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First Complete Discography Of Early Interracial Jazz Sessions by Stephen Provizer

Source: S.G Provizer
January 17, 2024

As Long As They Can Blow: Interracial Jazz Recording and Other Jive Before 1935 has just been released in print, eBook and .pdf download. Author Stephen Provizer has amassed a discography of hundreds of interracial recording sessions, which include some of the most well-known jazz musicians of the era, including Jelly Roll Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Lang, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Alberta Hunter, Don Redman and many, many more. There is also a concise list that can be used for ...

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Radio

"Strange Fruit" Radio Drama Released

Source: S.G Provizer
October 28, 2014

RADIO THEATER PROGRAM MARKS 75th ANNIVERSARY OF “STRANGE FRUIT" Distributed on PRX.ORG BOSTON, MA: The song “Strange Fruit," which graphically describes lynching in the South, is one of the most controversial songs in American music. The 75th anniversary of the recording of the song is being marked by a radio theatre production telling the story of the creation of this dramatic song and its performance by vocalist Billie Holiday in 1939. The program was written, directed and produced by Brookline ...

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Radio

"God's Trombone" Gets 1st Broadcast-40 Years After

Source: S.G Provizer
April 28, 2014

As a part of Boston's Jazz Week celebration, listeners will be able to hear for the first time a concert recording of “God’s Trombones” performed 40 years ago. The composition, which features virtuoso trombonist Carl Fontana, will be broadcast on Steve Provizer's Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour on Thursday, May 1, from 5 to 6 PM on WZBC, heard locally at 90.3 FM and streaming live at WZBC.ORG. “God's Trombones" was written to help mark the second annual “Sackbut Week,” an ...

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