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Before You Go co-host Nicole Franklin has the honor of inviting her longtime friend  Juanita Smith who shares memories of her composer husband Hale Smith with Bryant Monteilh and the audience. It's a walk through musical history as Hale Smith's work in the genres of classical, jazz and spirituals brought him, Juanita and their family from Cleveland, Ohio to New York City. 

Upon arriving in NYC, Juanita quickly found work at the United Nations and Hale was surrounded by a nucleus of talent which included Kathleen Battle, Randy Weston, Melba Liston, Dizzy Gillespie, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal and more.  Juanita is now the publisher of her late husband's spiritual arrangements and because of her impeccable memory, her stories are filled with evidentiary facts and fascinating encounters. 

This episode originally aired on KBLA Talk 1580 in Los Angeles.

The music of Hale Smith heard in this episode may be found here:
 

1) This Little Light Of Mine"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUd7RMPQAxU

Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America This Little Light of Mine (arr. H. Smith) · Icy Rene Simpson I, too ℗ 2012 Longhorn Music Released on: 2012-08-07 Artist: Icy Rene Simpson Artist: Artina McCain Composer: Hale Smith Composer: Traditional
 

2) "Contours" Hale Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1YYuz7DV4&t=83s
 

Hale Smith (1925-2009): Contours, for Orchestra (1960) --- The Louisville Orchestra diretta da Robert Whitney 
 

3) Bess, You is My Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Panv8OJjgHk
 

"Bess, You Is My Woman" From the Opera, "Porgy and Bess" Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin Featuring Todd Duncan and Anne Brown Accompanied by the Decca Symphony Orchestra Directed by Alexander Smallens Recorded May 15, 1940 Decca 29069A

 

4) I Love Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8NQgqYoVQ
 

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group I Love Music · Ahmad Jamal Trio The Awakening ℗ 1970 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1997-01-01 Producer: Ed Michel Composer: Emil Boyd Composer: Hale Smith 
 

5) I Want to Die Easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EwXQTKrlY
 

Anthony Anderson- Baritone 

Michael Crabill- Piano

 

6) I Love Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFk5lKLHMw8

From Hale Smith's tribute concert. T.K. Blue, Saxophone & Flute Carlton Holmes, Piano Corcoran Holt, Bass Alvin Atkinson, Drums Benny Powell, Trombone
 

During World War II, while weapons, ammunition, ships, planes, tanks, etc, were always a big focus, theatre commanders also understood the value of troop morale and went to great lengths to secure things like Coca-Cola, or ice cream, or beer, movies, or music for their troops – even in the most far flung areas of the war. Music was a particularly satisfying treat – and military bands were a big part of this. Many of these bands played shows for the troops very close to the front lines. The 746th FEAF Band was one such band and an album they recorded in 1945 is up for a 2021 Grammy.  To discuss the 746th FEAF Band, we sat down with Jason Burt, a historian and history teacher, and the man behind the effort to see a group of World War II veterans honored with one of music’s biggest awards. 

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 The holiday season is in full swing at Fort Hood! First, we lit up the Central Texas sky with a 50-foot Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, sit down with the post's rabbi about holiday stress (not to mention Dec. 10 is the start of Hanukkah!), meet Charlie and Chelsea Plimpton, two biologists from the Fort Hood AIM Team who tell us about their annual Christmas Bird Count, and close it out with some holiday tunes from the "Christmas with the Cav" concert. Kelvin still fills in for some interview segments, but Brianna is back in the studio this week.

The crew:
- Dave Larsen, Fort Hood Public Affairs
- SFC Kelvin Ringold, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command
- SGT Melissa Lessard, 504th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade
- SPC Brianna Doo, 1st Cavalry Division Band

Guests:
- Chaplain (Capt.) Dovid Egert, 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade
- Charlie & Chelsea Plimpton, Fort Hood Adaptive and Integrative Management Team

Music provided with expressed written permission by the following artists:

Will Courtney (http://www.willcourtneymusic.com)

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