A Night of Jazz, Legacy, and the Unexpected at Unterfahrt 
Cultural Wrap-Up May 23, 2025 | Patti LaBelle … 
✨Cultural Wrap-Up: James Brown, Friday, May 2, 2025 
✨ Cultural Wrap-Up: Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters – April 29, 2025 
February 28: Sarah Vaughan 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 23: Marian Anderson 
February 22: Berry Gordy 
February 20: Duke Ellington 
February 19: Nina Simone: The Power of Protest Through Music 
February 18: Bessie Smith: Jazz’s First Superstar 
February 17: Thomas A. Dorsey 
February 16: Ma Rainey 
February 15: John Coltrane 
February 14: Scott Joplin 
February 12: Art Tatum 
Fatoumata Diawara: A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity 
February 11. Ella Fitzgerald 
February 8: Louis Armstrong 
February 2: Mahalia Jackson 
Sylvester: Beyond the Gimmick | 1980-1-1 
The Ntu Sound Chamber: A Spiritual Jazz Journey with WDR Big Band and Nduduzo Makhathini 
Music: WRVR-FM JAZZ RADIO | 8/1978 
Part 3. – Miles Davis and the Evolution of Jazz Fusion from Classical Roots 
Part 2. — How the Modern Jazz Quartet Blended Jazz and Classical Music to Create Something Timeless 
Part I. Blending Jazz and Classical Music: Schuller, Davis, and MJQ 
Introducing the Series: Jazz at the Crossroads of Innovation 
🎉 Happy Birthday to the Legendary James Mtume! 🎶 
Grady Tate: The Rhythm Driving Jazz, Soul, and Beyond 
Al Jones Blues Band: A Munich Tradition and Blues Legacy 
February 26: Sidney Poitier 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 6: Lorraine Hansberry 
George C. Wolfe: Shaping American Theater with Unapologetic Truth 
February 4: Augusta Savage 
February 1: Jacob Lawrence 
✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨— Jacob Lawrence 
Pioneers of Style/ Influential African-American Icons in Art and Fashion 
Paul Robeson: “Here I Stand”
This film is my first real exposure to Paul Robeson. While in college, a professor loaned me an LP containing many spirituals recorded by Paul... Read More
Lucinda Williams and Jason Walker
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Thursday, June 25, 2015, 7:30pm (Gates open at 6:30pm) Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West & 9th St) Brooklyn ($3 suggested donation) Opening performance by... Read More
Redd Foxx and Flip Wilson
The Redd Foxx shows contain lots of profanity and for many objectionable material. Redd Foxx’s “Stand Up” – Redd Foxx “HBO Comedy Special 1978 is... Read More
New York Philharmonic Concerts – Van Cortlandt Park
Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Bronx (212) 875-5656 Share the Stage* performance by BombaYo, 6:30–7:00 PM New York Philharmonic marks the 50th anniversary of the Concerts... Read More
The Royal Ballet’s “Joyce Dance Dialogue”
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 5:00pm Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Amsterdam Ave. and 65th St. entrance) Manhattan Prior to The... Read More
Al B. Sure!
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Thursday, June 25, 2015, 12noon—2 pm Free admission, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center (Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues, rain or shine) Brooklyn BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech,... Read More
Sundown Towns The Nadir of American Race Relations 
“Paris is Burning”
“Paris is Burning” | “The Houses United Ball: Celebrating Brooklyn” | Vjuan Allure Saturday, June 26, 2015, 7:30pm Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West & 9th... Read More