BWMN’s “Jazz at the Network” presents Stanley Turrentine
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| Stanley Turrentine — was born in Pittsburgh in 1934 and grew up in the Hill district in a musical family. After playing cello Turrentine took up the tenor saxophone before reaching his teenage years. Born into a musical family (his father, Thomas Turrentine, played tenor with Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans, and his brother Tommy Turrentine was a proficient trumpet player), Stanley quickly became proficient enough to turn professional. He began playing with blues and R&B bands including those led by Lowell Fulson and Earl Bostic (replacing John Coltrane), but in the early 50s he played in a band led by Tadd Dameron. In the late 50s he worked with Max Roach (replacing Sonny Rollins) and also began leading his own bands, quickly establishing a reputation for live and recorded performances. In the early 60s he recorded with Jimmy Smith, appearing on classic albums such as Midnight Special and Back At The Chicken Shack. He often crossed over to the mainstream pop charts. His series of albums for Blue Note Records during the 60s produced some of the finest ever soul jazz, including his crossover hit ‘Sugar.’ Although his early professional experience left a considerable mark on his playing, evident in his strong affinity for the blues, Turrentine was able to adapt his style to appeal to the crossover audience for jazz-inflected popular dance music of the late 80s. Some of his albums, such as 1986’s Wonderland with tunes by Stevie Wonder, were tailored for this market, while others aimed at the hardcore jazz audience. Turrentine passed away in September 2000, two days after suffering a stroke. |
What’s at Stake: The 2022 Midterm Elections and the Impact on Black America By Dr. Ron Daniels
| For Black America, the 2022 midterm elections will be among the most consequential in American history and will be every bit as important as a presidential election. Not since the post-Reconstruction era in the 19th Century have the interests and aspirations of African Americans been so severely threatened. The white nationalist and supremacist forces of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement not only pose a danger to democracy, they also pose an imminent threat to the hard-fought gains achieved across generations through the Black Freedom Struggle. Keenly aware of this danger to Black progress, African American advocacy groups are working feverishly to mobilize a massive march on ballot boxes by Black voters on November 8. What’s at stake? The midterm elections will determine the leadership of the House of Representatives and Senate of the U.S. Congress. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are in play, as well as 35 of 100 seats in the Senate. |
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