The White eagles : the Willie Colon Orchestra / produced by WGBH and WPFW.

Episode Title:
The White eagles : the Willie Colon Orchestra / produced by WGBH and WPFW.
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0517.01
Description: 

Recordings from a music festival held in the Congo Square area of New Orleans, featuring music by Black performers which reflect the spiritual and cultural origins. This program first looks at The White Eagles, a famed Mardi Gras Indian group performing four traditional songs: Downtown, Mardi Gras Morning, Liza Jane, and Indian Red. Secondly, the program looks at The Willie Colon Orchestra, a premiere salsa band which performs: Gantro Cubano and Panama. Includes short interviews in which Colon explains the origin of slasa in Africa, Latin America, and New York jazz.|THE WHITE EAGLES| THE WILLIE COLON ORCHESTRA / produced by WGBH and WPFW. SERIES: Congo Square, New Orleans| no. 1 Recordings from a music festival held in the Congo square area of New Orelans, featuring music by Black performers which reflect the spritiual and cultural origins. This program first looks at The White Eagles, a famed Mardi Gras Indian group performing four traditional songs: Downtown, Mardi Gras Morning, Liza Jane and Indian Red. Secondly, the program looks at The Willie Colon Orchestra, a premiere salsa band which performs: Gantro Cubano and Panama. Includes a short interview in which Colon explains the origin of salsa in African, Latin and New York jazz. BROADCAST: Satellite, 26 June 1989.

Date Recorded on: 
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Date Broadcast on: 
Satellite, 26 June 1989.
Item duration: 
1 reel (51 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., stereo.|59:00
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Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1989.
Rights Summary: 
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