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History of Chicago Music 1908-1980

This three hour History of Chicago Music 1908-1980 runs from the very earliest recordings until just short of the development of house music in the early 80s. You will be wanting a different compilation for that. The James Reese Europe … more…

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Hellfighters movie, and Buddy Bolden

Further to last night’s humungous post on the Harlem Hellfighters, today I’ve stumbled across testimony to the existence, somewhere out there in the world, of Our Hellfighters, aka Our Hellfighters Return (1918), a silent documentary short. No sign of any … more…

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Harlem Hellfighters

Not entirely sure how I got here — possibly something to do with my current book-reading, Richard Powers’ The Time of Our Singing, about which I will report when I finish it — but I’ve just been reading about the … more…

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