– Charlie Parker w/Woody Herman’s Third Herd – Kansas City – July 22, 1951 – Main-Man Records A historic rarity this week, recorded under less-than-ideal conditions, but grateful it exists at all. Woody Herman‘s Third Herd featuring a rare appearance by Charlie Parker, in a broadcast from the Municipal Arena
The infamous Army-McCarthy Hearings – a Capitol Hill spectacle that went from March 16 to June 17, 1954 – televised – broadcast live over Radio – captured millions of Americans who sat glued as charges and counter-charges of Communist influence in Washington spilled out for all to witness. On this
A few weeks ago I ran a home tape recording of a band, getting together at a friends house and rehearsing – didn’t know who – didn’t know for what. All I knew is that it was an interesting glimpse of the all-too-familiar teenage ritual of being a garageband and
Coffee works wonders, especially for websites: Become a Patron! House Un-American Activities Hearings, otherwise known as HUAC and The famous Witch Hunts of 1947. With the Cold War ramping up to proportions edging on hysteria, it was Hollywood‘s turn under the Red Scare microscope. For two weeks, witnesses were summoned
Become a member: Become a Patron! The legendary Robert Casadesus with the Orchestre National de la RadioDiffusion Francaise led by Pierre Monteux in a performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto Number 24 (K.491) – recorded broadcast from the Salle du Pavillon in Montreux Switzerland on September 21, 1958 by Radio Suisse
Become a member – a subscriber – a pal: Become a Patron! Cal Tjader this weekend, from a commercially available concert during the Monterey Jazz Festival of 1959. Normally, I don’t post commercial released releases, but I wanted to run some Tjader this weekend and nothing’s been showing up in
1951: Knee deep in a war in Korea – possibilities of a war with Red China becoming stronger each minute. Fears that Soviet Russia were infiltrating our government with Communist agents faster than they could be routed out. Along with a shooting war, America was now in the middle of
We can always use the support – so . . .Become a Patron! The tape said April 18, 1959 – nothing else. On the other side it was Alan Freed and bits and pieces of songs from WABC and WINS in 1959. But the first side was the clincher –
As you no doubt know, NATO has been popping up in the news lately. The previous U.S. Administration was advocating abandoning America’s involvement owing, at least on the surface, to an imbalance of financial responsibilities on the parts of member nations. The insinuation raised eyebrows among allies who felt America
