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The Prehistory of S.C. | Conversations on S.C. History - Episode 2 SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History 19

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SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History
Episode 19
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. in this episode, learn about South Carolina Music and Musicians. Genres of music like spirituals, blues, gospel...
A Segregated Military | Palmetto Scene

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A Segregated Military | Palmetto Scene
B.S. Plair of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served for the Montford Point Marines in 1945, until he was honorably discharged in 1946. The Montford Point Marines were based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina...
Dizzy Gillespie | Periscope

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Dizzy Gillespie | Periscope
Episode 40
South Carolina played a big part in the creation of Latin Jazz! From Sabor, we learned that Latin jazz music has roots right here in South Carolina. Dizzy Gillespie, a famous jazz trumpet player from...
First of All, What Is Jazz? | Periscope

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First of All, What Is Jazz? | Periscope
Episode 33
Jazz music originated in the United States. It was created by African Americans in the early 1900s. The sound of jazz was influenced by West African rhythms and music, and American folk music. A...
Chesterfield County - Dizzy Gillespie Park

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Chesterfield County - Dizzy Gillespie Park
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie got his nickname because he liked to make jokes and act up on stage. He was one of the greatest of all jazz musicians, and the most famous native of Cheraw, South Carolina...
Langston Hughes | Poetry All-Stars

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Langston Hughes | Poetry All-Stars
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Langston Hughes 1902-1967 Langston's father once discouraged him from writing poetry. He believed discrimination would keep the young Langston from finding success as a poet. But Langston continued to...
Scott Joplin | Artopia

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Scott Joplin | Artopia
Scott Joplin was born near Linden, Texas and raised in Texarkana, Texas, the son of a railroad laborer who had been a slave. Joplin showed an early and extraordinary aptitude for music, which was...
Hugh Masekela | Artopia

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Hugh Masekela | Artopia
Hugh Masekela was born in Witbank, South Africa on April 4, 1939. He began singing and playing piano as a child and as a teenager, was encouraged to play the trumpet by the British anti-apartheid...
Mary Lou Williams | Artopia

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Mary Lou Williams | Artopia
Mary Lou Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 10, 1910 and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A prodigy, she taught herself to play the piano at the age of four. Williams could hear a piece...
Woody Guthrie | Artopia

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Woody Guthrie | Artopia
Woody Guthrie was born Woodrow Wilson Guthrie on July 14, 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma. A keen observer of the world around him, he began to travel across the country as a teenager and spent much of his...
Celia Cruz | Artopia

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Celia Cruz | Artopia
Celia Cruz was born and raised in the working class Santos Suarez neighborhood of Havana, Cuba on October 21, 1924. Brought up in a musical family, she began singing in local contests and later...
Louis Armstrong | Artopia

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Louis Armstrong | Artopia
Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 and raised in the Storyville district of New Orleans, Louisiana. As a child he was a street singer and learned to play the coronet while in reform school...
Nam June Paik | Artopia

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Nam June Paik | Artopia
Illustration by Maria Manhattan 1932-present Nam June Paik was born on July 20, 1932 in Seoul, Korea. He studied music, art history and philosophy at the University of Tokyo, and in Germany at the...
Ping Chong | Artopia

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Ping Chong | Artopia
Illustration by Maria Manhattan Ping Chong was born in 1946 to a Chinese opera family in Toronto, Canada and spent his youth in New York’s Chinatown neighborhood, which influenced the themes explored...
South Carolina Jazz Festival | ETV Shorts

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South Carolina Jazz Festival | ETV Shorts
Jazz king John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born in Cheraw in 1917. Dizzy was a founder of modern jazz, an innovative trumpeter known for his bent horn and bulging cheeks. The South Carolina Jazz...
Part 2: Music | Primitive Tools 2

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Part 2: Music | Primitive Tools
Episode 2
Part 2, Music This series features primitive life experts who participated in a primitive week celebration, which was coordinated by Tom Mancke and held at Hammond School in Columbia, South Carolina...
Harlem Renaissance | Artopia

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Harlem Renaissance | Artopia
Bob Masteller shares how The Harlem Renaissance was the most exciting period in the history of jazz. The Harlem Renaissance took place in Harlem, New York between the end of World War I and the middle...
What I Love | Artopia

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What I Love | Artopia
Bob Masteller explains what he loves about playing jazz music.
Musical Influences | Artopia

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Musical Influences | Artopia
Bob Masteller talks about his musical influences from growing up. He grew up in the era of jazz and swing with some of his favorite musicians being Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington.
William "Singing Billy" Walker | S.C. Hall of Fame

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William "Singing Billy" Walker | S.C. Hall of Fame
"Amazing Grace: The Story of William "Singing Billy" Walker is about the Spartanburg resident, religious music composer and publisher. Walker became famous in the mid 1800's for changing the way...
Dizzy Gillespie | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Dizzy Gillespie | S.C. Hall of Fame
"From the Be to the Bop: The Musical Legacy of Dizzy Gillespie." An excerpt from South Carolina ETV's Carolina Stories.
Marian McPartland, Host of Piano Jazz | Artopia

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Marian McPartland, Host of Piano Jazz | Artopia
Marian McPartland is host of the acclaimed program, Piano Jazz, featured on National Public Radio for more than twenty-five years. She is a well-known jazz pianist and founder of Halcyon Records. She...