The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR | Artist in Residence: Michael Mwenso and Jon Batiste Discuss Black Music @GreeneSpaceNY | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 10 minutes ago.
Michael Mwenso is a bandleader, singer, and one of the founders of the Shakes. To kick-off the residency, Michael will lead an Ancestral Communal Listening experience and sit down with Album of the Year GRAMMY Award-winning artist, Jon Batiste, to discuss Black culture and art, and examine the “nutritional value” of the music we consume.
About Ancestral Communal Listening Experiences
Ancestral Communal Listening Experiences are a series of listening sessions of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and other Black Roots music forms by guiding the audience through thematic sessions and co-discovering the nutrients that can continuously feed the soul hidden in the music.
Due to copyright, the Ancestral Communal Listening will be muted on the live stream. Please follow the links below to join us in listening!
Bessie Smith & James P. Johnson | Backwater Blues
bit.ly/3X437IQ
The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - 1927
bit.ly/3tu4vaj
Duke Ellington - So
bit.ly/3E7ySbr
James Brown - I don’t Mind
youtube.com/watch?v=oaUWv72c-Go
bit.ly/3TKdI9i
Little Richard - Baby
youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7Xi5lOTiE
bit.ly/3WVS8RX
Ray Charles - It makes no difference now
bit.ly/3Xecaaz
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "That Old Feeling"
bit.ly/3XeVmAf
Swing That Music - Louis Armstrong
youtu.be/JMDvlszuPKo
MAHAGANY youtu.be/sUChrvmmH8k
Yield Not To Temptation Aretha Franklin
bit.ly/3tso6Yj
MARY LOU WILLIAMS
youtu.be/UrPKS775Dso
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Michael Mwenso is a bandleader, singer, and one of the founders of the Shakes. To kick-off the residency, Michael will lead an Ancestral Communal Listening experience and sit down with Album of the Year GRAMMY Award-winning artist, Jon Batiste, to discuss Black culture and art, and examine the “nutritional value” of the music we consume.
About Ancestral Communal Listening Experiences
Ancestral Communal Listening Experiences are a series of listening sessions of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and other Black Roots music forms by guiding the audience through thematic sessions and co-discovering the nutrients that can continuously feed the soul hidden in the music.
Due to copyright, the Ancestral Communal Listening will be muted on the live stream. Please follow the links below to join us in listening!
Bessie Smith & James P. Johnson | Backwater Blues
bit.ly/3X437IQ
The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - 1927
bit.ly/3tu4vaj
Duke Ellington - So
bit.ly/3E7ySbr
James Brown - I don’t Mind
youtube.com/watch?v=oaUWv72c-Go
bit.ly/3TKdI9i
Little Richard - Baby
youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7Xi5lOTiE
bit.ly/3WVS8RX
Ray Charles - It makes no difference now
bit.ly/3Xecaaz
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "That Old Feeling"
bit.ly/3XeVmAf
Swing That Music - Louis Armstrong
youtu.be/JMDvlszuPKo
MAHAGANY youtu.be/sUChrvmmH8k
Yield Not To Temptation Aretha Franklin
bit.ly/3tso6Yj
MARY LOU WILLIAMS
youtu.be/UrPKS775Dso
Stay up to date with upcoming events at The Greene Space by signing up for our newsletter: thegreenespace.org/contact-us/sign-up-for-our-newsletter
Follow The Greene Space on social:
Facebook: facebook.com/thegreenespace
Instagram: instagram.com/greenespacenyc
Twitter: twitter.com/TheGreeneSpace
The Greene Space is funded by you. Make a monthly donation of $10 or more to support us and all the programs and podcasts you love from WNYC, WQXR, Gothamist and more! pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/tgs/onestep/?utm_medium=partnersite&utm_source=tgs&utm_campaign=donatebutton
