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On this episode, Joshua introduces Ignatius Sancho, who was born on a slave ship during the middle passage. Sancho escaped the institution of slave...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to one of the most interesting figures of classical music. Chevalier D'Saint George was the son of a slave an...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Angela introduces Sisserieta Jones, and American soprano sometimes known as "Black Patti." She was one of the first black performe...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to H. Leslie Adams, a world renowned American composer, best known for vocally-centric modalities such as ope...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Stacey V. Gibbs, a renowned composer and arranger whose specialty is infusing new energy into familiar wor...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Samuel Coleridge Taylor, whose brief but prolific career left an indelible mark on classical music. The pi...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2021
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to composer Richard Danielpour, who has created notable works in conjunction with literary powerhouses Toni M...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to the virtuosic Thomas "blind Tom" Wiggins. Born a slave, Blind Tom was an amazingly talented American music...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Undine Smith Moore, the "dean of black women composers." Moore was a prolific and talented composer and ar...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to composer and educator, George Walker. Known for his wide musical vocabulary, Walker is a pulitzer winning ...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to the composer and multi-intrumentalist Evelyn Simpson Curenton, and we hear an excerpt of her work, "O'Glory."
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- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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On this episode, Angela introduces Moses Hogan, a 20th century American composer noted for his arrangements of spirituals.
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- Added: Jan 27, 2021
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Robert Nathaniel Dett and his piece "Honey" from his "In the Bottoms" Suite. The piece evokes scenes and moods o...
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- Added: Jan 27, 2021
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On this episode, Joshua introduces William Grant Still, the "dean of black music." We hear an excerpt of Still's work "Ringplay," on piano.
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- Added: Jan 27, 2021
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Listen to a special edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM where Jeff Bressler plays only Grammy Hall of Fame inducted records from the 1930s and 194...
- Added: Jan 04, 2021
- Length: 58:03
(Air Dates: Dec 29 - Jan 4) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Chet Baker with our special guest Stan...
- Added: Dec 21, 2020
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: December 22 - 28, 2018) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano wi...
- Added: Dec 06, 2020
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: December 15 - 21) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of blues harmonica player, Paul Butterf...
- Added: Dec 06, 2020
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: December 8- 14) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra, with our...
- Added: Dec 06, 2020
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: December 1 - 7) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of jazz guitarist Jim Hall with our speci...
- Added: Nov 29, 2020
- Length: 59:00
On this week’s MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM: Rhumba, a bandleaders mark as a composer, battle of the jazz violinists, from goat to Goodman hero, a grave s...
- Added: Nov 29, 2020
- Length: 58:59
On this weeks edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM – a visit from the past, some clues to a famous female vocalist, one bandleader's loss is anothe...
- Added: Nov 23, 2020
- Length: 58:09
On this week’s show – Name a big band era hit that became a famous celebrity’s theme song, Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol, well-known bandleaders w...
- Added: Nov 09, 2020
- Length: 58:00
(Air Dates: November 17 - 23) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of sax player Paul Desmond with our spe...
- Added: Oct 04, 2020
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: November 24 - 30) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, Kevin Mahogany returns to our show to celebrate his career in mus...
- Added: Oct 04, 2020
- Length: 59:00
