{"id":9145,"date":"2022-02-19T00:53:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T23:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=9145"},"modified":"2022-02-23T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:25:35","slug":"episode-132-brock-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/19\/episode-132-brock-peters\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 132. Brock Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-132-brock-peters-black-history-month-2022\">Episode 132.  Brock Peters (Black History Month 2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=523-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-8.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-8-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>How often it happens that, even when an artist produces an august and varied body of work, that they are remembered only for a tiny fragment of their output? Such is the case with Brock Peters (1927 \u2013 2005). Universally recognized and justly celebrated for his portrayal of Tom Robinson in the 1962 film version of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>, Peters, born George Fisher, was also a superb singer who made his mark in a number of film musicals, as well as appearances in Broadway musicals and a series of folk albums recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s. While the focus in this episode is on his musical accomplishments as a solo artist, I also discuss his early appearances in ensembles headed by Harry Belafonte, Leonard de Paur, and others; his jazz collaborations with Miles Davis, Randy Weston, and Duke Ellington; his other film roles; his exceptional work in voiceover and narration; and his late career singing appearances. That Brock Peters was a great actor is a given; that he was a great singer as well may be a delicious surprise to many. Guest vocal appearances by Adele Addison, Martha Flowers, Margaret Tynes, Marilyn Horne, and The Four Lads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-9.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-9-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>J. Lewis: Big Red. Brock Peters, Paul Palmieri [live at The Village Gate, NYC 10.59]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-1536x1528.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-1600x1592.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10.jpg 1909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. Avery Robinson, Leonard de Paur: Water Boy. George Fisher [Brock Peters], De Paur\u2019s Infantry Chorus, Leonard De Paur [1950]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Young-Dark-and-Handsome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9317\" width=\"317\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Young-Dark-and-Handsome.jpg 245w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Young-Dark-and-Handsome-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: I Got Plenty o\u2019 Nuttin\u2019 (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Brock Peters, Paul Belanger, Opera Society Orchestra and Chorus [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Four-Lads.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Four-Lads.png 950w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Four-Lads-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Four-Lads-768x560.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption>The Four Lads<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. George Fisher [Brock Peters]: 900 Miles (From My Home). Broc Peters, The Four Lads [1953]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dandridge-Peters-CJones.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dandridge-Peters-CJones.jpg 551w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dandridge-Peters-CJones-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><figcaption>Brock Peters and Dorothy Dandridge in a still from <em>Carmen Jones<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II: Whizzing Away Along the Track (<em>Carmen Jones<\/em>). Brock Peters, Marilynn [sic] Horne, Bernice Peterson, Pearl Bailey (?), Orchestra conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trumpet-in-Room-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trumpet-in-Room-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trumpet-in-Room-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trumpet-in-Room-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trumpet-in-Room.png 1263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>In <em>The L-Shaped Room <\/em>(1963)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>L. Moss, D. Goodman: Rockin\u2019 Teens. Broc Peters, Dave McRae Orchestra [A Sidney Prosen Production, 1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Belafonte-in-Carmen-Jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Belafonte-in-Carmen-Jones.jpg 828w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Belafonte-in-Carmen-Jones-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Belafonte-in-Carmen-Jones-768x667.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption>With Harry Belafonte in <em>Carmen Jones<\/em> (1954)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Irving Burgie [Lord Burgie], Harry Belafonte: Island in the Sun. Harry Belafonte, Backup singers led by Brock Peters [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bess-and-Crown.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bess-and-Crown.png 739w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bess-and-Crown-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><figcaption>With Dorothy Dandridge in <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em> (1959)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: What You Want with Bess? (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Adele Addison, Brock Peters, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Andr\u00e9 Previn [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tynes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tynes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tynes-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Margaret Tynes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Brock Peters, Margaret Tynes, Paul Belanger, Opera Society Orchestra [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"988\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kwamina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kwamina.jpg 783w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kwamina-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kwamina-768x969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><figcaption>Sally Ann Howes and Terry Carter in <em>Kwamina <\/em>(1961) [might that be Brock Peters in the background?]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Adler: A Man Can Have No Choice (<em>Kwamina<\/em>). Brock Peters, Orchestra conducted by Colin Romoff [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Bell-in-L-Shaped-Room.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Bell-in-L-Shaped-Room.png 946w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Bell-in-L-Shaped-Room-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/With-Bell-in-L-Shaped-Room-768x597.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><figcaption>With Tom Bell in <em>The L-Shaped Room <\/em>(1962)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Composer unknown, copyright held by Joe Primrose [n\u00e9 Irving Mills]: St. James Infirmary. Brock Peters, Paul Palmieri [live at The Village Gate, NYC 10.1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Package-on-Rooftop.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Package-on-Rooftop.png 673w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Package-on-Rooftop-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. Brock Peters: Down by the Riverside. Brock Peters, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Jack Lewis [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dramatic-Lighting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dramatic-Lighting.png 675w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dramatic-Lighting-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. Brock Peters, D. Daniels: Way Yonder Far. Brock Peters, Ensemble led by Jo King (including Ray Barretto, Chief Bey [James Hawthorne Bey], George Duvivier, Sticks Evans [Samie Evans], Al Leas) [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Head-On.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Head-On.png 802w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Head-On-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Head-On-768x913.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. Brock Peters: Ro Kom Bay. Brock Peters, Orchestra conducted by Jack Lewis [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Caron-Peters-Room-1024x619.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Caron-Peters-Room-1024x619.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Caron-Peters-Room-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Caron-Peters-Room-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Caron-Peters-Room.png 1273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>With Leslie Caron in <em>The L-Shaped Room <\/em>(1962)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>John Jacob Niles: Go \u2018Way from My Window. Brock Peters, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Jack Lewis [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/In-Ratty-Hat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/In-Ratty-Hat.png 502w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/In-Ratty-Hat-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><figcaption>In <em>Roots: The Next Generations <\/em>(1979)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michel La Rue: Nicodemus the Slave. Brock Peters, Paul Palmieri [live at The Village Gate NYC 10.1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-with-Louise-Stubbs-in-Black-Girl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-with-Louise-Stubbs-in-Black-Girl.png 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-with-Louise-Stubbs-in-Black-Girl-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption>With Louise Stubbs in <em>Black Girl <\/em>(1972)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. Brock Peters: Another Man Done Gone. Brock Peters, Orchestra conducted by Jack Lewis [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/King-of-the-Dark-Chamber.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/King-of-the-Dark-Chamber.png 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/King-of-the-Dark-Chamber-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><figcaption>In <em>King of the Dark Chamber <\/em>(1961)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Wide Dark Troubled Waters. Brock Peters, Ensemble led by Jo King (including Ray Barretto, Chief Bey [James Hawthorne Bey], George Duvivier, Sticks Evans [Samie Evans], Al Leas) [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Weston.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9333\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Weston.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Weston-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Weston-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Randy West (1926 \u2013 2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Randy Weston: Where? Brock Peters, Randy Weston, Coleman Hawkins, Kenny Dorham, Wilbur Litte, Roy Haines [live at The Five Spot Caf\u00e9, NYC 26.X.1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1.jpg 614w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption>Martha Flowers photographed by Carl Van Vechten<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Randy Weston, Langston Hughes: African Lady [from <em>Uhuru Afrika<\/em>]. Martha Flowers, Brock Peters, Randy Weston and Band [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Barretto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Barretto.jpg 560w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Barretto-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Barretto-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption>Ray Barretto (1929 \u20132006)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional African, arr. Brock Peters: Akanna ginnagi [Mysterious Instinct] (with spoken introduction). Brock Peters, Ensemble led by Jo King (including Ray Barretto, Chief Bey [James Hawthorne Bey], George Duvivier, Sticks Evans [Samie Evans], Al Leas) [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ellington-1019x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ellington-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ellington-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ellington-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ellington-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ellington-1528x1536.jpg 1528w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ellington.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke Ellington: In the Beginning God (<em>Sacred Concert No. 1<\/em>). Brock Peters, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra [live New York 26.XII.1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis-Johnson.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9338\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis-Johnson.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis-Johnson-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis-Johnson-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Miles Davis: Yesternow [excerpt] (from <em>A Tribute to Jack Johnson<\/em>). Miles Davis, Brock Peters [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-Wright-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9340\" width=\"662\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-Wright-1.jpg 579w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-Wright-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Wright: One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights (<em>Black Boy<\/em>). Brock Peters [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-in-Recording-Studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9341\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-in-Recording-Studio.jpg 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-in-Recording-Studio-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Daley: Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker (<em>Star Wars<\/em> NPR Radio Series) [1981-1993]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-Ballad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9343\" width=\"625\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-Ballad.jpg 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Peters-Ballad-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earl Robinson, John Latouche, arr. Luther Henderson: Ballad for Americans [excerpt]. Brock Peters, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Leonard de Paur [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Old-Mandela-Esque.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Old-Mandela-Esque.png 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Old-Mandela-Esque-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg: The Eagle and Me (<em>Bloomer Girl<\/em>). Brock Peters, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Larry Blank [live Los Angeles 02.1995]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mockingbird-Still.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mockingbird-Still.png 777w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mockingbird-Still-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mockingbird-Still-768x843.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><figcaption>As Tom Robinson in <em>To Kill a Mockingbird <\/em>(1962)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner: When You Grow Up You\u2019ll Know (<em>Huckleberry Finn<\/em>). 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