GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! As you get your Sunday breakfast/brunch on, enjoy Money Jungle, a studio album by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
Charles Mingus
Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! As you indulge in your Sunday breakfast/brunch, enjoy this collection of jazz songs dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement.... Charles Mingus - "Original Faubus Fables" Charles Mingus was known for being angry and outspoken on the bandstand. One expression of his anger was certainly justified, and it came in response to the 1957 Little Rock Nine … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
Uncle Joe’s Rice Boils Over
(Photo Cred: @alpha1906 on the Twitter) Last night, Lawrence O'Donnell and Charles M. Blow (aka "Team Skrong Hand") exposed House Negro For Hire Joe Oliver as being nothing more than a hooker turning tricks on the racial hoe stroll. … [Read more...] about Uncle Joe’s Rice Boils Over
Sunday Open Thread-Jazz Brunch
Happy Sunday P.O.U Family and lurkers! Today's jazz selection is from the legendary Charles Mingus. Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist. Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread-Jazz Brunch