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7/23/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Get Here – Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams Grammy nominated cover of Brenda Russell’s Get Here remains her biggest hit to date. Get Here was released in 1990 on her album Circle of One.
7/16/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Savion Glover – Newport Jazz Festival – 08/13/06 (Full Concert)
Savion Glover performs at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2006.
Savion Glover – Full Concert – 08/13/06 – Newport Jazz Festival
5/7/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Nancy Wilson Live at Carnegie Hall (1987)
Nancy Wilson performs eight songs by herself and two songs with Carl Anderson at Carnegie Hall on June 25, 1987. Continue reading
5/5/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Bob Fosse’s Air-otica
By Walter Rutledge
All That Jazz is the semi-autobiographical fantasy film based on aspects of Bob Fosse’s life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. The musical film was directed by Bob Fosse with screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse.
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4/30/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Sarah Vaughan – Someone to watch over me (1978)
The Divine One Sarah Vaughan sing the George and Ira Gershwin classic Someone to Watch Over Me. Continue reading
4/25/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Rosa Mae- Charmaine Hunter and Me
By Walter Rutledge
Charmaine Hunter, former Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) principal dancer, was in New York City this weekend for the New York season of DTH. We had a chance to talk and the conversation turned to the time we danced together with the Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre. Continue reading
4/23/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: History Repeating- Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey
History Repeating a song written by Alex Gifford and originally performed by the Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey in 1997. Continue reading
4/17/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SONG OF THE DAY: The John Coltrane Quartet My Favorite Things Belgium, 1965
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
My Favorite Things is the seventh studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD-1361. It was the first album to feature Coltrane playing soprano saxophone. Continue reading
4/16/17 SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Moanin’
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers’ 1958 classic Moanin’ stands as one of jazz’s all-time recordings. Continue reading
