Johann Sebastian Bach and Nina Simone

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Johann Sebastian Bach and Nina Simone

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It is Black Music month! This week, Host Brittany Luse invitations Howard College professor and trombonist Myles Blakemore to speak about how classical music influenced a few of our favourite musicians. They take a look at how the counterpoint strategy of Johann Sebastian Bach could have impressed Nina Simone, and the way a love of Real can flip right into a profession in classical music.

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This episode was produced by Corey Antonio Rose. It was edited by Jessica Placzek and Sara Sarasohn. Engineering help got here from Patrick Murray. We had factchecking assist from Ayda Pourrasad. Our government producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.