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Soul! "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Esther Marrow performs "And When I Die." Inspirational contemporary gospel.
Soul! "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Ellis Haizlip introduces, interviews Encore magazine publisher & editor Ida Lewis. Ida Lewis says she is trying to inform, educate & communicate with the black community w/ Encore. Ms. Lewis discusses the magazine's cover art/photography & the selection process. Ms. Lewis says Encore is "an international magazine through a black perspective." "What we do is try to choose events & personalities that black people are concerned about. That person might not be black. That event might not happen in Watts or Harlem. That event might happen in Peking or Nigeria or North Africa. We try to cover the news through a black perspective. Black people are a part of the world & everything that happens in the world happens to black people."
Soul! "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview Encore magazine editor & publisher Ida Lewis. Ida Lewis says the response to Encore has been great, positive, especially among the young people. Ms. Lewis says "Our salvation lies in the young people." Ms. Lewis says she lived in Paris for five years, served as an international journalist for 10 years. Ms. Lewis discusses the (struggling) business side of the magazine. Ms. Lewis says Encore encourages unpublished writers. Ellis Haizlip mentions that he is featured in the February issue. Ellis encourages the viewing audience to write in to Soul! Address appears on screen. Ellis mentions that Soul! has not been informed of their funding yet.
Soul! "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Ellis Haizlip, sitting at a table in the studio audience with Encore magazine editor & publisher Ida Lewis, reads a poem written for Ellis, Anna Horsford, Alonzo Brown, Loretta Green, Leslie Demus by Emase. Mr. Haizlip thanks Ida Lewis for coming onto the show.
Soul! "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (Larry Brown, Lloyd Parks, Bernie Wilson, Teddy Pendergrass) perform the 1972 R 'n' B hit "If You Don't Know Me By Now." Teddy Pendergrass on lead vocal.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Great MS drummer Freddie Waits in silhouette, playing drum kit (trap kit). Gerry Bledsoe introduces program. CUs Bobbi Humphrey; Lee Morgan; Horace Silver; Cecil Bridgewater; Bob Cranshaw; Billy Harper; Harold Mabern; Jymie Merritt; Ritchie Resnikoff; Mickey Roker; Harold Fink; Freddie Waits; Andy Bey; Salome Bey. Great MS Freddie Waits playing drums in silhouette.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Keyboardist Horace Silver & United States of Mind (drummer Mickey Roker, bass player Bob Cranshaw, vocalist Andy Bey) perform "Inner-Cleansing Time." Jazz with vocal. Horace Silver solos on electric keyboard.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Keyboardist Horace Silver & United States of Mind (drummer Mickey Roker, bass player Bob Cranshaw, guitarist Ritchie Resnikoff & vocalist Andy Bey) perform "I've Had A Little Talk." Jazz with vocal. Great CUs bass strings being plucked, drums & cymbals struck, fingers soloing on fretboard of guitar, keys being played. Horace Silver solos on electric piano.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan on trumpet, Billy Harper on flute, Harold Mabern on piano, Jymie Merritt on bass, Freddie Waits on drums) perform "I Remember Britt." Jazz. Flute solo by Billy Harper.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan, Billy Harper, Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt, Freddie Waits) continue performing "I Remember Britt." Trumpet solo by Lee Morgan. Piano solo by Harold Mabern, who wrote the song.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
MS two young jazzbos (white man w/ goatee, black woman w/ afro, both wearing tight black turtlenecks) applauding in audience. Lee Morgan thanks the audience, introduces next song, written by bassist Jymie Merritt in honor of Angela Davis. Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan, Billy Harper, Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt, Freddie Waits) perform "Angela." Playful, searching jazz reminiscent of mid-sixties Trane. Billy Harper plays tenor saxophone on this number, playing melody with trumpet of Lee Morgan.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan, Billy Harper, Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt, Freddie Waits) continue performing "Angela." Written by bassist Jymie Merritt in honor of Angela Davis. Playful, searching jazz reminiscent of mid-sixties Trane. Billy Harper plays tenor saxophone on this number, playing melody with trumpet of Lee Morgan.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Ellis Haizlip interviews jazz musician Horace Silver. Mr. Silver explains the meaning & message behind The United States of Mind (involves self-realization & metaphysical, transcendental study). Mr. Silver says he enjoys writing music as much as he does playing music. Mr. Silver says songs of his such as "The Preacher", "Doodlin", "Senor Blues", "Sister Sadie", "Song for my Father", others have been recorded & performed by other jazz musicians, and that most of the time he's happy with the results.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Ellis Haizlip continues interviewing jazz musician Horace Silver. Ellis Haizlip mentions that Horace Silver has made close to 20 albums, a significant contribution to the legacy of black music. Mr. Silver discusses the forming of his own group after leaving the Art Blakey group. Mr. Silver says he's had a long, fruitful relationship w/ the Blue Note label. Mr. Silver further eleborates on the United States of Mind project. Mr. Haizlip thanks Horace Silver, mentions that Horace will soon be welcoming a baby to the world, congratulates him on that.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Bobbi Humphrey (flute), Freddie Waits (drums), Harold Mabern (piano), and Jymie Merritt (bass) perform unidentified jazz ballad, Bobbi Humphrey playing melody, soloing on flute.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Horace Silver and the United States of Mind (drummer Mickey Roker, bass player Bob Cranshaw, guitarist Ritchie Resnikoff, horn players Cecil Bridgewater & Harold Fink, & vocalist Salome Bey) perform "Big Business." Funk jazz with vocal. Horace Silver solos on electric piano.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Horace Silver and the United States of Mind drummer Mickey Roker, bass player Bob Cranshaw, guitarist Ritchie Resnikoff, horn players Cecil Bridgewater & Harold Fink, & vocalist Salome Bey) perform "I Will Be Shown the Way." Anti-drug (apparently) funk jazz. Guitar solo. Dig those trippy far-out keyed effects! Ends w/ squiggly green special effect graphic throbbing to beat of music.
Soul! "Blue Note Show" Ep 59 (417)
Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan, Billy Harper, Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt, Freddie Waits) perform the jazz hit "The Sidewinder." Billy Harper solos on tenor saxophone. Lee Morgan solos on trumpet. Harold Mabern solos while closing credits roll.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Panning LS Delta Works dam. Traveling MSs vegetation, still water at Biesbosch wetlands. LS/TLSs commercial ships sailing along canals. Panning MS earth sliding slowly into canal (a small mudslide, essentially). Subjective POV shot along canal in Biesbosch wetlands. Dutch State-Secretary MONIQUE DE VRIES says "Everybody realizes now that building dikes & dams or only looking at flooding is not enough, but that we all need a very healthy water system." Panning TLS former polder (drained wetland near farm) gone wild. LS two Galway cows being released into field; panning LS several Galway cows resting on opposite side of canal. Panning LS view from sea wall.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Israeli diplomat SHIMON PERES says "We have wasted a great deal of the donations of nature. We cut trees, we polluted rivers, we polluted the air. We must understand that we are now beginning to pay the price for it." TLS/MSs Middle Eastern man opening well cover outside home, several children sitting on patio in BG. Great shot of Planet Earth rotating in space. Animated diagram of planet earth, ratios of salt water to fresh water. LS icy-blue glacier. Traveling shot of sea lion resting on ice floe. Scenic LS lake, mountains in distance. MS small river pouring over rocks. TLS windmill spinning on farm, large well in FG. Diagram of aquifer. Nice MS water seeping from pipe, spinning windmill in BG. Great LS roiling ocean tide, sun setting in BG (sunset). Panning TLS reflection of sunset on ocean waves. Actor/activist TED DANSON says "Everything that man does on land, all of our values, all of our attitudes, how we treat each other, how we work together or not ends up getting reflected in the coastal waters. I'm concerned about oceans. I'm concerned about being able to swim & fish off the beaches in that 1st 30 miles of coastal waters. I cannot just look at that & say what is the problem. I have to go to the top of the mountain & I have to look at where the water comes from & watch what happens as it goes all the way down. If you follow nature, you know the natural path of water, & you look at what we do to it, all the way down, that's where you have to solve the problem."
Soul! "An Evening of Love" (Ep 310)
Carmen McRae steps onto stage, takes a bow in Club Soul. Opening credits.
Soul! "An Evening of Love" (Ep 310)
Ellis Haizlip interviews Carmen McRae. Mr. Haizlip thanks Ms. McRae for performing at "Soul at the Center" program at Lincoln Center. Carmen McRae says she likes what she does, but doesn't necessarily enjoy the traveling, admits to being a home-body, preferring to stay home in Los Angeles. Ms. McRae says she gets more work in L.A. than she would in New York.
Soul! "An Evening of Love" (Ep 310)
Ellis Haizlip continues interviewing Carmen McRae. Ms. McRae rebels against modern musical conventions (electronics, large ensembles), preferring the manner of performance she has honed over the years; "I find myself going back to where I came from, which is singing good standard tunes or tunes that have just been written" that can match the oldies. Ms. McRae enjoys, praises Donnie Hathaway, calling him a "male Aretha Franklin." Carmen McRae says she knew, idolized Billie Holiday, says the story of "Lady Sings the Blues" is erroneous. Ellis Haizlip thanks Carmen McRae.
Soul! "An Evening of Love" (Ep 310)
FO MS ornate chandelier. Gerry Bledsoe introduces Carmen McRae. Carmen McRae takes to the stage, bows, receives glowing applause, performs a cover of the 1960s pop hit "More Today Than Yesterday." Cabaret jazz.