Sunday, September 5, 2010

" . . . of never having been a girl." - Ntozake Shange


Show description for Sunday 9/5/2010 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

This afternoon on New Day Jazz, we celebrate the poetry of Ntozake Shange. As part of our celebration we will visit rare and unreleased recordings of Ms. Shange, including selections from the original Broadway cast recording of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Along the way we will revisit many of the recordings that inspired Ms. Shange's poetry, including The Magic of Juju, by tenor saxophonist, composer Archie Shepp, as well as saxophonist Oliver Lake's original composition, dedicated to Ms. Shange, Zake.


ArtistSongAlbumLabel

Ntozake Shange (Janet League)Dark Phrases For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddah

Ntozake Shange (Aku Kadogo and the Women)Graduation NightFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddah

Ntozake Shange (Laurie Carlos)Now I Love Somebody More ThanFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddah

Archie SheppThe Magic of JujuThe Magic of JujuImpulse
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Ntozake Shange (Laurie Carlos)Abortion Cycle # 1For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddah

Ntozake Shange (Trazana Beverley)OneFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddah

The Art Ensemble of ChicagoTheme De YoyoLes Stances A SophieNessa

K. Curtis LyleLemon's Last Ditch Harmonize My Black Mule BluesThe Collected Poem For Blind Lemon JeffersonMbari

K. Curtis LyleLemon's New Everclear BluesThe Collected Poem For Blind Lemon JeffersonMbari
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Ntozake ShangeChicago and San Francisco and You and MePrivate RecordingUnreleased

Ntozake ShangeFayePrivate RecordingUnreleased

Oliver LakeZakeWildflowers 4Douglas

Michael JacksonClarity (2)Wildflowers 3Douglas
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Ntozake ShangeNo Assistance (Trazana Beverley)For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddha

Ntozake ShangeNo More Love Poems # 1 (Ntozake Shange)For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddha

Archie SheppShazamThe Magic of JujuImpulse

Ntozake ShangeSorry (Laurie Carlos)For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddha

New York Art QuartetShortNew York Art QuartetESP
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Ntozake ShangeA Laying On Of Hands / I Found God In Myself (The Women)For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is EnufBuddha

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