Episode 20 | BlackGirlMagic and the Genius of Duke Ellington

On this episode of Left of Black, classically trained vocalist Candice Hoyes joins host Mark Anthony Neal and a live audience at the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke 

For a discussion of the continued relevance of the music of Duke Ellington and Black Musical traditions. A graduate of Harvard and a veteran of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Hoyes latest recording On a Turquoise Cloud – independently released – is a collection of rare Ellington compositions, written for women singers such as Adelaide Hall, Kay Davis, and Alice Babs.