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The filmmaker as historian: Sam Pollard and MLK/FBI Sam Pollard, a film editor, in New York, Jan. 15, 2021. Whether working on his own projects or others like “Eyes on the Prize II” and “4 Little Girls,” the multihyphenate artist has built a monumental career examining America. Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times. by Nicolas Rapold (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Midway through the new documentary “MLK/FBI,” we get glimpses of a Martin Luther King Jr. not often seen in the usual montages of the civil...

The Filmmaker as Historian: Sam Pollard and ‘MLK/FBI’ Whether working on his own projects or others like “Eyes on the Prize II” and “4 Little Girls,” the multihyphenate artist has built a monumental career examining America. Sam Pollard in New York. He “is a master filmmaker,” Spike Lee said. “If you say he’s just an editor or just a director, that’s not the whole story.”Credit...Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times By Nicolas Rapold Jan. 15, 2021 Midw...

Gary Bartz is 80 and doing Jazz fine Gary Bartz announces first new studio album In eight Years THE SHADOW that Gary Bartz casts over the last six decades of progressive Black music, and his continued dedication to the cause, makes him a logical contributor to the Jazz Is Dead label. Working with Gary Bartz epitomises the ethos behind Jazz Is Dead. He’s a luminary that has contributed so much to music culture. Adrian Younge. An alto saxophonist steeped in the history and tradition of his in...

Exceleration Music Partners LLC: Exceleration Invests in the Future of Independent Music Exceleration Music Unveils a World-Class Executive Team, a Partnership with Alligator Records, a Strategic Alliance with The Ray Charles Foundation, and The Relaunch of Candid Records NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Five of the independent music industrys most influential executives have come together in a new venture aimed at enhancing the future of independent labels and artists. Started by ...

14 ene 2021 Exceleration Invests in the Future of Independent Music Exceleration Music Unveils a World-Class Executive Team, a Partnership with Alligator Records, a Strategic Alliance with The Ray Charles Foundation, and The Relaunch of Candid Records NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Five of the independent music industry’s most influential executives have come together in a new venture aimed at enhancing the future of independent labels and artists. Started by Glen Barros (form...

Special Programs for January 11 thru January 15 Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM The Short List: “The Hits” The Short List continues its look at jazz tunes that became popular hits. This week, host Bob Naujoks visits songs that scored high on the pop charts and have become party of Great American Songbook. Tune in to hear songs and stories from Al Hirt’s “Java,” Al Hibbler’s “Unchained Melody,” Ray Charles’s �...

Stories of Standards—Parisian Thoroughfare by Bud Powell Linda Hillshafer Share Join us for Stories of Standards on weekdays mornings at 7:50 and 8:50 am when Rodney Franks presents our favorite versions of “Parisian Thoroughfare…all week long! Stories of Standards is sponsored by ListenUp Composed by Bud Powell “Parisian Thoroughfare”, it was first recorded by him in February 1951 for Clef Records, and released in 1953 on the Mercury label as “Parisian Thorofare”...

George Carlin, Barack Obama and Humphrey Bogart among notable New Yorkers highlighted in book about Manhattan’s Upper West Side © TNS "Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’ s Upper West Side," by Jim Mackin. Every neighborhood tells a story. In Greenwich Village, it’s one of artists, activists, and the avant-garde. On the Upper East Side, it’s about privilege, position, and power. Sometimes neighborhoods change and tell new tales. But the old stories, the lore, remain. Jim Mackin’s “...

Stanley Cowell, Jazz Pianist With a Wide Range, Dies at 79 His playing consolidated generations of musical history. He was also a composer, an educator and the founder of an important artist-run record label. The pianist and composer Stanley Cowell in performance at the Beacon Theater in New York in 2017. He was known for his adaptability and his vast command of the jazz language.Credit...Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Published Dec. 20, 2020Updated Dec. 28, 2020 Stanley Cowell, a pianist, composer...

Stanley Cowell, versatile and innovative jazz pianist, dies at 79 Matt Schudel, The Washington Post Dec. 20, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Pianist Stanley Cowell.Natalie Elliot Stanley Cowell, a jazz pianist of remarkable virtuosity and range, whose music borrowed from his interest in African, classical and experimental styles while remaining in the mainstream tradition, died Dec. 17 at a hospital in Dover, Del. He was 79. The cause was hypovolemic shock, a sudden loss of blood and other vital flu...