Comments - HARLEM IN MONMARTRE - PBS SPECIAL - Pittsburgh Jazz Network2024-03-19T12:34:07Zhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/events/comment/feed?attachedTo=1992552%3AEvent%3A87339&xn_auth=noI would love to be there. I'…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2009-08-26:1992552:Comment:883122009-08-26T08:52:04.458ZLadyhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/Lady
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/299215385?profile=original" alt="" width="350" height="350"></p> I would love to be there. I'm right now in Amsterdam - Netherlands. We'll keep in touch, Love Peace & Music, Lady
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/299215385?profile=original" alt="" width="350" height="350"></p> I would love to be there. I'm right now in Amsterdam - Netherlands. We'll keep in touch, Love Peace & Music, Lady i would love to be there. i w…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2009-08-26:1992552:Comment:883062009-08-26T07:07:08.107Zshirley riley-davishttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/shirleyrileydavis
i would love to be there. i would love to attend all of the fabulous events dr, harrison puts together but i live in michigan. i have this book. won't the documentary be shown on pbs for all the world to see.
i would love to be there. i would love to attend all of the fabulous events dr, harrison puts together but i live in michigan. i have this book. won't the documentary be shown on pbs for all the world to see. Beloved American jazz singer…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2009-08-26:1992552:Comment:873412009-08-26T05:48:27.786ZDr. Nelson Harrisonhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/NelsonHarrison
Beloved American jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway once said, “You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmy Luncefords, the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only built in the minds of the great ones, but on the backs of the ordinary ones.”<br />
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While far from ordinary, Harlem in Montmartre tells the story of the long-forgotten “extraordinary ones,” who left America to create the jazz age in Paris between the First and Second World Wars. After peace was…
Beloved American jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway once said, “You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmy Luncefords, the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only built in the minds of the great ones, but on the backs of the ordinary ones.”<br />
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While far from ordinary, Harlem in Montmartre tells the story of the long-forgotten “extraordinary ones,” who left America to create the jazz age in Paris between the First and Second World Wars. After peace was signed at Versailles, many black Americans remained in Europe rather than return to the brutal segregation and racism of America.<br />
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Over the next two decades, they formed an expatriate community of musicians, entertainers and entrepreneurs, primarily congregating in Paris’ hilly Montmartre neighborhood. Some achieved enduring fame, while others faded into history.<br />
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Harlem in Montmartre airs as part of PBS’ Great Performances series on THIRTEEN Wednesday, August 26th at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings). The documentary is a co-production of THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG, Vanguard Documentaries, Inc., Ideale Audience SAS, ARTE France and Independent Television Service (ITVS).<br />
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Inspired by the book Harlem in Montmartre: a Paris Jazz Story (University of California Press) by historian William A. Shack and utilizing rare archival material from both France and America, this remarkable performance- driven documentary features the stories and music of such key figures as James Reese Europe, Josephine Baker, Sidney Bechet, Bricktop, Eugene Bullard, Django Reinhardt and more.<br />
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“The film explores a fascinating, yet often neglected, era in African-American cultural history” says producer Margaret Smilow. “It is a colorful, musical, poignant look at the contributions of a select group of black Americans, without whom the collective voice of jazz music around the world would sound entirely different.”<br />
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<b>Upcoming episodes<br />
Airs on<br />
WETA TV 26<br />
Wed., August 26, 2009<br />
8:00 pm<br />
(90 minutes)<br />
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Harlem in Montmartre<br />
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S. Epatha Merkerson narrates the story of the jazz age in Paris, which flourished between the First and Second World Wars because some black U.S. veterans remained in Europe rather than returning to segregated America.<br />
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Rating: TV-PG<br />
<br />
<br />
Airs on<br />
WETA HD<br />
<br />
Wed., August 26, 2009<br />
8:00 pm<br />
(90 minutes)<br />
<br />
Harlem in Montmartre<br />
<br />
S. Epatha Merkerson narrates the story of the jazz age in Paris, which flourished between the First and Second World Wars because some black U.S. veterans remained in Europe rather than returning to segregated America.<br />
<br />
Rating: TV-PG<br />
<br />
<br />
Airs on<br />
WETA HD<br />
<br />
Thu., August 27, 2009<br />
12:30 am<br />
(90 minutes)<br />
<br />
Harlem in Montmartre<br />
<br />
S. Epatha Merkerson narrates the story of the jazz age in Paris, which flourished between the First and Second World Wars because some black U.S. veterans remained in Europe rather than returning to segregated America.<br />
<br />
Rating: TV-PG<br />
<br />
<br />
Airs on<br />
WETA TV 26<br />
<br />
Thu., August 27, 2009<br />
1:30 pm<br />
(90 minutes)<br />
<br />
Harlem in Montmartre<br />
<br />
S. Epatha Merkerson narrates the story of the jazz age in Paris, which flourished between the First and Second World Wars because some black U.S. veterans remained in Europe rather than returning to segregated America.<br />
<br />
Rating: TV-PG<br />
<br />
<br />
Airs on<br />
WETA HD<br />
<br />
Thu., August 27, 2009<br />
1:30 pm<br />
(90 minutes)<br />
<br />
Harlem in Montmartre<br />
<br />
S. Epatha Merkerson narrates the story of the jazz age in Paris, which flourished between the First and Second World Wars because some black U.S. veterans remained in Europe rather than returning to segregated America.<br />
<br />
Rating: TV-PG<br />
<br />
<br />
Airs on<br />
WETA TV 26<br />
<br />
Fri., August 28, 2009<br />
1:30 am<br />
(90 minutes)<br />
<br />
Harlem in Montmartre<br />
<br />
S. Epatha Merkerson narrates the story of the jazz age in Paris, which flourished between the First and Second World Wars because some black U.S. veterans remained in Europe rather than returning to segregated America.<br />
<br />
Rating: TV-PG<br />
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