2/21/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Happy Birthday Nancy! Nancy Wilson and Carl Anderson (Carnegie Hall)

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Nancy Wilson in a live stage performance at the 1987 JVC Jazz Festival in New York City. In Nancy Wilson at Carnegie Hall Wilson is joined onstage by Carl Anderson. Continue reading

2/18/16 O&A NYC: Old Landmark featuring James Brown with Chaka Chan from the Blues Brothers Movie

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This explosive scene from The Blues Brothers features James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James, The Reverend James Cleveland Choir, Chaka Khan and the Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd as Elwood, John Belushi as Jake).

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2/17/16 O&A NYC BLACK HISTORY MONTH THROWBACK THURSDAY: Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit

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Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit is the original Black Live Matters anthem. This is rare live footage of one of the first anti racism songs.  Continue reading

2/15/16 O&A NYC FEELING THE VALENTINE’S DAY AFTERGLOW: What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life Chris Botti/Sting

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What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?, with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending, and performed by Michael Dees was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Legrand won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for a version performed by Sarah Vaughan. More than thirty years later, Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, and Heitor Pereira won the 2006 Grammy Award for the same category for a version performed by Chris Botti and Sting. Continue reading

2/14/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Dee Dee Bridgewater- House of the Rising Sun

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Dee Dee Bridgewater, whose career spans four decades and includes Grammy and Tony Award-winning performances, returns to New Orleans on her upcoming album Dee Dee’s Feathers. Continue reading

2/13/16 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Celebration At Madison Square Garden

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The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special, a 2001 New York City revue  by the King of Pop- Michael Jackson, took place on September 7, 2001 and September 10, 2001 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. In late November 2001, the CBS television network aired the concerts as a two-hour special in honor of Michael Jackson’s thirtieth year as a solo entertainer. Continue reading