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Philadelphia’s jazz history is largely undocumented. The history resides in the memories of those who were there. 🎶🎶🎶 Help preserve the story for current and future generations. Please share memories of the jazz scene back in the day. #PhillyJazzLegacy
“Following Johns departure I still had the children to raise & there was no way I could not do my duty, because God wants us to be dutiful & fulfill our responsibilities & not sit before the Lord in meditation & leave those responsibilities to someone else” Alice Coltrane #Jazz
Happy birthday to a hero of entertainment. Actor, director and diplomat Sidney Poitier turns 92 years old today. (shown here with Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston marching for #CivilRights) #HISTORY
Experience #jazz in the very place it all began! Take a tour of the New Orleans Jazz Museum! https://bit.ly/2V3CCm8 #neworleans #nola @nolajazzmuseum
【Blues Short video】 Muddy Waters - Long Distance Calls (Live) #MuddyWaters
The music of Spike Lee’s @BlacKkKlansman draws inspiration from Jimi Hendrix’s iconic performance of “The Star Spangled Banner” at Woodstock in 1969. Film score composer @TerenceBlanchard reveals his creative process:
“My strength comes from Louis Armstrong.”—Ralph Ellison, interview with Robert G. O’Meally, 1976. So does ours. #LouisArmstrong #RalphEllison
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to #SmokeyRobinson, born February 19, 1940! Revisit his musical legacy—including audio & video highlights—here: https://bit.ly/2SdqlcW @smokeyrobinson
RIP legendary Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld. One of the first to invite hip-hop to high fashion.
Happy President’s Day
#HappyBirthday, Irma Thomas! These photos of the rhythm & blues singer are in #NewOrleansMedley. Rock 'n roll owes a debt to NOLA musicians, producers, studios & local R&B. Thomas’s records for Minit (prod. by Allen Toussaint in the '60s) cemented her as a premier talent.
The @USPS will issue the Marvin Gaye Forever Stamp on April 2, 2019 in Los Angeles. #MarvinGayeForever #BlackHeritageStamps #BlackExcellence #CulturalHeritage #ArtandSocialChange #SocialJustice #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #400Years
Our @NPG has the nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House. This #PresidentsDay, explore their collection online: http://americaspresidents.si.edu
UK museums face mounting pressure to repatriate foreign items
#MusicMonday Happy #PresidentsDay to my – and Lady Day’s -- Forever Prez Lester Young! 🎷🎶 #BlackExcellence #CulturalHeritage #Jazz #BlackHistoryMonth #400Years
Happy #PresidentsDay, y’all. Is it too late to vote for Dizzy Gillespie? Asking for a friend who’s had enough. 🎺🎶 #BlackExcellence #CulturalHeritage #Jazz #BlackHistoryMonth #400Years
RSVP now for Music In The Heart of the Movement, Friday 2/22 at 6pm at the @aampmuseum https://tockify.com/aampmuseum/detail/233/1550876400000 …
When dancing was jazz was art. 😍
Gary Clark, Jr. killing it on Saturday Night Live! @GaryClarkJr #SNL @wbr
"My music is the spiritual expression of who I am. Of my faith, of my knowledge, of my being ". - John Coltrane #BlackHistoryMonth #JazzBiography #MusicIsLife #Jazz
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