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Sep 26, 2024 · As a special bonus when you contribute during this December fund drive, you’ll be eligible to win a trip for two on the Dave Koz & Friends at Sea Cruise in June 2025!Travel in style with saxophonist and host of WBGO's Dave Koz Radio Hour to Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands.The Dave Koz Cruise prides itself on providing guests with once-in-a-lifetime musical moments, the very finest in ...
Rhythm Revue Spotlight on the legendary soul vocalist Eddie …
Dec 14, 2024 · One of the most popular R&B vocal groups in the music's history, The Temptations, first came together when two previous groups dissolved.The surviving members of these two groups joined forces. One of these two groups was called The Primes.. Edward James Kendrick, born December 17th, 1939 in Alabama, was a boyhood friend of Paul Williams.Together, they formed a harmony group in Birmingham ...
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Our weekend R&B and Classic Soul party created by the maestro of the groove. Show Archive- Find the original air date of the program you want to listen to (we can only provide the last two weeks).- Click the "Play" arrow next to the program name.00000177-b008 …
Our Top Ten: The essential Miles Davis albums | WBGO
May 25, 2023 · Milestones (1958) Rightly seen as a precursor to Kind of Blue, Milestones featured the same group, albeit with Bill Evans later replacing Red Garland and Jimmy Cobb replacing Philly Joe Jones. Often pointed to as a model of modal jazz, the album features several compositions that would become standards in the jazz idiom, including the title tune by Miles, as well as Dizzy Gillespie and John ...
Rhythm Revue Spotlight featuring singer and songwriter Otis …
Oct 26, 2024 · There aren't that many vocal groups still performing that can trace their beginnings back to the days of Soda Shop Doo Wop. A union of two vocal groups from the 1950s resulted in one of the most successful and enduring harmony bands in the entire history of R&B.
Trailblazer and former Newark City Council President Mildred …
Dec 2, 2024 · Newark has lost a legendary and trailblazing city official. Former Newark City Council President Mildred Crump, who was the first Black woman to serve on the Council, died on Sunday, December 1, 2024.She was 86. Crump first ran for the Newark City Council in 1986, but was not elected until 1994, initially serving four years.
The Town Hall presents the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the …
Nov 19, 2024 · Seven-time Grammy Winner, NEA Jazzmaster and Pulitzer Prize nominee Maria Schneider recently chatted with me about the factual and fictional inspiration for her pieces, and how it’s changed with the passing of time. From her first recording, Evanescence, a tribute to mentor Gil Evans, her trip to Brazil, which had a huge effect on her writing, her collaborations with Dawn Upshaw and David ...
Johnny Rodriguez, a pillar of percussive tradition, dies at the
Aug 27, 2024 · Johnny Rodriguez, the most recorded percussionist in the world of Afro-Cuban based dance music (salsa), known by the sobriquet “Dandy," died on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of of 78.His passing was confirmed on social media by his daughter Adrian. The cause of death were complications due to a series of strokes.