African American women jazz singers
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Whatever became of Hazel Scott / interviewed by Richard Lamparski.
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Wild women don’t get the blues (Part 2 only)
Aircheck of program produced by Donna Allegra of music by Black women, acapella, jazz, blues, and funk. This is Part Two and contains songs by Abby Lincoln, Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “Joan Little”, Labelle, Linda Tillery, and the Pointer Sisters, and a live performance by Linda C. Powell with accompaniment by Eileen Kane. Part…
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Lady Day : Billie Holiday (Part 1 of 2)
Years after her death in New York City, Billie Holiday’s voice continues to captivate listeners. The mystique of the “Lady with the Gardenia” is explored by Dizzy Gillespie and Lena Horne in San Francisco, Studs Terkel in Chicago, and Frank Schiffman at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. Unexpurgated passages from her autobiography, Lady sings the blues (Doubleday),…
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Lady Day : Billie Holiday (Part 2 of 2)
Conclusion of the biographical program on the “Lady with the Gardenia”. On this reel are the voices of Dizzy Gillespie and Lena Horne in San Francisco, Studs Terkel in Chicago, and Frank Schiffman at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. Unexpurgated passages from her autobiography, Lady sings the blues (Doubleday), are read by Lillian McKinney, and several of…
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Memorial for Lady Day (Part 1 of 2)
Pauline Jones reads from Billie Holiday’s autobiography, with recorded songs by Holiday played throughout the program. The program was created as a memorial to be played on the anniversary of Billie Holiday’s death. In the KPFA Folio, the program was originally described as being read by Henrietta Harris. Part one.
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Memorial for Lady Day (Part 2 of 2)
Pauline Jones reads from Billie Holiday’s autobiography, with recorded songs by Holiday played throughout the program. The program was created as a memorial to be played on the anniversary of Billie Holiday’s death. In the KPFA Folio, the program was originally described as being read by Henrietta Harris. Part two.
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The growth of jazz / Betty Carter ; interviewed by Ed Love.
Jazz singer Betty Carter (1930-1998) discusses her life, her music, and the changes in jazz since the 1950’s. Interviewed by Ed Love for the series R.P.M. She is is introduced as the foremost black woman jazz artist of the time. Interview includes background information about Carter. Carter then describes the differences in the way musicians…
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Feinstein and Sarah Vaughan
The distinguished jazz and ballad singer with the three-octave range, Sarah Vaughan, when appearing in February at the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel, discussed her career with Professor Herbert Feinstein—from amateur night at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, through early days with Earl Fatha Hines, Billy Eckstine and John Kirby, to her most recent international successes.