Ben Greenberg · @beng
318 followers · 309 posts · Server newsie.socialAround 1944, when dad was 17, he ran away from home in #Brighton, MA to #FrankieNewton's doorstep, an apartment in #UnionSquare, #NYC. Here's a taste of life in Frankie's apartment in "My Father's Dream" http://hungryblues.net/2004/10/01/my-fathers-dream/
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#brighton #frankienewton #unionsquare #nyc #poem #jazz #music #blackmusic #history #BlackHistory
Ben Greenberg · @beng
318 followers · 308 posts · Server newsie.socialHere's a #poem in my dad's voice, remembering #FrankieNewton. http://hungryblues.net/2004/03/09/frank-gets-lucky/
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#jazz #music #poetry #BlackMusic #history #BlackHistory #NewYorkCity #OralHistory
#poem #frankienewton #jazz #music #poetry #blackmusic #history #BlackHistory #newyorkcity #oralhistory
Ben Greenberg · @beng
317 followers · 307 posts · Server newsie.socialFor close to 20 years, my handle on most platforms has been minorjive, after #FrankieNewton's song and as a tribute to his friendship with and influence on my dad. https://youtu.be/aPYvseedEGM
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#jazz #BlackMusic #music
#frankienewton #jazz #blackmusic #music
Ben Greenberg · @beng
317 followers · 306 posts · Server newsie.socialSteve Proviser's fab biographical essay on #FrankieNewton: "no one in #jazz lived a life quite like Frank Newton: elite swing #trumpeter, painter, miscegenist, communist, and racial #activist. His engagement in American politics shortened his career-and his life.
Newton crafted an individual playing style, and his personal tone, deft use of mutes and spacious approach to soloing..." https://syncopatedtimes.com/frankie-newton-20th-century-jazzman-and-political-activist/
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#frankienewton #jazz #trumpeter #activist #music #blackmusic #history #BlackHistory
Ben Greenberg · @beng
317 followers · 305 posts · Server newsie.social#BornOnThisDay in 1906: #FrankieNewton, the #jazz #trumpet great you think you've never heard. Frankie's band backed #BillieHoliday at the #CafeSociety in 1939 and on several of her great #Commodore recordings from that year, most notably, #StrangeFruit. A rare stylist, a musician's musician and a radical intellectual--Newton was tragically underrecorded. 🧵 (1)
#BornOnThisDay #frankienewton #jazz #trumpet #billieholiday #cafesociety #commodore #strangefruit #music #history #histodons #blackmusic
Ben Greenberg · @beng
286 followers · 232 posts · Server newsie.socialCirca 1991, my dad wrote a pretty nice autobiographical essay that I published on my blog in 2004.
http://hungryblues.net/2004/09/02/political-autobiography/
#FamilyHistory #jazz #Boston #FrankieNewton #NYC #NewJersey #LaborMovement #elections #PeaceMovement #CivilRightsMovement #education #phtography #history #KoreanWar #Jewish #NewJewishAgenda #mazeldon (3)
#familyhistory #jazz #boston #frankienewton #nyc #newjersey #labormovement #elections #peacemovement #civilrightsmovement #Education #phtography #history #koreanwar #jewish #newjewishagenda #Mazeldon
Ben Greenberg · @beng
284 followers · 230 posts · Server newsie.socialToday would be my dad's 95th birthday. It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since he died. Here's a biographical thing that I wrote about him back when I first started blogging in 2004:
Some Notes On The Education of Paul Greenberg
http://hungryblues.net/2004/10/01/some-notes-on-the-education-of-paul-greenberg/
#FamilyHistory #jazz #Boston #FrankieNewton #NYC #NewJersey #LaborMovement #elections #PeaceMovement #CivilRightsMovement #education #phtography (1)
#familyhistory #jazz #boston #frankienewton #nyc #newjersey #labormovement #elections #peacemovement #civilrightsmovement #Education #phtography