Celebrating Monk's 90th Birthday.
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Mem Nahadr - simply "M" - is an American performance artist and multi-octave vocalist . Performing Live, Fri., Dec.6th & Sat., Dec.7th, at the Queens Library, Langston Hughes Cultural Center.
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“Humph by Thelonious Monk, includes T.S. Monk Jr. on drums.” #avmfilm #avictormoorefilm #showsetproductions Vimeo On Demand vimeo.com/ondemand/humphbyth…
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The FIRST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE was the score for "La mort du duc de Guise"/"The Assassination of the Duke of Guise", released in 1908 and composed by the great French composer Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). #avmf, #avictormoorefilm, #amusicdocumentary
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In 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first known photographic image using the camera obscura. The camera obscura was a tool used by artists to draw. #avictormoorefilm, #amusicdocumentary
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#LangstonHughes, in 1951, published one of his most celebrated poems, #HarlemWhatHappensToADreamDeferred?, discussing how the American Dream falls short for African Americans. #Vicshow85
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At age 11, #StevieWonder auditioned at #Motown where CEO #BerryGordy signed Wonder to Motown's #Tamla label. Because of the #RedScare and her political activism, #LenaHorne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. #Vicshow85
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#DickGregory was at the forefront of political activism in the 1960s. He was arrested multiple times and went on many hunger strikes. Gregory became a speaker and author, primarily promoting spirituality. #Vicshow85
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In 1968, #ShirleyChisholm made history by becoming the United States' first African-American congresswoman, beginning the first of seven terms in the #HouseOfRepresentatives. #Vicshow85
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#LutherVandross released eight #1 R&B albums, seven #1 R&B singles and another five Top 20 R&B singles; also eight #BillboardTop10albums, including reaching #1 with 2003’s #DanceWithMyFather; and another five Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles. #Vicshow85
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#ModernJazzQuartet was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. #PercyHeath, #ConnieKay, #MiltJackson & #JohnLewis. #Vicshow85
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#SonnyRollins lived in Sugar Hill, his neighborhood musical peers included #JackieMcLean, #KennyDrew & #ArtTaylor; he was first out of the pack, working and recording with #BabsGonzales, #JJJohnson, #BudPowell and #MilesDavis before he turned twenty.
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#SelmaHortenseBurke was an American sculptor and a member of the #HarlemRenaissanceMovement. She described herself as "a people's sculptor". #Vicshow85
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#MilesDavis shaped the course of modern improvisational music. #CannonballAdderley attended the U.S. Navy School of Music before moving to New York City. #JohnColtrane turned the jazz world on its head with technically marvelous innovative playing. #Vicshow85
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#MuhammadAli by age 18 had captured two national #GoldenGloves titles, two #AmateurAthleticUnion national titles & 100 victories against eight losses. #Pelé played professionally in Brazil for two decades, winning three #WorldCups. #Vicshow85
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#ArthurAshe is the first African American to win the men's singles at #Wimbledon and the #USOpen, and the first African-American man to be ranked No. 1 in the world. #Vicshow85
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#EllaFitzgerald, dubbed "The First Lady of Song," was the most popular female jazz singer in the US for more than half a century. #DukeEllington created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in Western music. #Vicshow85
