BWMN’s “Jazz at the Network” today highlighting Patti Austin and friends
Jazz at the Network Sundays 6-9pm (EST)
| As a vocalist, performer and songwriter Patti Austin has had a star-studded career, making her one of the most admired singers in the world. A mainstay on the Billboard charts, she has 19 solo albums to her credit and has performed her award-nominated hit songs on both the Grammys and the Oscars. Born August 10, 1948, in New York, New York she is the daughter of a trombonist and a singer, Austin can claim both the late Dinah Washington and prolific Quincy Jones as her godparents. Austin made her stage debut with Dinah Washington at the world famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem at the tender age of four and had a recording contract with RCA by the time she was five. As a child performer, she appeared on television, including the Sammy Davis Jr’s show, and in the theatre. Her stage work included Lost In The Stars and Finian’s Rainbow. At the age of nine, she traveled to Europe with the bandleader/arranger Quincy Jones.. As a 16-year-old, she toured with Harry Belafonte and has been performing jazz, pop and R&B in public ever since. |
Black World Media Network (BWMN) presents “Just Expressin’ Myself” with Jamala Rogers
| In this episode of “Just Expressin’ Myself” Jamala Rogers discusses Shanquella Robinson, mass shootings, Covid and the psychological effects of life in the USA. |
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