Category: Historical Players

Black History Month, Part 2: James Reese Europe and the Clef Club Orchestra

Feb 28, 2013

Man, talk about making it under the wire! I had to get this blog up today (the last day of...

Feb 1, 2013

Every time February rolls around and I see all the advertised “celebrate Black History Month”...

Dec 29, 2012

Here’s a charming, albeit unfinished, story to cap off our year. I just snagged this off...

Nov 22, 2012

And now for something completely different. After 2 surprise presentations, the 3rd event for the...

Nov 14, 2012

We interrupt our ongoing HGG10 series for this brief diversion. A third person now – Michael...

Sep 28, 2012

Here’s an interesting one! It’s also about as rare and obscure a find as you can get. Like some...

Sep 23, 2012

Frank E. Coulter, as you may remember from my two previous blogs on the subject, was an obscure...

Jul 5, 2012

…oh, the stories it could tell. Because, while we may know very little specifically about this...

Jun 24, 2012

I love the almost daily reminders that my harp guitar life is completely out of control. Case in...

Jun 19, 2012

…and the timing is amazing. I was literally just about to post Franco’s new chapter...