9, 2013 •
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Posted in Acting, African American History, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, History, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Love, Miles Davis, Music, Ray Charles, Stroke, Weather Report
Tags: "Mercy Mercy Mercy", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Buckinghams, Cannonball Adderley, Club DeLisa, Electric Piano, Fusion, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Joe Zawinul, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Julian Edwin Adderley, Mercy, Miles Davis, New York, Ray Charles, Roy McCurdy, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Wayne Shorter, Wurlitzer Electric Piano
• March 31, 2013 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, March 30, 2013: “Just The Way You Are,” Billy Joel, 1978 (In Memory of Phil Ramone)
Posted in American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, History, Music, Soundtracks, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Just The Way You Are, "The Stranger", Billy Joel, CDs, Chick Song, Columbia Records, Dolby Laboratories, Duets, Elizabeth Weber, Elton John, George Martin, Grammys, Jack Arnold, Jazz, Joel, Karen Ichiuji Ramone, Liberty DeVitto, Linda Ronstadt, Love, Matthew Ramone, Music Producer, Naturalized American, New York, Optical Surround Sound, Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Pop Music, Ramone, Simon Ramone, South Africa, The Eighties, The Seventies, William Ramone
• February 8, 2013 •
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Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Donald Byrd, Music, Who I Am
Tags: African Americans, Art Blakey, Bebop, Blackbyrds, Blacks, Byrd, Donald Byrd, Growing Up, Herbie Hancock, Hiphop, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Miles Davis, Music, Samples, Sonny Rollins, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, Thelonious Monk, United States
• December 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Ray Charles and Betty Carter, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” 1961
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Betty Carter, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Japan, Love, Ray Charles, Women
Tags: "Baby It's Cold Outside", "Neptune's Daughter", Academy Award for Best Original Song, African Americans, Betty Carter, Betty Garrett, Billboard Top 100, Black Women, Blacks, Christmas Songs, Cold, Comic Relief, Cult Appeal, Cult Status, Duets, Esther Williams, Excuses, Frank Loesser, Golden Age of Warner Bros. Cartoons, Holiday, Japan, Jazz, Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Mouse, New York, Ray Charles, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Sex, Snow, Synchronized Swimming, Temptation, United States, Wolf, Wolf Call, Wolf Whistle
• October 7, 2011 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: The Murder of R Place on Park
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, ALRC, Annie Weatherby-Flowers, Blacks, Business, California, City Council, Constables on Patrol, Crime, Derrell Connor, Drugs, Fillmore District San Francisco, Funk, Gangbangers, Ignoble Wray, Improvisation, Jazz, Louisiana, Madison, Madison City Council, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Madisonians, New Orleans, Noble Wray, R Place on Park, Racism, Rick Flowers, San Francisco, Shootings, Small Businessman, Soul Music, The Madison Police Department, The Sixties, Wisconsin
• March 6, 2011 •
Comments Off on “The Legendary: A Film About The Roots” is Nine Minutes of Illumination
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Music, The Roots
Tags: "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear", "Things Fall Apart", "Wake Up, African Americans, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Alternative Rock, Black Thought, Blacks, Fans, Funk, Hip Hop, Isaac Hayes, Jazz, Jimmy Fallon, John Legend, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Neo-Soul, Philadelphia High School for Creative Performing Arts, Roberta Flack, Roots, Sam Cooke, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, The Roots
• January 26, 2011 •
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Posted in Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Love, Music
Tags: "For the Roses", "River", Abbey Road, Corinne Bailey Rae, Folk, Folkie, Grammy Award, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Joni Mitchell, L.A. Express, Love, Lyrics, Mad City, Music, Prince, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, The Seventies, The Sixties
• January 9, 2011 •
Comments Off on Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans Music
Posted in African American History, American History, Arts, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Ninth Ward
Tags: "Tradition is a Temple", African Americans, American Music, Benny Jones, Blacks, Children, Danny Barker, Darren Hoffman, Doc Cheatham, DVDs, Elliot Callier, Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, Fan Base, Frederick Sheppard, Fusion, Growing Up, Harry Connick Jr., Hurricane Katrina, James Andrews, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Kermit Ruffins, Kickstarter.com, Kirk Joseph, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Love, Lucien Barbarin, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Onward Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Quiet Storm, Shannon Powell, Traditional Jazz
• December 11, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Take Home Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist James Moody, 85
Posted in African American History, American History, Ba'hais, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, European History, France, Health, Italy, James Moody, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World War II
Tags: Aretha Franklin, Be-Bop, Be-Bop Jazz, Bill Cosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Flautist, Flute, Funeral Services, George Wein, James Moody, James Moody Jazz Scholarship for Newark Youth Fund, Jazz, King Pleasure, Lou Watters, Moody's Mood for Love, Pancreatic Cancer, Quincy Jones, San Diego, San Diego CA, San Diego County, San Diego Union-Tribune, Saxophone, Saxophonist, The Grammys, The Visionary Project, Van Morrison, Wynton Marsalis
• October 1, 2010 •
Comments Off on The “Faubourg Tremé” Screening Didn’t Happen Tonight
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Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", Black Creoles, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Jazz, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, Screening, South Madison Branch Public Library, Street Bands
• September 19, 2010 •
Comments Off on “Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in October
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Birthplace, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Marie Osbey, Children, Civil Rights, Creole Speaking, Creole Woman of Color, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Dr. Richard Davis, Eric Foner, Faubourg Tremé, French Speaking, Gens de Couleur, Glen David Andrews, Hurricane Katrina, Irving Trevigne, Jazz, John Hope Franklin, Lolis Eric Elie, Love, Madison Public Library, Marriage, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Racism, South, South Madison Branch
• September 5, 2010 •
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Posted in Acting, Alice Tan Ridley, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Love, Music, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "America's Got Talent", "The Bodyguard", Alice Ridley, Alice Tan Ridley, Broadway, Classics, Gabourey Sidibe, Gospel, Howie Mandel, Hustler, Jazz, Middle-Aged, R&B, Reality Show, Studio One Young Beast Society, Talent Competition, Talent Show, The Hof, The Oscars, Unofficial Poll
• September 3, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Miguel Atwood Ferguson Ensemble: Donny Hathaway’s “Someday We’ll All Be Free”
Posted in Class, Love, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Women
Tags: "Grand Performances Series", "Someday We'll All Be Free", Bilal, Blacks, Brainfeeder, California, Donny Hathaway, Flying Lotus, Hiphop, Jazz, Los Angeles CA, Love, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble, Multicultural, Multiracial, Self-Respect, The Seventies, Violinist
• August 30, 2010 •
Comments Off on Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”
Posted in African American History, Billie Holiday, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Louis Armstrong, Love, Music, Race, Television, Women
Tags: "Make Room for Daddy", Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday, Danny Thomas, Film, Golden Age of Television, Hollywood, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Mutt Carey, New Orleans, TV Sitcom, Woody Herman, Zutty Singleton
• August 15, 2010 •
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Posted in Abbey Lincoln, Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, Womanism
Tags: "Mo Better Blues", "Nothing But a Man, "The Freedom Suite", Abbey Lincoln, Acting, Activism, Actress, Africa, African Americans, Anna Marie Wooldridge, Billie Holiday, Black Nationalist, Black Women, Blacks, Braided Hair, Chicago IL, Corn Rows, Divorce, Drama, Glamour, Ivan Dixon, Jazz, Jazz Singer, Kinky Hair, Love, Marriage, Max Roach, Michael Jackson, Natural Hair, Racism, Sidney Poitier, Songwriter, Spike Lee, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Sixties, Thelonious Monk, Vitiligo
• May 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on Kevin Eubanks Leaves “The Tonight Show”
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Late Night TV, Music, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Art Blakey, Bandleader, Blacks, California, Conan O'Brien, Gay, Instrumentals, Jay Leno, Jazz, Kevin Eubanks, Lesbian, LGBT, Music, Musical Conductor, Musician, NBC, Percussionist, Sidekick, The Chin, The Tonight Show, Vicki Randle
• April 9, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drama, Hurricanes, Love, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, Television Series
Tags: "Buy Us Back Chirac", "Do What You Wanna", "Fuck You You Fucking Fucks", "FYYFFs", "The Los Angeles Times", "The Wire", "Treme", Ashley Morris, Back of Town, Cable TV, David Mills, David Simon, Hana Morris, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Katrina, Kermit Ruffins, Levees, Mardi Gras Indians, Mary McNamara, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, oyster, Rebirth Brass Band, The Crescent City, Wendell Pierce, Your Right Hand Thief
• March 17, 2010 •
Comments Off on Bobby McFerrin is Back
Posted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentary, Film, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "The Power of the Pentatonic Scale", African Americans, Blacks, Bobby McFerrin, Britain, Cabaret, California, Choral Blend, Germany, Janis Siegel, Jazz, Jr., Linda Goldstein, Lisa Fischer, Luciana Souza, Musical Collaboration, New Album, Opera, Performance Art, R&B, Robert McFerrin, Rock, San Francisco, The Barbican, The Masonic Center, Touring, Tribal Chants, UK, VOCAbuLarieS, Voices, Voicestra, World Science Festival
• March 6, 2010 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, March 6, 2010: Ramsey Lewis with Earth, Wind & Fire, “Sun Goddess,” 1974
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Earth Wind and Fire, Music, Ramsey Lewis
Tags: "Sun Goddess", African Americans, “Way-oh way-ay oh bop-bop way-oh.”, Blacks, Columbia Records, Donald Myrick, Drummer, Earth Wind and Fire, Fender Rhodes, Jazz, Johnny Mathis, Maurice White, Mizell Brothers, Philip Bailey, Ramsey Lewis, RIAA Gold, Saxophone, The Seventies, Verdine White
• December 12, 2009 •
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Posted in Basia, Love, Music
Tags: "Brave New Hope", "It's That Girl Again", "London Warsaw New York", "Not An Angel", "The Sweetest Illusion", "Til You Come Back to Me, "Time and Tide", "Year of the Cat", Al Stewart, Astrud Gilberto, Ballads, Barbara Trzetrzelewska, Basia, Bossa Nova, Children, Danny White, Jazz, New York, Peter White, Poland, Polish, Pop, Singer, Soul, That's What I'm Going to Do, The Eighties, The Nineties
• October 9, 2009 •
Comments Off on Friday Night Music, October 9: Little Jimmy Scott, “Someone To Watch Over Me,” 1955
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, History, Love
Tags: "Falling in Love is Wonderful", "Fire Walk With Me", "Magic and Loss", "Power and Glory", "Sycamore Trees", "The Cosby Show", "The Source", Charlie Parker, Cleveland OH, David Lynch, Decca Records, Doc Pomus, Jazz, Kallmann's Syndrome, Las Vegas NV, Lionel Hampton, Little Jimmy Scott, Lou Reed, Pink Martini, Ray Charles, Reissue, Savoy Records
• September 26, 2009 •
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Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Dudley Moore, Health, Music
Tags: "10", "Bedazzled", "Lillian Lust", Blake Edwards, Composer, Dame Edna Everage, Drimble Wedge, Dudley Moore, Erroll Garner, Jazz, Lust, Magdalen College, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Music, Oscar Peterson, Oxford, Peter Cook, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Raquel Welch, Sir George Solti, Stanley Moon
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