The New York Times: Morrisania Melody

There was a brilliant article in April 30, 2006's New York Times about the rich musical history emanating from the Morrisania neighborhood in days gone by. The title of the article is "Morrisania Melody" by NYT reporter Manny Fernandez. He talks about jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie ("Diz") and Thelonius Monk frequenting jazz bars and dance clubs that were located just blocks away from Morris High School. There is an effort today from Mark Naison, a professor of African American studies and history at Fordham University to chronicle this rich musical time period from the 1940's to the 1960's. Morris High School itself is mentioned twice in the article as the home of the doo-wop group "The Crickets" who are known for their song, "Your Mine" and for recording with Buddy Holly. In the end of the article, the writer leads into the current hip-hop age by writing about the meeting location of one Joseph Saddler, better known as Grandmaster Flash, and Kris Parker, better known as KRS-One.

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