At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright (Tom Sizemore), a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and ...
In the 1972 biopic Lady Sings the Blues, this legendary jazz singer's tumultuous life is explored with raw emotion and honesty. From her beginnings in poverty and abuse to her rise as a groundbreaking artist and struggles with addiction, her portrayal captures the strength, vul...
Nina Simone Folk music, Rhythm and blues, Jazz 1,595 votes A masterful pianist and unique, expressive vocalist, she fearlessly used her music to address racial inequality and civil rights issues, leaving an indelible mark on American culture. With songs like "Feeling Good" and "I Put a Spel...
EXCLUSION, OPENNESS, AND UTOPIA IN BLACK MALE PERFORMANCE AT THE WORLD STAGE JAZZ JAM SESSIONS ‘‘IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE TO CONFIRM THE TRUTH’’ : THE JAZZ FICTION OF SHERLEY ANN WILLIAMS AND TONI CADE BAMBARA ‘‘BLOW, MAN, BLOW!’’: REPRESENTING GENDER, WHITE PRIMITIVES, AND JAZZ MELO...
“On Jazz, Adorno wrote, The relationship between jazz and black people is similar to that between salon music and the wandering fiddle players whom it so firmly believes it has transcended – the gypsies. According to Bartok, the gypsies are supplied with this music by the cities; like commo...
The black man and the myth of male privilege November 25, 2022 Marques Travae 0 Note from BBT: I want to start today’s post off with a question. When was the last time you had a discussion or debate with […] Once excluded from Brazil’s soccer fields, black players are now re...
J. Edgar Hoover was a terrible racist and male chauvinist as well as much other things, no women, no blacks. And so my dad went to the secret service. And Harry Anslinger, who was the head of the civil service on the same day, hired five black men all at the same time for the ...
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They took off, and soon, other all-women black jazz bands followed in their footsteps. It was not all hunky-dory. The media, press, and society still saw jazz as a male-dominated sector, and women were encouraged to drop this lifestyle. Women’s suffrage and the emergence of multiple...
From 1947, theTavistock Institute, Frankfurt School, Alsos Mission/Manhattan Nuclear Bomb Project, and theU.S. governmenthaveclandestinelycombined to try to depreciate, control and shape the art of black folk music (gospels, spirituals, chants, blues, jazz, rhythm & blues). For clarity, I will...