Monday morning, a delightful family picnic, what a way to spend the day. And dig the trombone. It’s a family affair, with mother on the guitar. Every meal should be like this.
Elisabeth Roma: Guitar Rita Payés: Trombone, guitar and vocals; Horacio: Contrabass; Juan Berbín: Percussion.
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Pretty nice magic trick by magician Sanjeev Vinodh. Once he said the cards could be examined, he fooled me for sure.
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I had some definite laughs from this! Comedian Eleanor Morton with companion Michael Fry, and Sean Burke as Julius Caesar
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Monday morning, Art Ford introduces a great all-star band on his 1958 television program who play a Dixieland number, “I’ve Found a New Baby.”
The musicians are: Johnny Windhurst, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Hank D’Amico, clarinet; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Teddy Charles, vibraphone; Alec Templeton, piano; Mary Osborne, guitar; Doc Goldberg, acoustic double bass; Morey Feld, drums;
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The irrepressible Harry Lorayne doing what he does best–talking fast and making cards do magic. I don’t think you can catch what he’s doing even if you play this at slow motion.
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From their second album, The Beatles cover a great Smokey Robinson song. One of my favorite John Lennon performances.
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The wonderful Connie Norgen, reading some of her recent poems, as broadcast today on the Arts Express radio program on WBAI FM NY and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
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Monday morning, Bossa Nova goodness with Martina DaSilva and Josh Turner. Martina is a native Portuguese speaker, but Josh also got props in his YouTube comments for his excellent Portuguese pronunciation.
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The Meetles, a Beatles cover band, sets people in the Times Square subway station dancing to their three song Beatles set.
Click on the video above for a dance party!
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March is the birthday of golden age radio comedians Bob and Ray, so herein, our Bob & Ray-ish radio segment, featuring Rick Tuman, as broadcast yesterday on the Arts Express radio program on WBAI FM NY and Pacifica affiliates across the nation
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The great Dorothy Donegan and Gene Rodgers, with Cab Calloway popping his head in, in a variety film of 1945.
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Monday morning, a spirited sing-in. This was recorded at Strawberry Fields, the small garden patch just inside the entrance to Central Park, across the street from the Dakota, the apartment building where John and Yoko lived. A crowd gathers every year there on Lennon’s birthday Oct 9th and sings. This was from last October’s gathering.
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Thanks to YouTuber thebeatlesnyc
Reina, Toni, and some buddies with a cover of my favorite Grateful Dead song.
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Frankie Lymon, just approaching his 15th birthday, performing on the Ed Sullivan Show, and what might have been…
Thanks to YouTuber The Ed Sullivan Show
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Monday morning, that age-old question. You might wonder if the woman in purple singing the Frankie Lymon part is Joni Mitchell. It is. (Frankie Lymon, born in Washington Heights, can be seen in the video’s black and white clip of kids dancing. Frankie is the shortest of them, but also the guy who wrote and recorded the song when he was 13 in 1956, making it a big hit. Unfortunately, Frankie died tragically young at the age of 25.)
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This was fun. Sorry I don’t know the name of this magician, but the poster said it was taken in Madurai, India
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Let’s make it a second excellent Grateful Dead cover this week: Toni Lindgren and Reina Del Cid.
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Carson and Josh having fun finger-picking this Grateful Dead classic
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Monday morning, the unbelievable Dorothy Donegan who pounds the piano so hard she literally flips her wig. Art Tatum said of her that she was the only pianist who made him feel like he needed to practice more.
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Pretty fascinating to see musician David Bennett put together the pieces of this famously complex Beatles song and assemble it into a very credible rendition. Makes me appreciate more both the Beatles and Mr. Bennett. With great drumming by Zal Jones. And kudos to vocalist Chris Vince who understands the difference between John and Paul’s singing.
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Monday morning starts with a cover of an Eagles classic. I have to say, I’m not a big Eagles fan, but Toni, Reina, Josh, and Carson do a fantastic job on this. With Andrew Foreman on bass. And the videography by Kelly Oden is really, really good as well.
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I’ve been looking for this clip for a long time for three reasons!
One: It’s one of my favorite magic illusions. It just looks great to an audience.
Two: When I was in college, I played the role of Houdini in a musical about his life–and I got to perform this illusion.
Three: And finally, the woman in the clip above, performing with Doug Henning, is actress Didi Conn. I was in the play Carousel with her when I was in junior high school–she was a grade ahead of me–and I thought then that she was the best dancer I had ever seen. Later she became famous for her role in the film Grease as “Frenchie.”
A lively round sung by Peter, Paul and Mary. If you’re curious what the song is referring to, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_cake
Why the Swedish subtitles? I dunno.
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