– Clifford Brown/Max Roach and Erroll Garner Trio – Live At Basin Street – CBS Radio – May 6, 1956 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection A repost from several years ago. A significant and historic club date by a Jazz legend, gone way too soon before his time. Recognized early-on for
UN Security Council – Nov. 1, 1956 November 1st in 1956 was met with the boiling crisis in the Middle East. Trouble in the Suez region of Egypt had hit crisis point and the UN Security Council met in emergency and extraordinary session to find some solution to the
The Great Challenge – Individual Relationships In A Mass Society -April 22, 1956 By 1956 it would be pretty safe to say America was headed well into nervous breakdown territory. Everything was on the rise – divorce, alcohol abuse, prescription medications, fear, paranoia and irrevocable change. And it wasn’t being
– American Forum – 1956 Election – Jan. 29, 1956 – As the 1956 Presidential election season got underway, the slogan used by the incumbent Republicans most argued was “Peace and Prosperity”. In this debate, part of the American Forum radio series from January 29, 1956, the Governors got into
Almost overshadowed by the Presidential election, the situation in Hungary quickly spiraled out of control by November 4th 1956. News reports were coming in thick and fast regarding Russian tanks heading for Budapest with the intent on crushing a revolt that had begun in Budapest and spread throughout Hungary. The
Tal Farlow – Marian McPartland – Live At The Composers Club – July 23,1956 Live Jazz of the 50’s this week, via the All-Star Parade of Bands series from NBC Radio, broadcast on April 23, 1956. Featuring legendary Guitarist Tal Farlow and his Trio and Marian McPartland and her Trio,
A few good subscribers: Become a Patron! At the risk of sounding like a broken record and belaboring a point over and over, the argument over Universal Healthcare, Affordable Healthcare, proposed legislation for some subsidized Healthcare are all old issues. Issues that have been at forefront of the American consciousness
– NBC Radio – Conversation: Christmas 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas Eve 1956. Certainly a different time – different sets of values, different communication skills, different world all together. But then, as now, the times were nervous and uncertain. The Cold War cast a shadow over everything,
A special concert this week from the archives of Radio Suisse Romande (RSR Espace 2). Recorded on February 8, 1956 and featuring legendary conductor Ferenc Fricsay leading Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in music of Bartok, Liszt and Brahms. Famed Pianist Aldo Ciccolini is featured in the Liszt Piano Concerto
– CBS Radio – Update- Nasser’s Egypt – Jan. 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of memorable documentaries of the 50’s, 60s and 70’s; Nassar’s Egypt from CBS Radio – January 23, 1957. 1956 and 1957 were pivotal years for the emergence of Egypt as a
