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Say Brother; Jazz

Part of Say Brother.

11/11/1977


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Series
Say Brother
Program
Jazz
Program Number

808

Series Description

Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968

Program Description

Program serves as a compilation of performances by the Boston Art Ensemble, Cannonball Adderley, Stanton Davis and the Ghetto Mysticism Band, Webster Lewis, and Charles Lloyd. Includes commentary by professor and historian A.B. Spellman from Program 111, "New Music," and excerpted interview footage with both Adderly (interviewed by John Slade) and Lloyd (interviewed by Topper Carew).

Duration

00:60:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Davis, Stanton
Adderley, Cannonball
Music--Performance
African Americans--Attitudes
Jazz musicians
Boston Art Ensemble
Civil rights
African American musicians
Spellman, A. B., 1935-
Ghetto Mysticism Band (Musical group)
Lloyd, Charles
Lewis, Webster
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
Rivero, Marita (Producer Program Segment)
Barbara Barrow (Producer)
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Jazz,” 11/11/1977, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FBDEC990E1C841AA975BD3EB022B48A2.
MLA: “Say Brother; Jazz.” 11/11/1977. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FBDEC990E1C841AA975BD3EB022B48A2>.
APA: Say Brother; Jazz. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FBDEC990E1C841AA975BD3EB022B48A2
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