Category Archives: Music & Meaning
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
Fats Waller: One Never Knows, Do One?
The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the seventh show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. The 16-part series played across the nation for five years … Continue reading