. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Buddy De Franco – Live in Buenos Aires 1980 More sad news this week. The passing on Christmas Eve of Jazz Hall of Fame Clarinetist Buddy De Franco, whose work began in the Big Band era and
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Eastman School Symphony – Howard Hanson, Cond. – Copland: Quiet City – March 9, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Something familiar this week by one of America‘s greatest composers. Quiet City by Aaron Copland, in
Reports from Mutual Broadcasting – December 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – This day; this Sunday 73 years ago, we joined the rest of the world engulfed in War. For the U.S., World War 2 had officially begun. So much has been written, viewed, speculated and pondered over
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Chicago University Roundtable – Feelings, Emotions and World Problems – October 31, 1948 Strange to consider now, but in 1948 the second International Symposium on Feelings and Emotions was being held in Chicago. The purpose of the symposium was to try
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Roy Harris Conducts The American Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra – 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Americana this week, by way of composer Stanley Finn, as interpreted by his contemporary Roy Harris in a circa 1946 broadcast recording of his Prelude and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jean Papineau-Couture: Concerto Grosso – CBC Chamber Orch. Cond. by Wilfrid Pelletier – 1957 – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A name that may draw a few blanks – Jean Papineau-Couture is a French-Canadian Composer, born in 1916
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Roosevelt- Address at University of Pennsylvania – Sept. 20, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound collection Celebrating the University’s Bicentennial, President Roosevelt addressed the students of the University of Pennsylvania, the first time a sitting President did so since 1909. To
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: Piano Jazz w/Marian McPartland – featuring Gerald Wilson – June 19, 2006 – NPR It was very sad news, earlier this week, hearing of the passing of one of the true giants of the Jazz World. Gerald Wilson was a
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – reports on Peekskill riots – August 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Maybe it’s Summer. Maybe it’s August. But the amount of rage and mayhem taking place during this particular month gives one pause, to say the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Voices and Events – Week ending August 14, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection And sometimes Summer isn’t necessarily violent or simmering or even contentious. This particular August 14th, 65 years ago was just that; a typical August
