Category Archives: Jazz History
Early Jazz, New Orleans, and the Will To Survive
The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the 4th show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. The episode is about Early Jazz, the importance of New … Continue reading
Basie, KC, and Swing
The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the 9th show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. The episode is about Swing, the style and era when … Continue reading
Duke Ellington: My People
The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the 8th show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. The episode is about Duke Ellington. The 16-part series played … Continue reading