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Saturday, 9/28: Host Bobbee Zeno with George Duke (from 2011)
(This show was scheduled last month, but was pre-empted.)
GEORGE DUKE was a singer, and a piano and synthesizer pioneer. A multi-talented musician and multiple Grammy winner, his work spanned numerous genres as a recording artist, composer, record producer, professor of music, and music director. He made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Exprience with the George Duke Trio. During the four decades of his career, he was known for his solo work as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, including Al Jarreau, Frank Zappa, Cannonball Adderley, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Billy Cobham and Stanley Clark.
Duke was devastated by the death of his wife, Corine, from cancer a year ago. He was unable to make music for months, but eventually overcame his grief to create an inspiring collection of mostly original compositions called DreamWeaver, which was released in July, just three weeks before his untimely death on August 5th. Read more in the LA Times obituary and visit www.georgeduke.com.
As a tribute, Bobbee Zeno presents Part One of an interview he conducted in 2011 with his friend, George Duke. Part Two will be broadcast on 9/28.
On September 24th, Herb Jeffries celebrated his 100th birthday. “This velvet-toned jazz baritone and sometime actor was (and perhaps still is) virtually unknown to white audiences. Yet, back in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Herb Jeffries was very big in black-cast films.
Today he is respected and remembered as a pioneer who broke down rusted-shut racial doors in Hollywood and ultimately displayed a positive image as a black actor on celluloid.”
“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 9/21/12:
Will acting help improve your memory? From the New York Times:
