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Say Brother; Solar Visions; Solar Visions performing live in Say Brother studio
Part of Say Brother.
08/03/1979
This clip is an excerpt from the band Solar Visions performing live in Say Brother studio. Overall, the program consists of a studio performance by Solar Visions, a Boston-based musical group blending jazz and pop. Solar Visions players are David Kane (keyboards), Jimmy Wilson (horn, trumpet, special effects), Paul Soroka (lyricon), Larry Bright (bandleader and drums), and Vincent Loving (base guitar). Programs includes a fifteen minute interview conducted by Sixto Escobar with Bright, who discusses his work with Sun Ra, the band's use of the lyricon, and the electronic sound of the music. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Solar Visions
- Program Number
927
- Title
Solar Visions performing live in Say Brother studio
- 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 a studio performance by Solar Visions, a Boston-based musical group blending jazz and pop. Solar Visions players are David Kane (keyboards), Jimmy Wilson (horn, trumpet, special effects), Paul Soroka (lyricon), Larry Bright (bandleader and drums), and Vincent Loving (base guitar). Programs includes a fifteen minute interview conducted by Sixto Escobar with Bright, who discusses his work with Sun Ra, the band's use of the lyricon, and the electronic sound of the music.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Soroka, Paul
- Kane, David
- Loving, Vincent
- >Solar Visions (Musical group)
- Bright, Larry
- Musicians
- Music--Performance
- Wilson, Jimmy
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Deare, Beth (Associate Producer)
- Clarke, Brian (Director)
- Contributors
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Recordist)
- Devitt, Doug (Videotape Recordist)
- Escobar, Sixto (Host)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Director)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Beres, Marc (Intern)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Koppel, Tiit (Lighting Assistant)
- Chigas, Basil (Stage Manager)
- Coleman, Vern (Audio)
- Rivera, George (Post Production Supervisor)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Wong, Evelyn (Production Assistant)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Fong, Diana (Intern)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Solar Visions; Solar Visions performing live in Say Brother studio,” 08/03/1979, GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6A7BAA8C880F43FB95B7D60E50D0345B.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Solar Visions; Solar Visions performing live in Say Brother studio.” 08/03/1979. GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6A7BAA8C880F43FB95B7D60E50D0345B>.
- APA: Say Brother; Solar Visions; Solar Visions performing live in Say Brother studio. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6A7BAA8C880F43FB95B7D60E50D0345B