Wednesday sample practice with clips from Mahalia Jackson’s historic performance prior to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963 in Washington DC. The television is a 1984 Panasonic TravelVision. #avart #videoart #realtime #vfx #synthesizer #sample #glitchart #newmedia #experimental #audiovisualism #moanin #digitakt #hapax #VDMX | Ellingson

Mahalia Jackson’s influence on the “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the most powerful—and least acknowledged—moments in American history. As Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the March on Washington, he was following a prepared text that did not include the now-famous dream sequence. From behind him, gospel legend Mahalia Jackson called out, “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” That single prompt changed everything. King put his notes aside and began to improvise, drawing on themes he had used be

"The Lord's Prayer" by Mahalia Jackson , Live Newport Jazz Festival 1958 From the "Jazz on a Summer's Day"(1960) a documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, co-filmed and co-directed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern and director Aram Avakian, who also edited the movie. It was written by Albert D'Annibale and Arnold Perl. The Columbia Records jazz producer, George Avakian, was the musical director of the film. | The World of Jazz - The Original