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It's Sunday POU Family and lurkers. It's time to sit back and enjoy the sounds of Chris Thomas King. Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1962) is an American New Orleans, Louisiana-based blues musician and actor. King was born in Baton … [Read more...]
GOOD MORNING PRAGOBOTS! As you enjoy your Sunday breakfast/brunch, check out the sounds of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers from the Festival Internazionale de Jazz in Sanremo, Italy in 1963. … [Read more...]
The National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc., (Hall of Fame) hosts an Annual Competition of Black College Gospel Choirs Competition. Designed to showcase the musical talents of gospel choirs from Historically Black Colleges and … [Read more...]
This week's open thread theme centered around the accomplishments of black composers. Today I am going to highlight Deidre Murray. Diedre Murray (born November 28, 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an American cellist and composer … [Read more...]
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s. Among the array of instruments he plays are … [Read more...]
Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. Threadgill came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating a … [Read more...]
Continuing with this week's open thread topic... today I will highlight David Baker. David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (born December 21, 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American symphonic jazz composer at the Indiana University Jacobs School … [Read more...]
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