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Say Brother; Jazz; Boston Art Ensemble perform in the Say Brother Studio

Part of Say Brother.

11/11/1977

Excerpt from compilation program featuring the Boston Art Ensemble performing in the Say Brother studio. The overall 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). Produced by Barbara Barrow.


License Clip
Series
Say Brother
Program
Jazz
Program Number

808

Title

Boston Art Ensemble perform in the 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 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).

Asset Type

Clip

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Spellman, A.B.
Lewis, Webster
Jazz musicians
Music--Performance
Boston Art Ensemble
Davis, Stanton
African American musicians
Adderley, Cannonball
Ghetto Mysticism Band (Musical group)
Lloyd, Charles
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
Rivero, Marita (Producer Program Segment)
Publication Information
WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Jazz; Boston Art Ensemble perform in the Say Brother Studio,” 11/11/1977, GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CAF24B2035894E97A8C9E8E7ACC2C4C5.
MLA: “Say Brother; Jazz; Boston Art Ensemble perform in the Say Brother Studio.” 11/11/1977. GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CAF24B2035894E97A8C9E8E7ACC2C4C5>.
APA: Say Brother; Jazz; Boston Art Ensemble perform in the Say Brother Studio. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CAF24B2035894E97A8C9E8E7ACC2C4C5
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