Carolina Moon / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South by V. Shayne Frederick

Описание: 2016 marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great Migration: The historic period when millions of Black Americans left the South and moved to the Northeast, Midwest and West. This activity changed the country culturally, politically and socially. Philadelphia Jazz Project partnered with the Arch Street Meeting House, celebrating this milestone with our First Friday Rent Party Series. The Rent Party was an invention of Great Migrationeers who sometimes faced low wages and high rents. Many found themselves having to pull together a plan to pay the rent. The plan was a house party with liquor, food, music and dancing, all with an admission price. The events happened weekly all over America, where ever these transplanted Southerners traveled. Our rent parties will showcase great music by artists like Sam Reed, Tony Jones, V. Shayne Frederick, Lili Anel and Chris Stevens, as well as feature a buffet of foods related to the state celebrated curated by Chef Valerie Erwin of Geechee Girl Restaurant.

V. Shayne Frederick is a pianist, vocalist and poet. He began his formal musical study at Dartmouth College and afterwards with the legendary Philadelphia organist, pianist, composer and vocalist Trudy Pitts. His informal musical study, however, began at birth. V. Shayne was born in North Carolina to musician parents, his mother, a pianist and vocalist, and his father, a saxophonist. As a self-taught pianist and vocalist, his craft has been honed at jam sessions, bandstands, concert halls and behind pianos at a multitude of venues: including: Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Barnes Foundation, SugarHouse Casino, Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Resorts Casino, Society Hill Playhouse, Philadelphia Clef Club for Performing Arts, the African-American Museum in Philadelphia and Art Sanctuary.

On Friday, May 6th, 2016, at the Arch Street Meeting House, V. Shayne Frederick and his band celebrated the musical contributions of North Carolina.

The Performers: V. Shayne Frederick: Keyboards & Vocals, Marcell Bellinger: Trumpet: Jeff Scull: Guitar, Justin Sekelewski: Bass, Khary Shaheed: Drums; Recorded at Arch Street Meetinghouse, Philadelphia, PA; May 2016.

For more info on V. Shayne Frederick, visit his website at: http://www.vshayne.com

Video shot & edited by PhillyCAM: Philadelphia's Public Access Television Cablecast - http://phillycam.org

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