Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 18th July 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Audio curator James Errington is joined by jazz historian Joe Moore to discuss the astonishing year of 1917, when a new music called “Jass” or “Jaz” or “Jazz” swept the world, changing it forever. A genuinely astonishing time for music, brought to life with …
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Over at BBC Radio 4’s Home Front website there is a fascinating article about the first Women’s international match, between England and Ireland in 1917 Mr Brennan has unearthed newspapers from the time which describe the match as “international” and report that it attracted 20,000 spectators. The Lord Mayor of Belfast kicked off the match …
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Marcel Duchamp — Fountain L. S. Lowry — Coming from the Mill C. R. W. Nevinson – Paths of Glory Félix Vallotton – The Church of Souain in Silhouette George Luks — Houston Street George Grosz – Explosion Hans Larwin — Soldat und Tod Margaret Lindsay Williams – The Devil’s Daughter Amedeo Modigliani – Nu …
The Immigrant Oh Doctor! The Dying Swan Satan Triumphant Thaïs The Cure Bucking Broadway A Little Princess The Torture of Silence (Mater Dolorosa) The Woman God Forgot His Wedding Night Cleopatra All Aboard Fear The Adventurer Bestia (aka The Polish Dancer) A Man There Was (Terje Vigen) The Butcher Boy Wild and Woolly Teddy at …
January 9 — At the Battle of Rafa, the last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force January 11 — Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion, one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI January 19 — A blast at a munitions factory …
“The music is a matter of the ear and not of technique. None of us knows music. One carries the melody and others do what they please. Some play counter melodies, some play freak noises, and some just play. I can’t tell you how. You “got to feel” Jass. The time is syncopated. Jass I …
