Jazz In Dc

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 0:47:45
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Synopsis

From Fairmont Street to U Street, from the Howard Theater to the Crystal Caverns, take a tour through Washington, DC's jazz history with Billy Taylor and Frank Wess, who lead listeners through their hometown in this 6-part audio series created for middle and high school audiences.

Episodes

  • DC's Unsung Heroes of Jazz

    23/02/2007 Duration: 07min

    Washington, DC saw an influx and outflux of some of Jazz's greatest talent. In the final episode the series, Taylor and Wess talk about the relative anonymity of some originators, including Billy Eckstine and others who enjoyed only a short-lived celebrity.

  • DC Jazz Neighborhoods

    23/02/2007 Duration: 05min

    The Crystal Caverns, the Howard Theatre, and other venues in Washington, DC allowed the teenage Wess and Taylor opportunities to see their idols in concert. In this episode, they discuss the great musicians who frequented these monuments of jazz history.

  • Bringing Jazz to Europe

    23/02/2007 Duration: 05min

    Teacher Mary Reese Europe was the sister of James Reese Europe, who brought jazz to France in WWI. In this episode, jazz legends Billy Taylor and Frank Wess expound upon the influence of the two siblings, and Mary Reese Europe's teachings about singer Roland Hayes in prejudiced Germany prove an inspiration to her students.

  • Life in Segregated Washington, DC

    23/02/2007 Duration: 07min

    Jazz legends Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about the upsides and down-sides of being African-American in the segregated Washington, DC of their childhood. Segregated theatres and restaurants, racist neighbors, and predujiced law-enforcement made life in Shaw difficult. Despite this, African American-owned establishments in DC afforded a respite from some of these hardships— one of these havens being the prestigious Dunbar High School.

  • Jazz Teachers, Jazz Masters

    23/02/2007 Duration: 06min

    Henry Grant was a music teacher who taught in Washington DC's black public high schools. Among his students count luminaries of Jazz history, including Duke Ellington‚ Billy Taylor and Frank Wess, who remember him here.

  • Incubating Jazz in DC

    16/02/2007 Duration: 06min

    Dr. Billy Taylor and Frank Wess share memories of growing up in music clubs around the region and reflect on the role DC had in the development of jazz.

  • Beginnings of Jazz in DC

    07/02/2007 Duration: 08min

    Billy Taylor and Frank Wess share memories of Dunbar High School, long-gone DC clubs... and jazz legends Jelly Roll Morton and Lester Young.