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RIP: Professor Alfred E. Miller – “One of the First – One of the Last”

2016-01-13T18:03:00-06:00January 13th, 2016|

ONE OF THE FIRST - ONE OF THE LAST Professor Alfred E. Miller (1927-2015) From Anthony Heilbut, author of The Gospel Sound and The Fan Who Knew Too Much: Excepting pioneer COGIC keyboard artists Arizona Dranes and Elder Charles Beck, Alfred E. Miller was the first pianist on records to [...]

Michael Corcoran on Washington Phillips and the “Manzarene”

2015-06-16T21:51:11-05:00June 16th, 2015|

Historian and journalist Michael Corcoran uncovered a myriad of hitherto unknown facts about Texas pianist and Church of God in Christ member Arizona Dranes.  Those findings were revealed in He Is My Story (Tompkins Square), a resplendent extended essay that accompanied a reissue of Dranes's 1920s-era recorded material.  Dranes is [...]

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