Say Brother; Music Special; Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote

07/05/1973

In this clip Roxbury, Massachusetts, "jazz poet" Robert Ruff performs "Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote," for a studio audience at WGBH. Overall the program consists of segments from in-studio performances by musicians King Arthur and the Monty Williams Express, as well as poetry readings by Roxbury, Massachusetts, "jazz poet" Robert Ruff. (Ruff reads his poems "Dirty Shoes," "Stigma," "Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote," and "I Come to Play.") Program aims to recreate "the gaiety of outdoor music festivals" inside studio walls. Produced by John Slade. Directed by Russell Tillman.

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Series: Say Brother
Program: Music Special
Program Number: 269
Title: Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote
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 consists of segments from in-studio performances by musicians King Arthur and the Monty Williams Express, as well as poetry readings by Roxbury, Massachusetts, "jazz poet" Robert Ruff. (Ruff reads his poems "Dirty Shoes," "Stigma," "Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote," and "I Come to Play.") Program aims to recreate "the gaiety of outdoor music festivals" inside studio walls.
Asset Type: Clip
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Arthur, King; Monty Williams Express (Musical group); African American poets; Poetry; Ruff, Robert; Oral interpretation of poetry
Genres: Magazine
Topics: Race and Ethnicity
Creators: Tillman, Russell (Director); Slade, John (Producer); Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
Contributors: Jones, Vickie (Researcher); Johnson, Henry (Filmmaker)
Publication Information: WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation: Chicago: “Say Brother; Music Special; Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote,” 07/05/1973, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_080C59D8A04C4CBAA298FE7009EC63F8.; MLA: “Say Brother; Music Special; Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote.” 07/05/1973. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_080C59D8A04C4CBAA298FE7009EC63F8>.; APA: Say Brother; Music Special; Playing from the Music Malcolm Wrote. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_080C59D8A04C4CBAA298FE7009EC63F8

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