"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Ann Peebles – in session for John Peel – October 9, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 – Ann Peebles to close out the weekend. In session for John Peel at the BBC and recorded on October 9, 1974. If she recorded nothing else, she would always be known for her...
Pierre Husquenoph – Concertino for Trumpet – Roger Delmotte, Trumpet – ORTF Chamber Orch. Manuel Rosenthal, Cond. – ORTF-Paris 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of 20th Century composer Pierre Husquenoph this weekend. Not a name many people are familiar with, but a name that was active...
December 9, 1936 – BBC/NBC – Alistair Cooke and Bulletins from London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ironically, it was this day (December 11) eighty years ago, that King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne to marry Wallace Simpson, an American divorcée and a “commoner”. The move was...
Count Basie and His orchestra – Live From Birdland – All-Star Parade Of Bands – Feb. 6, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Count Basie this weekend. Recorded for the NBC-Radio All-Star Parade Of Bands broadcast of February 6, 1956. Referred to by aficionados and collaborators as The Chairman...