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Say Brother; Excursion with Tumbao, An
Part of Say Brother.
04/25/1979
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Excursion with Tumbao, An
- Program Number
924
- 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 features an in studio performance by Tumbao, a Boston-based musical group blending Latin rhythms, jazz, and Afro-blues. Performers are David Nieves (band leader and base player), Israel Pabon (congas), Efraim Toro (random percussion), Steve Gluzband (trumpet, horn, occasional piano), and Don Byron (clarinet, piano). Program includes a fifteen minute interview with Nieves conducted by Sixto Escobar, and Say Brother's "Music Beat" (a list of noteworthy musical recordings).
- Duration
00:60:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Tumbao (Musical group)
- Music--Performance
- Gluzband, Steve
- Hispanic American musicians
- Byron, Don
- Nieves, David
- Toro, Efraim
- Pabon, Israel
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Deare, Beth (Associate Producer)
- Barbara Barrow-Murray (Producer)
- Clarke, Brian (Director)
- Contributors
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Chigas, Basil (Stage Manager)
- Wong, Evelyn (Production Assistant)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Recordist)
- Koppel, Tiit (Switcher)
- Rivera, George (Post Production Supervisor)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Tilkin, Richard (Assistant Cameraman)
- Hugentugler, Carol (Videotape Recordist)
- Fong, Diana (Intern)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Vigneaux, Steve (Audio)
- Shipley, Jack (Lighting Assistant)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Escobar, Sixto (Host)
- Coleman, Vern (Audio)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Beres, Marc (Intern)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Excursion with Tumbao, An,” 04/25/1979, GBH Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_59222C00BBEF462A88F0BFFAF66DDCE9.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Excursion with Tumbao, An.” 04/25/1979. GBH Archives. Web. April 24, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_59222C00BBEF462A88F0BFFAF66DDCE9>.
- APA: Say Brother; Excursion with Tumbao, An. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_59222C00BBEF462A88F0BFFAF66DDCE9