Videos
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Drum Battle: Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones
Filmed sometime in the 1960s, and in the tradition started with Jazz at the Philharmonic back in the 1940s, the three premier artists of their time bash it out. Continue reading
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Arturo O'Farrill Concert in the Park
6 May 2013 — Great Latin Music The Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra performs a free concert in the park and shows off the deep Latin Jazz talent pool the Big Apple is home to. Continue reading
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FAIR TV: Syria Sarin Skepticism, Tom Friedman's Sick Madness, Darkening the Tsarnaevs By Peter Hart
This week on FAIR TV: Do the claims about Syria’s chemical weapons hold up? And why do some pundits seem to want to push for a U.S. military response? Also, we’ll take a look at Tom Friedman’s column about the “sick madness” of attacking innocents, and how The Week magazine turned the Caucasian Tsarnaev brothers… Continue reading
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Video: Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorists List
One day after the exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, we’re joined by another legendary African-American activist, Angela Davis, as well as Shakur’s longtime attorney, Lennox Hinds. Davis, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is the subject of the recent… Continue reading
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Video: Act of Terror
An animated journey through the labyrinthine world of English Justice, the sinister caveats of Terrorism legislation, and the shocking cronyism of the police complaints system, Act Of Terror is about strength in the face of powerlessness and finding the courage to fight back. Continue reading
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Video: Images of the war in Syria
A documentary made by the team of Russia 24 channel correspondents in Syria. Continue reading
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'Manteca!' – The Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra with Chano Pozo
Co-written by Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Gil Fuller in 1947, it is among the most famous of Gillespie’s recordings (along with the earlier “A Night in Tunisia”) and is “one of the most important records ever made in the United States,” according to Gary Giddins of the Village Voice. Continue reading
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Duke Ellington — Pure Duke
This 1952 recording includes 2 performances of Duke and his Orchestra, one on Jan. 7, 1952 and one on Aug. 12, 1952. Continue reading
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Charlie Haden Quartet West – 'First Song'
Charlie Haden Quartet West plays “First Song” with Gary Foster on tenor saxophone, Alan Broadbent piano, and Larence Marable drums. Continue reading
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Video: Unhinged: Surviving Joberg: The Complete Video
An irreverent documentary charting the love-hate relationship people have with Johannesburg – a hot-bed of hope, fear and opportunity. Continue reading
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Video: Unhinged: Surviving Joberg – A Teaser
Unhinged: Surviving Joburg is a film about Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city – a place where red is green, left is right, cops are robbers and deadlines tight. Take a moment to see what it’s like in this crazy, fast paced city. A wicked commentary on the city that used to be my home. Continue reading
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Video: Privatizing Europe
Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the crisis to entrench neo-liberalism (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Study Debunking Austerity Research Sparks Wide Reaction
Bob Pollin (Co-Author of Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogoff): Deficit Hawks still defend conclusions of a study that contained spreadsheet errors and weighted selected countries in an inappropriate way; led to incorrect theory about public debt and growth (Inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Joe Henderson Live in Europe 1977
24 April 2013 One of my favourite artists, Joe Henderson, taped I think some time in 1977 whilst on a European tour. See the rest of the concert here. Continue reading
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Video: A portrait of Charles Mingus
22 April 2013 — Youtube An extraordinary portrait of Charles Mingus by Thomas Reichman. Continue reading
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Boston Suspect Arrested Stripped Naked so when was he shot and killed?
The following eyewitness report, casts doubt on the official story of the death of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers. Continue reading
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Video: Boston Bombing Suspects: It was a Set Up. They were Framed by the FBI
The Testimony of the Tsarnaev Brothers’ Mother as well as media reports confirm that the two brothers were on the FBI Radar, under FBI surveillance for several years. Continue reading
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Cannonball Adderley Sextet – Bossa Nova Nemo
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet is comprised of musicians Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes. Continue reading
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