Marian Anderson
John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison
A survey of concert footage from various Coltrane bands.
Bill Haley and the Comets
Dee Dee Sharp
Séamus Egan
LaBelle
The Max Roach Quartet with Odean Pope, Tyrone Brown, Cecil Bridgewater (Pope and Brown Philly's own)
The Roots (and Erykah Badu)
a leisurely live version with Jill Scott singing powerfully instead of Badu
Jennifer Higdon, composer (on commission from the Philadelphia Orchestra)
A well-rounded blend of Philly sound, to be sure, acknowledging our rich pop history while reminding people that there's a lot more to the city than American Bandstand (not that there's anything wrong with AB).
ReplyDeleteAnd Dee Dee Sharp (and Haley not a little, nor the LaBelle trio) speak for BANDSTAND. Though Charlie Gracie needs to be in the next one.
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