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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.