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Episode 2

Soweto Kinch continues his journey into the music and politics of Harlem, exploring the Harlem Renaissance, the Savoy Ballroom and the home of the new thing - bebop jazz.

In his second journey into Harlem's history, Soweto Kinch finds out about the rich gospel tradition, explores the art, music and poetry of the harlem Renaissance, and traces the story of jazz from swing to bebop. He visits the place where politician Marcus Garvey addressed the crowds from a soapbox, and finds out where African American thinker and reformer W. E. B DuBois lived and worked. He hears about the legendary Savoy Ballroom, and the late night clubs like Minton's and the Uptown House where Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie created a new style of jazz. Finally as the 1940s progress, rhythm and blues arrives on the scene and the everyday sound of Harlem is transformed.

First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 2 in 2009.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 30 Aug 2020 03:00
91热爆 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Kurtis Blow

    One Two Five (Main Street Harlem USA)

    • Best of Kurtis Blow.
    • Mercury.
    • 524562-NA.

  • Gregory Hopkins & Male Choir Of Convent Avenue Baptist Church

    Highway To Heaven

    • Great Men Of Gospel.
    • AJB.
    • 1004-2.

  • Paul Robeson

    Scandalize My Name

    • Legendary Moscow Concert.
    • Hiltongrove.
    • RV-70004.

  • Gregory Hopkins & Male Choir Of Convent Avenue Baptist Church

    Who Built The Ark

    • Great Men Of Gospel - Live In Buenos Aires.
    • AJB.
    • 10004-2.

  • Ice T

    If We Must Die (Poem)

    • Rhapsodies In Black.
    • Rhino.
    • 8122-79874 2.

  • Branford Marsalis

    The Weary Blues (Poem)

    • Rhapsodies In Black.
    • Rhino.
    • 8122-79874 2.

  • Willie 鈥淭he Lion鈥� Smith

    Achin Hearted Blues

    • Harlem Joys.
    • Charly.
    • AFS-111032.

  • Le Var Burton

    The Damnation Of Women (Essay)

    • Rhapsodies In Black.
    • Rhino.
    • 8122-79874 2.

  • Chick Webb and His Orchestra

    STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY

    • Rhythm Man 1931-1934.
    • HEP.
    • HEPCD-1023.

  • Chick Webb

    DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL

    • Rhythm Man.
    • Hep.
    • 1023-NA.

  • WEBB, CHICK & HIS ORCH/ELLA FITZGERALD, VOC

    A TISKET A TASKET

    • THE LEGENDARY BIG BANDS- CHICK WEBB.
    • PULSE.
    • PLSCD-412.

  • Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald

    I Was Doing All Right

    • Romance And Rhythm.
    • Proper.
    • Properbox-74.

  • COOPER, AL & SAVOY SULTANS

    Second Balcony Jump

    • Swing's The Thing.
    • N/A.
    • 321436-..

  • Mills Blue Rhythm Band

    The Growl

    • The Story Of Big Bands.
    • Chant Du Monde.
    • 574-1481.90.

  • Roy Eldridge

    Sittin' In

    • Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz/Trumpet Giant.
    • Proper.
    • Properbox-69.

  • Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra

    Blowin' the Blues Away

    • Settin' the Pace.
    • Proper.
    • 10-16.

  • Sir Charles Thompson

    Takin' Off

    • Takin' Off.
    • Delmark.
    • DD-450.

  • Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

    Shaw Nuff

    • The Dizzy Gillespie Story.
    • Proper.
    • Properbox-30.

  • Charlie Parker plus band

    Just Friends

    • The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve Vol.4.
    • Verve.
    • 837-141 2.

  • Big Joe Turner

    Sweeet Sixteen

    • 1949-52.
    • JSP.
    • 7709-E.

  • Gene Ammons

    The Last Mile

    • 1949-50.
    • Classics.
    • 1329-NA.

  • George Benson

    Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba

    • Erotic Moods.
    • Paul Winley Records.
    • LP-131.

  • George Benson

    Sideman

    • It's Uptown.
    • Columbia.
    • COL-502469.

  • George Benson

    Hello Birdie

    • It's Uptown.
    • Columbia.
    • COL-502469.

  • Ray Charles

    What'd I Say

    • Apollo Saturday Night.
    • Atco.
    • 8D-33-159.

  • Suzanne Vega

    Marlene On The Wall

    • A&M.

  • Pop Will Eat Itself

    There Is No Love Between Us Anymore

    • BOX FRENZY.
    • Chapter Twenty-Two.

  • 贵颈蝉肠丑别谤鈥怹

    The Worker

    • Highlights 1979-2004.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Cat Power

    The Greatest

    • Matador.

  • Ride

    Cali

    • Wichita Recordings.

  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

    • Only Yazoo: The Best Of.
    • Mute Records.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 26 May 2009 22:30
    91热爆 Radio 2
  • Sun 13 Nov 2016 04:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 17 Sep 2017 04:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 11 Feb 2018 04:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 30 Aug 2018 01:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 2 May 2019 01:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 30 Aug 2020 03:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music