Tag Archives: John Coltrane

Rare Pieces of NYC’s and Harlem’s Early Music Scene to be Auctioned at Swann Galleries

Posted on February 26, 2013 by | Leave a comment

image001On March 21, get a glimpse of New York’s early music scene – from the Last Poets in the 1970s to the life of a 1940s Harlem chorus girl – at Swann Auction Galleries’ Printed & Manuscript African-Americana Sale. Continue reading →

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Photo Of The Day: ‘Follow The Sign On 125th Street’

Posted on February 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

harlem 125th sttreet 2013The Follow The Sign on 125th Street, the image was taken with a Smartphone on Friday, February 1st, 2013, at 1 pm on the corner of 125th Street and Lenox Avenue. Continue reading →

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Sixth Avenue, Harlem, NY 1830 – 1910

Posted on February 7, 2013 by | Leave a comment

MNY220042We think this photograph is around Mount Morris Park in the Sixth Avenue taken around the 1830′s. Continue reading →

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Overturned Car, 145th Street St., Lenox Avenue, 1917

Posted on January 15, 2013 by | Leave a comment

An overturned car near the 145th Street Bridge ramp at Lenox Avenue, on July 10, 1917 (Eugene de Salignac Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives

This is a photograph of an overturned car, near the 145th Street Bridge ramp at Lenox Avenue in Central Harlem on July 10, 1917. Continue reading →

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Langston Hughes Breakfast Party in Harlem, 1925 (Photos And Video)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by | 3 Comments

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Photographs and Prints Division

Langston Hughes (second from left) with guests at a breakfast party for him hosted by room mates Regina Anderson-Andrews, Luella Tucker and Ethel Ray at 580 St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem 1925. Continue reading →

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Lenox Lounge: The Fat Lady Never Sang

Posted on January 5, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Despite numerous reports to the contrary, the Lenox Lounge brand will continue without skipping a beat.  Tyreta Foster, Esq. and Angélica Thomas, Esq. of Foster Lynch & Thomas, LLC negotiated in earnest throughout the 2012 Holiday Season … Continue reading →

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Lenox Lounge To Close December 31st, 2012

Posted on December 6, 2012 by | 8 Comments

Alvin Reed

It’s official, Mr. Alvin Reed owner of the historic Harlem jazz club Lenox Lounge at 288 Lenox Avenue (between 125th and 124th Street) will close his establishment on December 31st, 2012. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: John Coltrane, 3 Play, 1965, Live (Video)

Posted on October 23, 2012 by | 1 Comment

These three videos cover the”Classic Quartet” period in John Coltrane’s musical life. Coltrane‘s musical style from 196o-1962 had further developed, he was determined to make each performance “a whole expression of one’s being.” Continue reading →

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John Maurice Hartman in Harlem (video)

Posted on July 6, 2012 by | Leave a comment

John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983)  was an American bass jazz singer who specialized in ballads and earned critical acclaim, though he was never widely known. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: Romance Language By Kirk Whalum

Posted on April 1, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The scenario: A titan tenor saxophone stylist set apart, amongst other things, by his very personal sound decides to go into the studio with a singer he admires and feels is vastly underrated. There are many objectives for the session, top among them being to record an album of ballads and to garner wider recognition for the singer through the fans of the sax player and the vocalist s sheer talent. Continue reading →

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