– Arthur H – In concert at Paléo Nyon Festival – July 22, 2015 – Swiss Radio – Further testimony to the enduring popularity of Arthur H, a downpour at the recently Paléo Festival, caught Arthur H in mid-set. A cloudburst – and sheets of rain drenched the crowd. It
– CBS Radio – Chuck Cabot And His Orchestra – live from The Rice Hotel, Houston Texas – April 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As a distinct contrast between my Lennie Tristano post earlier today, I ran across this tape, and noted only a year separated the two.
– NBC Second Sunday: The Young Rebels – October 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember what a period of upheaval the late 1960s were. Everything that had been considered the status quo was coming under scrutiny and questioned by those
– Let’s Go, Hollywood! with George Fisher – September 12, 1951 – KNX-AM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Politics and Popular Culture – not a new phenomenon. During the Postwar/Cold War period, the Red Scare sweeping over America was seemingly everywhere – from Hollywood to Chewing gum. The paranoia
– Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, Cond. – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – January 13, 2011 – Part 1 – – Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, Cond. – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – January 13, 2011 – Part 2 – Continuing our series of re-posts from 2011 this week, with
– Special Report by Morgan Beatty, State Department – August 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More suspense, this August 11th in 1945. Following a day of premature celebration came a day of waiting. Diplomatic cables passing back and forth between legations in Switzerland – relayed to the
– CBS Radio – Campaign ’80 – Democratic National Convention excerpts – August 10, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 35 years ago it was all going on in Manhattan. The 1980 Democratic Convention and the forces of incumbent Jimmy Carter, and upstart Ted Kennedy and a battle
– News reports – NBC/CBS – August 10, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 10th, 70 years ago was full of anticipation mixed with caution. Shortly after reports of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb attack surfaced, and after President Truman went to address the nation on
– Oskar Morawtz – Duo for Violin and Piano – Albert Pratz, Violin – Leo Barkin, Piano – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – Over to Canada again this week for a radio broadcast performance of the music of Oskar Morawetz, as performed by Albert Pratz and Leo Barkin, and
– Milt Jackson Quartet w/Bobby Hutcherson – Konzertscheune, Salzau Germany – June 13, 1999 – German Radio – The inimitable and legendary Milt Jackson this weekend. With a quartet feturing Mike LeDonne on piano, Pierre Boussaguet, bass, Mickey Roker on drums and Bobby Hutcherson, guesting and joining in. The concert
