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“Billy Taylor - Mary and James Reese Europe”
Part of the series “Jazz In DC,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Jazz legends Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about their teacher Mary Reese Europe, the sister of James Reese Europe, who brought jazz to France in WWI. |
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“Billy Taylor - Jazz Teachers, Jazz Masters”
Part of the series “Jazz In DC,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Billy Taylor and Duke Ellington both had the same music teacher; Henry Grant. In the days of segregation in Washington DC, Mr. Grant taught in the black public high schools. Billy and Sax-player Fran Wess (another student of Henry Grant) talk about Mr. Grant and about his impact on jazz. |
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“Billy Taylor - Growing Up”
Part of the series “Jazz In DC,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Jazz legends Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about the upsides and down-sides of being African-American in the segregated Washington, DC of their childhood. |
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“Billy Taylor - Fats Waller”
Part of the series “Jazz In DC,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. DC jazz legends Billy Taylor and Frank Wess share memories of DC’s Lincoln Theater — going there as kids and then playing there as adults. Billy talks about the first time he saw his idol Fats Waller coming out of the Lincoln and how the affected the rest of Billy life. |
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“Zydeco - Geno Delafose”
Part of the series “Gulf Coast Highway,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. With the help of Zydeco musician Geno Delafose, Charles Chamberlain of the Louisiana State Museum explains Zydeco music. |
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“Texas Troubadour - Nanci Griffith”
Part of the series “Gulf Coast Highway,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Nanci Griffith and her music explain the Texas Troubadour tradition. |
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“Texas Blues - Marcia Ball”
Part of the series “Gulf Coast Highway,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Texas music writer John Morthland talks about the evolution of the Texas Blues with the help of music and commentary by Marcia Ball. |
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“New Orleans Brass Bands”
Part of the series “Gulf Coast Highway,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Musicologist Charles Chamberlain and Benny Jones of the Treme Brass band talk about the unique New Orleans tradition of brass street bands. |
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“Gospel Quartets - Blind Boys of Alabama”
Part of the series “Gulf Coast Highway,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Ethno-musicologist Kip Lornell and the legendary Clarence Fountain, last surviving original member of the Blind Boys of Alabama explain Gospel Singing. The music of the Blind Boys helps illustrate what’s talked about. |
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“Delta Blues - Super Chikan”
Part of the series “Gulf Coast Highway,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Ethno-musicologist Kip Lornell of George Washington University talks about the Delta Blues while James “Super Chikan” Johnson performs blues and talks about how his personal experience fits in with the story of the blues. |
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