"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Duke Ellington Live at Basin Street – 1956 Another installment of our weekly Past Daily Downbeat series – this time its over to Basin Street in New York for this CBS Radio broadcast of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra…
KXLA – Redondo Beach Barn Program – Nov. 27, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fans of the West Coast, and specifically Southern California, may get a kick out of this slice of Popular Culture from the 1940s. By all…
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Detroit Symphony – Paul Paray, Cond. – Arthur Rubinstein, Piano – January 7, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More history this week – a rare broadcast performance featuring the legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein and the Detroit Symphony conducted by…
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Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, Conductor – April 29, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing our journey through rehearsals with the BSO. This week, Music Director Charles Munch leads the orchestra in rehearsals of music by Debussy…
All Star Parade of Bands – George Shearing – 1953 Over to The Blue Note club in Chicago for this installment of the weekend Downbeat. George Shearing and his Quintet, recorded and broadcast by NBC Radio on July 11, 1953.…
The Brilliant Corners – In Session – John Peel – August 21, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 I’ll admit, I was hard-pressed to remember who The Brilliant Corners were. Aside from taking their name from a classic Thelonius Monk album,…
In case you weren’t quite up for the soothing Anti-Road Rage sounds of the New York Philharmonic tonight, here’s a little something that should put a smile back on your face – the inimitable Bobby Blue Bland, in concert at…