Exploring the Height of Black American Jazz in Paris.
The thriving jazz scene black American musicians created in Paris in the 20s and 30s. Above, Eddie South.
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Some of our recent programs:
Come Away, O Human Child.
As we bid farewell to the beautiful month of June, we sample music drawn from literature.
The Glories of Summer’s Youngest Child, June.
The music of June and it’s most emblematic flower, lupines.
Methuselah
“Methuselah lived 900 years. But who calls that livin’ when no gal will give in, to no man what’s 900 years?”
The Magic Flute
Among other things, a review of Mozart’s Magic Flute with all its Masonic symbolism, as timely today as it when premiered 200 years ago.
May into June
Songs of Spring and the cautious approach of Summer’s tender child, June.
Tagore
A sampling of new and old from Paul Simon, and a musical appreciation of the Indian mystic Rabindranath Tagore.
Teddy Wilson
A sampling of the great jazz pianist and swing-era holdout, Teddy Wilson.
Astor Piazzola, George Carlin
A one-hour tonic to lift you out of the routine and deliver you back refreshed, revitalized, rekindled.
Frédéric Chopin
A brief biography and a sampling of music from the 19th C. master of solo piano, Frédéric Chopin.
Bird Song, Peepers and Songs of Spring Eternal
A celebration of April, the month of eternal youth. Peepers, bird song, and songs of the human heart singing of spring eternal.