11/18/25 O&A NYC LIVE PERFORMANCE: Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx Perform Lady Marmalade Live on ‘GMA’

Patti LaBelle and Nona Hendryx performed their hit song Lady Marmalade live on Good Morning America (GMA) on November 3, 2025.  Continue reading

11/16/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Count Basie – I Needs To Be Bee’d With 1965

A Quincy Jones and Count Basie classic. From BBC Show of the week London, Nov 1965 Soloists: Count Basie and Al Grey. Continue reading

11/2/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES: The Exorcist 2 featuring Richard Pryor (SNL)

 

In this racially-charged parody of The Exorcist, two priests (Richard Pryor,and Thalmus Rasulala) confront a little girl (Laraine Newman) who’s possessed by the devil, says vile things and insults their mothers. This skit is from Saturday Night Live’s first season in 1975.

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11/1/25 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Tems – Tiny Desk Concert

Tiny Desk is giving the ladies their flowers (Tems). We’re releasing nine Tiny Desk Concerts from Black women artists, from veterans who’ve paved the way for what we hear today in Black music, to those who are carving out their own paths.
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10/25/25 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Prince and 3rd Eye Girl – Crazy 2 Cool

 

Crazy 2 Cool  is the name of a twenty-one minute medley performed by Prince and 3rd Eye Girl during their concert at Le Zénith in Paris on June 1, 2014.The medley was part of the Hit And Run Part II Tour.

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10/24/25 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: A. Piazzolla- Libertango


Libertango is a composition by tango composer Astor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974 in Milan. The title is a portmanteau merging “Libertad” (Spanish for liberty) and “Tango”, symbolizing Piazzolla’s break from Classical Tango to Tango Nuevo.  Continue reading

10/22/25 O&A NYC HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIZZY GILLESPIE: A Night In Tunisia (Live 1981) – Dizzy Gillespie


Happy Birthday John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie  born on October 21, 1917. He was  a music genius, Jazz trumpeter and bandleader. 
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10/17/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE SPECIAL: Missy Elliott Performs At The 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

Missy Elliott put on a show like no other, and that was definitely the case with her first ever performance at the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Continue reading

10/17/25 O&A NYC IRIE FRIDAY: Shabba Ranks ft. Krystal – Twice My Age (Toc Studios)

Shabba Ranks is a Dancehall artist featured Krystal.Who had hit Twice My Age with Shabba Ranks produced by Gussie Clarke. Continue reading

10/12/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Dianne Reeves with Romero Lubambo Live In NYC

Brazilian guitar wizard Romero Lubambo will join Dianne Reeves to perform songs from their new duo album. Trinity presents Jazz Icons in collaboration with Jazz House Kids, to showcase some of the most prolific and influential artists in music history. Continue reading