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“ if you are at the end of your journey,weary, worn and nothing seems the same you’re not alone my love’s eternal,Remember my name.” So it is with these lyrics, we recognize Alberta Hunter, a jazz and blues singer from the early days of the jazz age. She has been inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. She was a prolific performing and recording artist of the 20’s and ‘30’s having cut sides with legends of the era as Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Eubie Blake, Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin, and Duke Ellington. In 1977, after an extended layoff she triumphantly reemerged on the music scene at the age of eighty two, returning to the stage and studio
The Black Entrepreneurs of Early Jazz
by Karl Ackermann
Preamble: In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. ...
The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, Carmen Bradford, Michika Fukumori, Jonathan Karrant, Franck Amsallem Trio & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, Carmen Bradford, Michika Fukumori, Jonathan Karrant and Franck Amsallem, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz Foremother Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Marlena Shaw, Emily Remler, Catherine Russell, Kait Dunton and Wesla Whitfield, among others, with remembrances for Joyce Breach and Akiko Tsuruga. Happy listening and ...
Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds Featuring Catherine Russell: Cat & The Hounds
by Pierre Giroux
Catherine Russell teams up with Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds for the release Cat & The Hounds, a recording exploring the roots of Black popular music from the early 1920s. Far from simply nostalgic, the project acts as a lively revival of an evolving art form, balancing the syncopated ragtime style and blues-infused improvisations that defined the ...
Jazz Foremothers, Women Who Impact West Coast Latin Jazz by Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble, Ashley Jackson Usher In Jazz Appreciation Month
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast morphs gracefully from Women's History to Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble and Ashley Jackson, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Jean Fineberg, Vanessa Perica, Allan Harris, Evgenia Karlafti, Christine Jensen and Tessa Souter, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...
Benjamin Boone, Bevan Manson, Julieta Eugenio, Ginetta's Vendetta, Music Soup Organ Trio and Miki Yamanaka
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Benjamin Boone, Bevan Manson, Julieta Eugenio, Ginetta's Vendetta, Music Soup Organ Trio and Miki Yamanaka, with birthday shoutouts to Emily Remler, Lovie Austin (Downhearted Blues), Marlena Shaw, Vi Redd, Margo Guryan, Catherine Russell, Kait Dunton and Jo Harrop, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See ...
Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music
by Ian Patterson
Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music Darryl W. Bullock 352 Pages ISBN: 978-1-9131-7252-7 Omnibus Press 2023 The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there ...
New Releases, Birthday Celebrations For Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Billie Holiday & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast makes the graceful morph from Womens History to Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from John Basile, Kandace Springs, Jamie Baum, Queen Esther, Leigh Pilzer, Lizz Wright and Tierney Sutton, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Christine Jensen, Tessa Souter, Teri Parker, Tia Fuller, and Amina Claudine Myers, ...
First Complete Discography Of Early Interracial Jazz Sessions by Stephen Provizer
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 ...
New Releases Plus Birthday Shoutouts To Foremothers Nellie Lutcher, Victoria Spivey & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Charu Suri, Ann Hampton Callaway, Sharon Sable, Michael Dease, Colette Michaan, Olivia Perez-Collellmir and Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm, with birthday shoutouts to foremothers Nellie Lutcher (He's A Real Gone Guy, Hurry On Down) and Victoria Spivey (Black Snake Blues), vocalists Amy Cervini, Freddy Cole, Nancy Kelly, Amy London, Nona Hendryx, pianist ...
