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"...process taking place in jam sessions at Minton's in Harlem. He was not, however, in the least bit enamored..."
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July 20, 2001 Books Feature by Jay Trachtenberg
Motherless Child
Obscure monument to balladry finally sees the light of day
"...the late Forties, Cleveland's motherless child was living in Harlem and fronting Lionel Hampton's Orchestra. Shortly thereafter, "Everybody Is..."
July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Mr. Smarty Pants
Meaty, nutritious data and data by-products---now in bite-sized chunks!
"...of only seven people to be named an "Honorary" Harlem Globetrotter...."
June 1, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
U2 Rattle and Hum (Island)
The U2 Catalog
"...litany of mistakes: the soul men wannabe "Angel of Harlem" and gospelized "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking..."
March 30, 2001 Music Review by Michael Bertin
Spotlight: Ike Turner
Ike Turner is about to be 70 and still a mack.
"...playing stages from Charlie's Playhouse on Austin's Eastside to Harlem's Apollo Theatre before crossing over to the mainstream...."
March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Letters at 3AM
The experience of jazz is the experience of beauty
"...So I would go to Minton's and Monroe's in Harlem in 1940, standing guard and witness as the young..."
March 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
The Hightower Lowdown
Treasury Sec. Paul O'Neill pitches Bush tax breaks, Newt Gingrich is a business consultant, Congressional fundraising among freshman is out of control
"...with working-class folks, or up to the streets of Harlem to listen to poor folks? Hardly. His "tour" made..."
March 2, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
Best Bites
The Cuisines Staff Noshes Through 2000
"...the famed Rao's Italian restaurant in New York's East Harlem but I had the next best thing. Rao's third-generation..."
Jan. 5, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Sam Cooke The Man Who Invented Soul (RCA)
"...1963, the somewhat staid Nightbeat and Live at the Harlem Square. Had the packaging of The Man Who Invented..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Tito Puente The Complete RCA Recordings, Vol. 1 (BMG)
"...the musical Earth for 77 years. Born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents in 1923, Ernest Anthony "Tito"..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch
A Man and a Half
Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler
"...161st Street. Gerald Wexler, running through the streets of Harlem, Queens, and Brooklyn during the Depression, and getting an..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Postmarks
Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone,
approximately.
"...putting your racist ("Homeless from a rent party in Harlem") and sexist ("Bursting at the seams in her dress")..."
Nov. 17, 2000 Column
Postmarks
Post-election political rumblings , and Music Editor Raoul Hernandez takes
it on the chin from Nina Simone fans.
"...Homeless in Harlem? What are you implying? Is this a racial thing?..."
Nov. 10, 2000 Column
Nina Simone, Bass Concert Hall, October 30
"...up to the task. If this had been a Harlem rent party, Simone would have gone homeless. One could..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Food-o-File
The details behind several local bakers' plans to create their own workforce.
"...dine at the famed Rao's Restaurant in Manhattan's East Harlem, an enthusiastic sell-out crowd jammed into the classroom at..."
Oct. 20, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Shemekia Copeland Wicked (Alligator)
"...again. The 21-year-old blues belter from the streets of Harlem burns white hot on Wicked, singing with enough power..."
Oct. 13, 2000 Music Review by Jay Hardwig
TV Eye
Memories of the Jerry Lewis telethon. Also, upcoming KLRU programming for September, Hispanic Heritage Month
"...actors along with actual residents from New York's Latin Harlem, this critically acclaimed film, which won best narrative feature..."
Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
"...of her childhood, from her early memories of the Harlem housing projects to her coming-of-age in a more upscale..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold
Gorgeous George
George P. Bush capitalizing on Latino roots to stump for Uncle George.
"...tour 2000. He has waved to fans during East Harlem's Puerto Rican Day, wowed crowds at California campaign rallies,..."
Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Russell Contreras
Smokey Robinson, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, June 30
"...Robinson to ascend the Apollo-like stage of this stately, Harlem Renaissance-type theatre in one of the black capitals of..."
July 7, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Violent Femmes, Austin Music Hall, June 10
"...Guy Hawkman and Austin's Rafael Gayol did a mean Harlem shuffle. "Gone Daddy Gone" provided a xylophone lick straight..."
June 23, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Duke Ellington The Duke: The Essential Collection 1927-1962 (Columbia)
Reissues
"...ever stray far from the ballroom, whether the fog-shrouded Harlem nocturnes "Lady of the Lavender Mist" and "On a..."
May 19, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Johnny Otis The Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan: The Complete Savoy Recordings (Savoy Jazz)
Reissues
"...1945 debut, a big-band jazz arrangement of the moody "Harlem Nocturne" which sold fairly well, the hits came in..."
May 19, 2000 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Burt Lancaster: An American Life
"...known, was a former circus acrobat whose chopped East Harlem diction, unruly blond mane, and awe-inspiring physicality were trademarks..."
April 28, 2000 Books Review by Robert Bell
Dancing About Architecture
Doug Sahm returns from beyond, MP3s shake up Austin music, Hip Hop meets R&B, and the Watermelon Saga continues...
"...life should be out -- San Antonio Rock: The Harlem Recordings 1957-1961. Collecting Sahm's pre-Quintet singles featuring Randy Garibay,..."
April 21, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Reflections
SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference
"...dream. Privileged English chap Olin (Courtney) lands in Spanish Harlem in search of his father's past, only to find..."
March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer
A Great Day In Austin, Town Lake
Wednesday Night
"...Texas Monthly inspired by Esquire's classic "Great Day in Harlem" photo. For a gatefold in Texas Monthly's special May..."
March 17, 2000 Music Review by Andy Langer
Sekou Sundiata Longstoryshort (Righteous Babe)
National Records
"...School University, Sekou Sundiata. An urban wordsmith par excellence, Harlem-born Sundiata is both inspired by, and on par with,..."
Feb. 18, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch
Going Long
Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000
"...Thirties and Forties. When Horne jump-started her career at Harlem's fabled Cotton Club, Calloway was there to teach her..."
Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola
Dancing About Architecture
Collapsing Beams at the Mercury, Asleep at the Wheel Beams into Your Home, SXSW Marches On
"...Antonio Rock, culled from the vaults of the local Harlem, Warrior, and Satin labels. A 1957-61 roundup of Doug..."
