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Soweto Kinch begins a four-part journey of discovery in Harlem, a few square miles in northern Manhattan which have given the world great musical riches.

Soweto Kinch begins a four-part journey of discovery in Harlem, a few square miles in northern Manhattan which have given the world great musical riches.
He hears from Pulitzer Prize winning novelist David Levering Lewis (author of "When Harlem Was In Vogue") about the origins of the area and visits the site of the "Tree of Hope" where superstitious musicians have touched the bark to help launch their careers.
We hear about the unique Harlem Stride style of piano jazz; visit speakeasies and the site of the famous Lincoln Theatre (which is now an Episcopalian church); and journey to Sugar Hill, the home of the Harlem Renaissance movement which saw intellectuals produce some of the area's richest writing, poetry and painting.

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 in 2009.

1 hour

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Sat 29 Aug 2020 03:00
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Music Played

  • Kurtis Blow

    One Two Five (Main Street Harlem USA)

    • Best of Kurtis Blow.
    • Mercury.
    • 524562-NA.

  • Billy Eckstine

    Love Is Just Around The Corner

    • Imagination.
    • Emarcy.
    • 848162-2.

  • James Brown

    Gonna Have A Funky Good Time

    • James Brown (Jazz & Blues Collection).
    • Charly/Atlas.
    • WIS CD-607.

  • Eubie Blake

    Charleston Rag

    • Original Ragtime Classics from the Original Piano Rolls.
    • Classic Jazz/Charly Reocrds Ltd.
    • CDCD-1086.

  • Louis Armstrong

    (WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO) BLACK AND BLUE

    • LOUIS ARMSTONG PLAYS THE MUSIC OF FATS WALLER.
    • CBS.
    • 450980-2.

  • Duke Ellington

    Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Morning

    • Jungle Nights In Harlem.
    • Bluebird.
    • 2499 2-RB.

  • Baby Dee

    Look What Baby's Got For You

    • Don't You Feel My Leg - apollo's Lady Blues Singers.
    • Delmark.
    • 684-NA.

  • Adelaide Hall, Bill Robinson & Duke Ellington

    I Can't Give You Anything But Love

    • Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928.
    • CBS.
    • CL-6778 s 1.

  • Duke Ellington

    FREEZE AND MELT

    • Jungle Nights In Harlem.
    • Bluebird.
    • 2499 2-RB.

  • Cab Calloway

    MINNIE THE MOOCHER

    • 20 CLASSIC BIG BAND THEME TUNES.
    • CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS.
    • MACCD-358.

  • Cab Calloway

    KICKING THE GONG AROUND

    • KICKING THE GONG AROUND.
    • ASV LIVING ERA.
    • CD AJA-5013.

  • Cab Calloway

    TRICKERATION

    • The Early Years 1930-34.
    • JSP.
    • JSP-908.

  • Fats Waller

    HANDFUL OF KEYS

    • A Handful of Keys.
    • Properbox.
    • PROPERBOX-71.

  • Scott Joplin

    ELITE SYNCOPATIONS

    • The Entertainer: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls.
    • Biograph.
    • 30155-Na.

  • Fats Waller

    THE JOINT IS JUMPIN'

    • Handful of Keys.
    • Proper.
    • PROPERBOX-71.

  • Fats Waller

    Carolina Shout

    • Handful of Keys.
    • Proper.
    • PROPERBOX-71.

  • Butch Thompson

    Maple Leaf Rag

  • Butch Thompson

    Maple Leaf Rag

  • Don Ewell & Willie β€œThe Lion” Smith

    I Found A New Baby

    • Stride Piano Duets.
    • Delmark.
    • DE-249.

  • Fats Waller

    Rusty Pail

    • Handful of Keys.
    • Proper.
    • Properbox-71.

  • Gregory Hopkins & Male Choir Of Convent Avenue Baptist Church

    Highway To Heaven

    • Great Men Of Gospel.
    • AJB.
    • 1004-2.

  • Royal Blood

    Little Monster

    • Warner Music UK Limited.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 19 May 2009 22:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Sat 12 Nov 2016 04:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Sat 16 Sep 2017 04:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Sat 10 Feb 2018 04:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 29 Aug 2018 01:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 1 May 2019 01:00
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  • Sat 29 Aug 2020 03:00
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