Harmolodic Recording Studios founded, designed by the American jazz composer and alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman, and his son (and manager and drummer) Denardo at Harlem’s historic Lee Building at 103 East on West 125th in East Harlem, New York. Continue reading
MacHouston Baker(October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012), known as Mickey Baker and Mickey “Guitar” Baker was an American guitarist. Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Records, Baker, Big Joe Turner, Bo Diddley, Chantal Goya, Charlie Parker, Chuck Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Complete Course in Jazz Guitar, Guitarist, Ike Turner, Ivory Joe Hunter, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Lloyd Trotman, Louis Jordan, Love Is Strange, Mickey Baker, mother of hip-hop, New York City, Pee Wee Crayton, Ray Charles, Ronnie Bird, Ruth Brown, The Drifters
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival annually assembles some of the finest musicians in the world who reflect Parker’s musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist. Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, City Parks Foundation, Harlem School of the Arts, Lenox Avenue, Marcus Garvey Park, Saint Nicholas Avenue, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
Charlie Parker cut his teeth on Harlem jazz, in the 1940′s Parker played in after-hours clubs in Harlem like Clark Monroe’s Uptown House and Minton’s Playhouse, on top of that he played with musicians such as Thelonious Monk, guitarist Charlie Christian, and drummer Kenny Clarke. Continue reading
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Tagged Bowery Poetry Club, Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, City Parks Foundation, Clark Monroe's Uptown House, Contemporary Music, Ginny’s Supper Club, Jazz Foundation of America, Kenny Clarke, Minton's Playhouse, New York City, Revive Music School and The New School for Jazz, The Harlem School of the Arts, The Jazz Foundation of America, Thelonious Monk
The Baby Grand Bar at 319 West 125th Street (between st. Nicholas and 8th avenue), opened in 1953, it was a saloon with a bright mural of a piano above the door and a rich Art Deco décor. Continue reading
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Tagged Big Maybelle, Capitol Records, Charlie Mingus, Charlie Parker, Cotton Club, Dakota Staton, Dave Cavanaugh, Eddie Henderson, Harlem club, harlem clubs, Horace Silver, Jimmy Scott, Kenny Clarke, Nipsey Russell, Ralph Cooper, The Baby Grand, The Dell-Tones, The Wanderers, twin sister, Vivian Brown
Gil Noble ( February 22, 1932- April 5, 2012) was an American television reporter and interviewer born in Harlem, NY. Continue reading
Tagged A Great Night In Harlem, adam clayton powell, Black is the Color of My TV Tube, Charlie Parker, Decade of Struggle, Ella Baker, Emmy Awards, Eyewitness Exclusive, Fannie Lou Hamer, gil noble, Gil Noble Archives, Harlem, jack johnson, Jazz Foundation of America, like it is, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Marty Cooper, Melba Tolliver, New York City, Tallest Tree in Our Forest, W. E. B. Du Bois, WABC-TV
By Walter Rutledge
The holidays may be over but there are enough arts events this weekend to chase away the post holiday blues. Here are a few of the exciting and varied cultural happenings this weekend. As you will see two of the “uptown” events are free to the public. Continue reading
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In his new memoir, My Song, Harry Belafonte traces his journey from Jamaica and Harlem to the world stage. Continue reading
Gil Noble (born February 22, 1932 in Harlem, New York) is an American television reporter and interviewer. He is the producer and host of New York City television station WABC-TV’s weekly, Like It Is originally co-hosted with Melba Tolliver. The program focuses primarily on issues concerning African Americans and those within the African Diaspora. Continue reading
In the brief time that I’ve been posting blog entries to Integral Post, rarely have I explicitly discussed the issue of race, which, it seems to me, is a blindspot of the Integral community. Yet I intend, more and more, to visit the theme of race and view it through an Integral lens. Continue reading
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