Jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and professor Freddie Bryant ’87 takes us back to his childhood among artists and musicians in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Then he reflects on how his Amherst experience shaped his understanding of racial identity as well as his musical career. This episode features music performed by Bryant and his parents, Beatrice Rippy and Carroll Hollister, class of 1922.
Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstFreddieBryantTranscript
Music, in order of appearance:
Kaleidoscope by Freddie Bryant
This, and My Heart performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
Come Slowly, Eden performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
Trouble Man performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
By, an’ By performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister
I’m Goin’ to Tell God All My Troubles performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister
Serena by Freddie Bryant
Hommage by Freddie Bryant
Aria from “Acias y Galatae” performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
More World...More Jazz by Freddie Bryant
Mother to Son performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
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