Women musicians.

  • Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin

    Mary Lou Williams Trio recorded at the Keystone Korner, with Eddie Marshall on drums, Larry Gales on bass, and Mary Lou Williams on piano. Programs opens with the song “Corny Rhythm” by Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy featuring Mary Lou Williams as pianist and composer. The life and work of African American…

  • 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”…

  • A blind blues street singer / Flora Molton ; interviewed by Natalie Reuss.

    Interview with Flora Molton, blind blues street-singer of the Washington, D.C. area. Flora tells stories of her past, sings and plays slide guitar, and explains why she has chosen to be a performer of the street. Her band members include Ed Morris and Phil Wiggins. Natalie Reuss of Sophie’s Parlor Media Collective conducts the interview.…

  • West coast women’s music festival

    This program presents selected highlights from the West Coast Women’s Music Festival held September 26-28, 1980 at Yosemite. Part 1 of this program features rock musician Terry Garthwaite and jazz pianist Kelly Green. Part 2 features cabaret trio Nicholas, Glover, and Wray (Julie Nicholas, Sheilah Glover and Willow Wray); and singer/songwriter Teresa Trull. Part 3…