jazz

March 05, 2013

Tom Hall remembers his friend and colleague, jazz musician Dave Brubeck, who passed away last week just short of his 92nd birthday.  We also listen back to an interview he did with Maryland Morning in 2009.

Wednesday, June 27
Afro Bop Alliance
Sachs Memorial Jazz Series at Maryland Hall
Annapolis, 6 p.m.

Edith Pearlman reading & conversation
Historic Oakland
Columbia, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 29
One Man Lord of the Rings

September 16th & 17th, 2011, on The Signal…

World War II veteran Charles Wells served our country as one of the first African-Americans enlisted in the US Marine Corps.  The Corps was segregated at the time, and Mr. Wells shares his memories of training at a remote outpost for black recruits called Camp Montford Point.

Katherine Meredith paints portraits in the traditional style of classical realism, but her recent series, Partners, has a distinctly modern twist:  All of her subjects happen to be gay couples.

We take a look at the Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan. Allen’s Family Foods, a 92-year-old poultry business based in Delaware, declared bankruptcy in June, and was purchased by Harim Group, a poultry company based in Korea. We talk with a grower who worked with Allen’s about what that might mean. Tom talks with the editor and one of the contributors to Music at the Crossroads: Lives and Legacies of Baltimore Jazz. What are the benefits of providing low income housing specifically for artists?