Villa-Lobos (L) – Francisco Mignone (C) – Fractuoso Vianna – (R) – A celebration of Brazil in Hamburg – 1938 Something very rare indeed tonight – portion of a concert given by the Hamburg Radio Symphony during a celebration of Brazilian Composers and culture, broadcast in 1938. A concert for
The Wide-Open Spaces became a virtue. Along with the deluge of overtures to visit and relocate to “sunny Southern California” since the 1920s – those same invitations applied to the outlying regions; not just Los Angeles or Hollywood or even Santa Barbara and San Diego – it applied to those
Diving into Jazzfest 2025 in New Orleans this weekend – recorded by WWOZ on April 24th of this year. Here’s a word or two about Dee Dee Bridgewater from the Historymakers website: Singer and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater was born on May 27, 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee. Raised in Flint,
