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Duke Ellington - African Flowers
on constant repeat tonight
Miriam Makeba, Monterey Jazz Festival, 1960 | photographed by Jim Marshall
(Source: classicalallure, via talented10th)
“Images” by Nina Simone, poem by William Waring Cuney
Recording session: December 25, 1965, Netherlands
Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), the legendary singer and civil rights activist seen here in 1960, was born 81 years ago today in Johannesburg, South Africa. I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see that the doodle on Google’s homepage is in honor of her birthday. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty.
Show, September 1963
On the cover: Lena Horne
Photograph: Melvin Sokolsky, art director: Henry Wolf
yes
Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues, 1961.
There’s an electric storm overhead in London. I’ve decided to stay out the rain and watch Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues on youtube here.
(Source: deforest)




