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Category: Jazz
8/7/16 SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Propellerheads featuring: Shirley Bassey – History Repeating
History Repeating, written in 1997 by Alex Gifford, and originally performed by the Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey. The track is a fusion of several different styles of big beat, breakbeat and jazz combined with the powerful vocals of Shirley Bassey. Continue reading
8/1/16 O&A NYC DANCE: Gregory Hines’ Tap Dance in America- Excerpt featuring
Legendary Tap dancers Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Bunny Briggs, Sandman Simms performs during the 1989 PBS special Gregory Hines’ Tap Dance in America. Shot during rehearsal and performance at what used to be Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe in New York, the special reunites cast members of previous Hines vehicles, including “Sophisticated Ladies” (the musical) and “Tap” (the movie). Continue reading
6/12/15 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Duke Ellington Live
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra perform some of his most famous songs including Mood Indigo, Caravan and Sophisticated Lady. This video features fantastic performance footage of one of Jazz’s greatest stars.
5/29/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Everything Must Change- Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan & Simply Red (live)
Everything Must Change conducted by Quincy Jones featuring Chaka Khan & Simply Red from the 1996 Montreux Jazz Festival. Continue reading
5/23/16 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Cell Block Tango and When You’re Good to Mama From Bob Fosse’s Chicago
Chicago (2002) the musical comedy-drama film adapted from the satirical stage Bob Fosse musical of the same name. Both the movie and the stage play explore themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Jazz Age Chicago. The film stars Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere and Catherine Zeta-Jones and also features Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Mya Harrison and Desmond Richardson. Continue reading
5/22/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Shirley Horn – Here’s To Life
Jazz legend Shirley Horn performs Here’s To Life with John Williams and The Boston Pops. Continue reading
4/10/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Miles Davis- So What
So What is one of the best known examples of modal jazz, the song is first track on the 1959 Miles Davis album Kind of Blue. The actor Dennis Hopper, in an interview in 2008 with Men’s Journal, claims that Davis named the song after intellectual conversations with Hopper, in which Hopper would reply, “So what?” Continue reading
3/6/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: George Balanchine- Who Cares?
George Balanchine’s fun romp set to the music of George Gershwin performed by Het Nationale Ballet. Continue reading
3/1/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Chris Botti In Boston- Performs Emmanuel With Lucia Micarelli (PBS)
Chris Botti and Lucia Micarelli perform Michel Colombier’s haunting modern classic Emmanuel. Continue reading
