Paradise Found: The African American Concert in SF
This program will explore the singers and arts administrators who crafted the San Francisco Bay Area into a mecca for African American singers. Bill Doggett will speak and showcase a number of rare historic recordings in their original 78rpm format, sampled on a 1924 portable Victrola, from young artists inspired by Sissieretta Jones to Roland Hayes, Marian Anderson, Dorothy Maynor, and Paul Robeson.