BMA: Black Media Archive show

BMA: Black Media Archive

Summary: The Black Media Archive is a multi-media collection of African and African-American history, including speeches, archival video, movies, music, and more. It exists as a central resource of Black history in multi-media formats.

Podcasts:

 Episode 318: "Rock 'N' Roll Revue" | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 37:23

In this episode Master of ceremonies Willie Bryant hosts an eventful evening of music and comedy captured live at the Apollo Theater and featuring such popular artists as Nat 'King' Cole, Duke Ellington, the Clovers, Dinah Washington, Martha Davis, and Mantan Moreland. Filmed in 1955, this copy is possibly incomplete coming in at just under 40 minutes.

 Episode 318: "Rock 'N' Roll Revue" | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:37:23

In this episode Master of ceremonies Willie Bryant hosts an eventful evening of music and comedy captured live at the Apollo Theater and featuring such popular artists as Nat 'King' Cole, Duke Ellington, the Clovers, Dinah Washington, Martha Davis, and Mantan Moreland. Filmed in 1955, this copy is possibly incomplete coming in at just under 40 minutes.

 Episode 317: Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:18

This episode includes two recordings by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five, "I Want You To Be My Baby" and "The Nearness of You". These were most likely recorded in the mid to late 1940s when Jordan was at the peak of his popularity.

 Episode 317: Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:18

This episode includes two recordings by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five, "I Want You To Be My Baby" and "The Nearness of You". These were most likely recorded in the mid to late 1940s when Jordan was at the peak of his popularity.

 Episode 316: Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:35

Washboard Sam (Robert Brown) and his Washboard Band perform "Just Got To Hold You" and "Yes I Got Your Woman" in this recording made in Chicago on August 5, 1940. From the original 78rpm disk.

 Episode 316: Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:35

Washboard Sam (Robert Brown) and his Washboard Band perform "Just Got To Hold You" and "Yes I Got Your Woman" in this recording made in Chicago on August 5, 1940. From the original 78rpm disk.

 Episode 315: "Tin Pan Alley Cats" | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 7:33

This episode is the cartoon "Tin Pan Alley Cats" (1943), directed by Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions as part of Warner Bros.' Merrie Melodies series. A follow-up to Clampett's successful "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs", released earlier in 1943, Tin Pan Alley Cats features a caricature of jazz musician Fats Waller.

 Episode 315: "Tin Pan Alley Cats" | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:07:33

This episode is the cartoon "Tin Pan Alley Cats" (1943), directed by Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions as part of Warner Bros.' Merrie Melodies series. A follow-up to Clampett's successful "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs", released earlier in 1943, Tin Pan Alley Cats features a caricature of jazz musician Fats Waller.

 Episode 314: "Paradise in Harlem" (part 2) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 42:15

Movie: The conclusion of the 1939 musical "Paradise in Harlem" in which comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited chance to act dramatically vanishes when he witnesses a mob killing and is forced to leave town. Lem becomes a wanderer, then an alcoholic. Finally a chance to play Othello draws him back to Harlem.

 Episode 314: "Paradise in Harlem" (part 2) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:42:15

Movie: The conclusion of the 1939 musical "Paradise in Harlem" in which comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited chance to act dramatically vanishes when he witnesses a mob killing and is forced to leave town. Lem becomes a wanderer, then an alcoholic. Finally a chance to play Othello draws him back to Harlem.

 Episode 314: "Paradise in Harlem" (part 1) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 42:59

Movie: In the 1939 musical "Paradise in Harlem" comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited chance to act dramatically vanishes when he witnesses a mob killing and is forced to leave town. Lem becomes a wanderer, then an alcoholic. Finally a chance to play Othello draws him back to Harlem.

 Episode 314: "Paradise in Harlem" (part 1) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:42:59

Movie: In the 1939 musical "Paradise in Harlem" comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited chance to act dramatically vanishes when he witnesses a mob killing and is forced to leave town. Lem becomes a wanderer, then an alcoholic. Finally a chance to play Othello draws him back to Harlem.

 Episode 313: "St. James Infirmary" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:43

This episode is a recording of the song "St. James Infirmary" recorded in 1930 by the Harlem Hot Chocolates, directed by Duke Ellington. This particular recording was taken from a cardboard record.

 Episode 313: "St. James Infirmary" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:02:43

This episode is a recording of the song "St. James Infirmary" recorded in 1930 by the Harlem Hot Chocolates, directed by Duke Ellington. This particular recording was taken from a cardboard record.

 Episode 312: "Dark Manhattan" (part 2) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 34:03

Movie: The conclusion of the 1937 film "Dark Manhattan." A low-level gangster named Curly (Ralph Cooper) determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the numbers rackets in Harlem.

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