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Yamekraw, a Negro Rhapsody is a jazz musical composition written by James P. Johnson in 1927 about a neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia. [1] It was a response to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue . It was initially composed for the piano, but was first performed at Carnegie Hall as a jazz-like orchestral arrangement. [ 2 ]
Rhapsody in Black and Blue is a short ten-minute film that was created and released in 1932, starring Sidney Easton [1] and Fanny Belle DeKnight. [1] It is an early example of a "music video", showcasing the tunes I’ll Be Glad When You Are Dead You Rascal You and Shine, [2] sung and played by well-known jazz artist Louis Armstrong.
Between June 15 and September 28, 2010, New York radio station WFMU (with the cooperation of the Firesign Theatre) aired a 16-week series of archival shows which included all but episodes 1, 8, 10, and 12 of the syndicated Dear Friends in chronological order along with an unsyndicated Dear Friends episode broadcast on September 16, 1970 ("Big ...
Gayane Suite No. 2, XI: Sabre Dance / Aram Khachaturian; Hooked on America - 4:07 Rhapsody in Blue / George Gershwin; Camptown Races / Stephen Foster; Rhapsody in Blue / Gershwin; An American in Paris / Gershwin; Rhapsody in Blue / Gershwin; Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World", I: Allegro molto / Dvořák; Old Black Joe / Foster
Nnamdi Moweta // ⓘ (born March 27, 1958), is a radio personality, music producer, music supervisor, music promoter and consultant. He is the host of Radio Afrodicia, a radio show on KPFK, a listener-sponsored radio station based in Los Angeles, California.
From 1995 to 2012, Smolin was the host of The Music Never Stops, a psychedelic radio show on KPFK in Los Angeles, California [1] for which Smolin won the first ever Jammy Award for "Best Radio Show" in 2000. [2] Smolin's program was also nominated for an LA Weekly Music Award in 2004 in the "Best Radio Show" category. [3]
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life is a 9 + 1 ⁄ 2-minute musical short produced in 1935 that features Duke Ellington’s early extended piece, "A Rhapsody of Negro Life". The film, Billie Holiday ’s screen debut, was directed by Fred Waller and distributed by Paramount Pictures .
Armoudian is of Armenian American descent and is the host and producer of the Scholars' Circle on KPFK. [2] Prior to moving to New Zealand, Armoudian worked as both a city commissioner in Los Angeles for six years and the California State Legislature for eight years. [ 3 ]