Fisk University (TN) Director of Bands and Percussion Professor/Performer Thomas Spann, Jr. stops by to talk about all of his music activities in and around Nashville (02:30), the Creative Soul Music School (17:15), getting the marching band up and running at Fisk after a 20 year absence (29:05), the legacy of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, along with growing up in South Carolina and the influence of his family and his high school band director on his music career (49:45).
Finishing with a Rave on In the Pit with Piper and the WWE Biography on “Rowdy Roddy Piper” (01:16:50).
Links:
Thomas Spann, Jr.’s Pearl Drum webpage
Fisk University’s Marching Band
Harvey Thompson and Ralph Nader
“You’re All I Need” - Hezekiah Walker
“The Blessing of Abraham” - Donald Lawrence
“T.R.O.Y.” - Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth
“Optimistic” - Sounds of Blackness
Fisk Jubilee Singers win Grammy
National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM)
“Doo Wop (That Thing)” - Lauryn Hill
Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method
Raves: