"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Alec Wilder Octet – Such A Tender Night – Brunswick 8357 – Rec. March 30, 1939 – Music of Alec Wilder tonight – from a series of recordings he made with his Octet for Brunswick Records in 1939, Such A…
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live at Juan les Pines Festival, Antibes – July 22, 1967 – Radio France – Dave Brubeck Quartet this weekend. The quartet that formed a first impression of Modern Jazz on a lot of non-Jazz people…
Sy Oliver was a prominent composer-arranger-sax player, beginning in the 1930s. His reputation grew when he joined up with Jimmie Lunceford‘s band in 1933. He later went on to do some of the memorable arrangements for Ella Fitzgerald. But it…
Harry James and His Orchestra – Spotlight Bands – April 13, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Harry James – Trumpeter and leader of one of the pivotal groups of the Big Band era. This program, part of the…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”27534″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 20, 1990 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] May 20,1990 was the end of a week loaded with loss. Two icons of entertainment left on the same day.…
Natalie Cole – in concert from Stuttgart 2000 – SWF Radio – Natalie Cole (1950-2015). The sad news today on the passing of the legendary Artist Natalie Cole, who died on New Years Eve at the age of 65, from…
– Sammy Davis Jr. interview from Black Journal – NET – July 21, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sammy Davis Jr. Legendary entertainer, member of the infamous Rat Pack, comedian, musician and assessor of race relations in America.…
– Nicoletta – 4 Songs – Barclay Records 1967 – For those of you not familiar with the extraordinary, spellbinding voice of Nicoletta (aka Nicoletta Grisoni), you’ve missed something. Having a string of hits in France in the 1960s and…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Oscar Peterson Trio – live in Munich – May 12, 1965 – Bayerischer Rundfunk The legendary Oscar Peterson this week, from a concert performed in Munich on…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio – Claude Thornhill – Live At The Hotel Pennsylvania – Sept. 22, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In the history of Jazz, one of…