History
The meat starts at 7:15.
The program starts silly and then gets smart.
After a brief history of the Voice of America it gets to the point:
The Voice of America put up its entire physical archive including many TONS of jazz records and CDs up for sale – and someone bought it!
– Ken McCarthy
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Cuba, Cuban Jazz, History, Video and audio
Jerry González recalls his friendship with bass legend Jaco Pastorius.
Jerry’s explanations of the clave and the behind-the-scenes time that goes into great music are absolutely priceless.
Ends with a rare recording of a collaboration: Jerry González/Jaco Pastorius at the late/great 55 Grand in Soho, NY.
Another clip from the film and another lesson about musical reality
Victory Bailey picked up a bass and was a pro from Minute One. How the heck does that happen?
– Ken McCarthy
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Cuba, History, Video
The year was 1984.
David Letterman had an audience in the millions and he invited David Amram on to demonstrate the instruments in his collection.,
This might be the biggest group of people ever to get a lesson in world music.
– Ken McCarthy
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History, Video
Modern Gospel has had a huge impact on jazz.
Not so coincidentally, Thomas Dorsy, one of its primary pioneers was living, working, and playing in Chicago at the same time as King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Bix Beiderbecke.
Of course, the music’s roots go way back before the 1920s.
A beautiful historical survey of the Spirituals tradition and how its impact is still felt and heard today.
– Ken McCarthy
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History, Video
Listeners with savvy ears know you can hear a lot of “gospel” in jazz and rock and roll.
But what do we mean when we say “gospel music”?
Unlike other forms of roots music whose origins come from the distant mists of time, we know when and where the music we call gospel started.
Meet the highly underrated Thomas A. Dorsey.
Born in Georgia and settled as an adult in Chicago, he broke the cultural logjam between “church” and “honky-tonk” music and helped light a creative fire, we’re all still warming ourselves on today.
– Ken McCarthy
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History, Video
This is a continuation of my country, blues, jazz, gospel – and a lot of it came from the countryside and country people – rant from a few months ago.
We all know about the roles big cities played in the advancement of jazz. How much do we know about the role country people played?
By good fortune, I found a resource where two people, a brother and sister, who are representative of this story, go into the details of their musical life being raised in a small town in rural parts in the 30s and 40s.
My previous video on this subject
– Ken McCarthy
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