The real engine of the music revealed in this documentary about Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
The focus of the documentary is on her massive influence on rock and roll, but she as a young woman she was a very popular jazz singer too.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Amado Borcelá “Guapachá” (Voz)
Chucho Valdés (Piano y Director Musical)
Carlos Emilio Morales (Guitarra Eléctrica)
Orlando Lopez “Cachaito” (Bajo)
Julio Vento (Flauta)
Papita Ampudia (Pailas)
Cala (Bongos)
Jazz on the Tube Interview with a Havana musician who lived in this scene
Note: A “milliner” is a hat-maker, not a millionaire.
Gilberto Valdés Zequeira was born in Havana on August 16, 1928.
As a kid, he listened to Chano Pozo’s rehearsals in the Colon neighborhood of Havana.
His vocal group had a weekly gig at the San Souci nightclub in Havana and he appeared on Cuba’s pioneering television channel twice a week in the 1950s.
Roy Haynes introduced him to American jazz drumming and gave him his first set of drumsticks.
He performed with his old friend Bebo Valdés when the two of them found themselves in Europe in the early 1960s.
He spent time as the #2 man at Egrem.
He was Dizzy Gillespie’s host when Dizzy visited Havana in 1977.
He introduced Irakere to Columbia Records and toured the world with them as their manager.
He helped save Cuba’s most important jazz club La Zorra y el Cuervo from being turned into a pizzeria.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of Gilberto’s remarkable life.
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The Jalopy Theater and School of Music website is here: jalopytheatre.org
The complete presentation
This is a talk I gave about something we can all do to appreciate music even more deeply.
Then I give an example of this approach in action in the hands of an inspired educator/performer.
The example happens to come from a genre called “Barrelhouse Blues,” which had its flowering about 100 years ago in the South among African-American youth.
But this approach to music appreciation can be adapted to any genre to good effect. It just takes a little imagination.
It will make a lot more sense when you experience it firsthand.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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A track from Charlie’s album “Rambling Boy” (title track)
“Ramblin'” with Ornette Coleman
Charlie and the Portugal concert
A talk by Charlie Haden
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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P.S. Our unique programming is made possible by help from people like you. Learn how you can contribute to our efforts here: Support Jazz on the Tube
Thanks.
Unfortunately, our landlord and grocer – being the philistines they are – only deal in this thing called money.
Much as we would like to create a page for every worthy musician, our core work keeps our hands full and our bank account tapped and making new pages and maintaining them costs real money.
The solution?
You can sponsor a page for the artist you want to see on the site.
Three ways to do it
Option #1 – You find a video for your artist on YouTube and we will write it up, create the page, and host it on Jazz on the Tube.
Even more important we will include the link in the birthday mailing every year on his or her birthday – in perpetuity. $35.00
Option #2 – Leave everything up to us. We’ll find the video, write it up, create the page, host it and send a birthday email for him or her every year – in perpetuity. $50.00
Option #3 – We will do everything, as in option #2, and we will also put a link to your artist’s site or store. A permanent link on Jazz on the Tube pointing to your artist’s site or store is a big value to them. $100.000
You have the choice of having your name on the page as the sponsor of the page or of being anonymous.
You can also dedicate the page to a colleague, friend or loved one.
Example: This page dedicated to the memory of Joani McCarthy.
