CAB CALLOWAY - Another thing I never learned in school - NOW I KNOW

Source of Pictures of Cab Calloway

I accidentally came across the PBS TV American Masters tonight, while working in the kitchen and loved the hour documentary Cab Calloway: Sketches.

I don't know if it will be aired in your area, but it is FABulous. It ran in the month of February, for Black history month, although I saw it tonight (in March).

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I especially loved the dance at 3:30 in this video, which comes at the end of the documentary.

Stever Brodner creates a second sketch of Cab Calloway to Calloway's classic hit "Minnie The Moocher" for the documentary AMERICAN MASTERS Cab Calloway: Sketches, premiered nationally Monday, February 27, 2012. Brodner's completed sketch comes alives and dances alongside Matthew Rushing, choreographer/principal dancer of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In the New York metro-area the film aired Sunday, February 26, 2012.

Watch full documentary online
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Watch Cab Calloway: Sketches on PBS. See more from American Masters.

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"PLAYING FOR CHANGE" MISSION ~ DEDICATED TO CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC AND ARTS EDUCATION ~ GLOBALLY

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Playing for Change ~ Episode 44 ~ Groove in G musicians

Groove in G

We started this track in West Africa with a musical group named Tinariwen. We asked them to play a groove in the key of G, then as we traveled the world we added more musicians to the song. Over the course of our travels it transformed into a global jam with its roots in the blues.

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Playing For Change Foundation (PFCF) Volunteers Rashmi Adhikari and Shyam Basnet interview harmonium player and music teacher Dhruba Kumar Ghimire in Tintale Village, Nepal. Village flute teacher Jeevan Magar joins in as the conversation runs deep from how a body responds to playing music to the importance of the teacher’s attitude.

Their mission is simply put ~
"We are dedicated to creating positive change through music & arts education."