African American women musicians

  • Gwen Avery in Concert

    A performance by jazz and gospel singer Gwen Avery in concert at Cooper Union’s Great Hall on September 28, 1979. This was the first of three concerts that took place in fall of 1979 produced by Women’s Music Production in New York City. She performs Cry no more, You’ll find love, Do it on my…

  • The Lesbian Show – October 23, 1978: Varied Voices of Black Women

    This episode of The Lesbian Show features a conversation among three of the four women from “Varied Voices of Black Women,” a poetry and music production touring the north East Coast, produced by Mud Productions. The guests are pianist Mary Watkins (b. 1939), singer and percussionist Linda Tillery (b.1948), and poet Pat Parker (1944-1989). Gwen…

  • 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.

  • Gay music for a spring night / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective.

    Performances by three San Francisco area gay musicians. Blackberri, Gwen Avery, and Steven Grossman.|GAY MUSIC FOR A SPRING NIGHT / produced by Fruit Punch Collective (Gay Men’s Radio of KPFA). – Performances of three San Francisco area Gay musicians, recorded live: Blackberri, a Black composer and performer well-known in Northern California through his performances at…

  • Bessie Jones at freight and salvage (Part 1 of 2) / produced by Martha Oelman and Joan Medlin.

    (Tape label) Bessie Jones at Freight and Salvage. This program is completely self-contained. Born in 1902, Bessie Jones has spent most of her life in the Georgia Sea Islands. The music she presents is a combination of the songs and games of the Islands as well as those taught to her by her granfather who…

  • Timpanist Elayne Jones / produced by Charles Amirkhanian.

    Charles Amirkhanian interviews timpanist Elayne Jones. She discusses her career, the problems of Blacks in American symphonies, and the influence of Black African music on Western European music. Includes excerpts of performances (Elayne Jones plays timpani on all of these selections). Tchaikovsky “1812 Overture”- Morton Gould, RCA Symphony Orch. Douglas Moore “Ballad of Baby Doe”…