Author: Eduards Tomas

READ

• Goldman, Danielle. “Introduction: Sound Gestures – Posing Questions for Music and Dance.” Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory17.2 (July 2007): 123-138.

LISTEN/WATCH (and check out linked Wikipedia bios)

Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) Wikipedia.

• “Billie Holiday- ‘Strange Fruit’ Live 1959 [Reelin In the Years Archives]” Posted by Reelinintheyears66. February 12, 2018. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY9HvChXk> Accessed 10/7/19.

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894- September 26, 1937) Wikipedia.

• “Tain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do’ (Bessie Smith, 1923) Jazz Legend” [3:23]. Posted by RagtimeDorianHenry. June 3, 2009. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKEKkTQU-k> Accessed 10/7/19.
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  • “Bessie Smith – I Need a Little Sugar in my Bowl” [2:48] Posted by Sugar Bear Mosher. February 16, 2009. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuwKhPGItk> Accessed 10/7/19.

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) Wikipedia.

• “Mahalia Jackson Singing & Martin Luther King Jr. Preaching at Church” [2:56] . Posted by Omar Garcia Perez. Dec 9, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odHqG1rA4M8> Accessed 10/7/19.
• “Trouble of the World -MAHALIA!” [4:42]. Posted by Restoration Eden Ministries. March 31, 2015. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmygnicYLIA> Accessed 10/7/19.
• “Music + Cinema: Imitation of Life /Mahalia Jackson / Trouble of the World – Mirage de la vie” [2:35]. Posted by Claude Le Quang. March 18, 2019. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-1ZxMR6CjQ> Accessed 10/9/19.

Big Mama Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984) Wikipedia.

• “Big Mama Thornton – I Feel Alright” [3:01]. Posted AndTok2. March 25, 2010. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0w7axC7WBI> Accessed 10/7/19.
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  • “Big Mama Thornton – Summertime” [4:14]. Posted by Dutchbluesfan. April 4, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxl_b9A7IU> Accessed 10/7/19.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) Wikipedia.

• “Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Didn’t it Rain” [7:45]. Posted by LosGrollos. November 10, 2013. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnAQATKRBN0> Accessed 10/7/19.

Nina Simone (Feb 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) Wikipedia.

• “Strange Fruit” [3:33] . Posted by Sander. July 7, 2009. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcCm_ySBslk> Accessed 10/7/19.
• “Nina Simone – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” [2:42]. Posted by Particular Yair. September 9, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY> Accessed 10/7/19.
• “Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddamn” [4:40]. Posted by Aaron Overfield. February 26, 2013. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM> Accessed 10/7/19.
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  • “Nina Simone – I Put A Spell on You” [2:38] Posted by TheJazzStreet. June 9, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2k52n_Bvw> Accessed 10/7/19.
  • “Nina Simone Feeling Good” [2:57]. Posted by Cancano Cancano. October 20, 2012. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Y11hwjMNs> Accessed 10/7/19.

Etta James (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) Wikipedia.

• “Etta James – All I Could Do Was Cry” [2:59]. Posted by Musical Taste. March 5, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pc9BmXN998> Accessed 10/7/19.
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  • “Etta James – Something’s Got a Hold on Me (Live)” [5:50] Posted by Etta James. January 17, 2004. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OueyaMoUUt4> Accessed . 10/7/19.
  • “Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind” [2:34]. Posted by Rebel Songbird. June 7, 2012. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sq3ME0JHQ> Accessed 10/7/19.

Mae Barnes (c. January 23, 1907 – December 13, 1996) Wikipedia.

• “‘(I Ain’t Gonna Be No) Topsy’ – Mae Barnes” [4:25]. Posted by Zilbernet. June 10, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdHp7wAgF04> Accessed 10/7/19.

Abbey Lincoln (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010) Wikipedia.

Listen to first minute and a half AND from 5:40 on.

“Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln perform Tears for Johannesburg & Tryptic (Prayer, Protest).” Posted by thepostarchive. YouTube.com. October 20, 2018 (Accessed 9/30/20).

Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists (1926). POC Zine Project on ISSU

I. Listen [Total listen time – 11 minutes and 55 seconds]:

A. “Just Because She Made Dem Goo Goo Eyes (1900)”[4:55]. Posted by Sheet Music Singer. July 6, 2018. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpPaTZnNk0w> Accessed 10.4.19.

B. “Manuel Romaine. ‘Daises Won’t Tell’ Edison Standard Record 10399 (1910)” [2:03]. Posted by Tim Gracyk. Sep. 13, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8VPVX0nos> Accessed 10.4.19.

C. “‘La Pas Ma La’ by Ernest Hogan (1895, Ragtime piano)” [2:22]. Posted by Ragtimedorianhenry. Nov. 10, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvu_7l52LF4> Accessed 10.4.19.

D. “Miles & Bob Pratcher: ‘I’m Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die’ (1959)” [2:35]. Posted by Alan Lomax Archives. Jan. 26, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7fbrwQwc7E> Accessed 10.4.19.

II. Watch [Please note that you will need your BC login credentials to access the library database. Total watch time – 45-50 minutes]:

Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles [Total watch time – 8 minutes 40 seconds]

E- “Al Perryman as Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker.”  (1:15). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

F- “Leon Johnson as Master Juba.”  (1:35). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

G- “The Cakewalk.” (1:56). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

“H- Lindy Hop.” (3:59). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

The Call of the Jitterbug [Total watch time 36 minutes and 32 seconds]

I- “Lindy Hop or Jitterbug”  (8:25). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

J- “Passing it On.” (7:55). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

K- “Rhythms.” (7:08). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

L- “A Joyful Legacy.” (13:04).  The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 minsDance in Video. March 14, 2019.

III.  Look at Visual Art by Augusta Savage:

M- “Augusta Savage (1892-1962).” The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art.  Online at <theholmesgallery.com>  Accessed 3/15/19.

N- “Artist of Color Spotlight: Augusta Savage.” Mia Araujo Fine Art and Illustration.  Online at <www.art-by-mia.com> Accessed 3/15/19.

O- “Lenore, a Portrait Bust Sculpture by Augusta Savage.” Digital Public Library of America. Online at <dp.la>  Accessed 3/15/19.

Select Jacob Lawrence pieces:


P -Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series. 1940-41 pieces from The Migration Series, viewable by scrolling down the MoMa’s “Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000” page. MoMa Museum of Modern Art. <https://www.moma.org/artists/3418?=undefined&page=&direction=> Accessed 10/25/21.

• – Optional: Jacob Lawrence : “Escape” (1967); “Community (Study for Mural, Jamaica, NY” (1986); and “New Jersey, from The United States Series” (1946) all viewable on line at SAAM’s “Jacob Lawrence” page. (Scroll down to the page.) Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) <https://americanart.si.edu/artist/jacob-lawrence-2828> Accessed 10/25/21.

Read Zora Neale Hurston on Negro Art & Performance:

Q- Hurston, Zora Neale. “Color Struck: A Play in Four Scenes.” FIRE!! A Quarterly Dedicated to Younger Negro Artists. Volume 1 Issue 1. New York: The Fire Press, 1926. 7-14.  Online at <https://issuu.com/poczineproject> Accessed 3/15/19. (8 pages)

R – Hurston, Zora Neale.”Characteristics of Negro Expression” (1934) in The Sanctified Church, Turtle Island, Berkeley, 1981. 49-68.  Found on http://www.ypsilonediteur.com. Accessed 3/15/19.  Pdf available here: “Characteristics of Negro Expression” by Zora Neale Hurston.  (20 pages)

S- Hurston, Zora Neale. “Art and Such.” Found on the Digital Public Library of America.  <www.dp.la.org> Accessed January 25, 2019. (10 pages double spaced)

T- Hurston, Zora Neale. “The Pet Negro System.” The American Mercury  (May 1943): 593-600. Found online at The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Collection. <www.unz.com> Accessed January 25, 2019. (8 pages)

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