Daily Perch- It's Black History Month, Like ALWAYS!

Hey.
Time for the Daily Perch from us. I know, I know, your thinking, "C'mon b?!? It's Black History 'ay'day up in this.."
Hold up. I totally feel you. As it is Polynesian History Month, Asian History Month, Latino History Month, Italian, Irish, Canadian....it's a new day!
But since we get a moment to play into the fanfare, we're gonna drop a load on you every gosh darned day just to say we 'got our hits in' and spread a little knowledge.
The one time I may be launching info on the daily!
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and now...



Shirley Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005)
January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination (Margaret Chase Smith had previously run for the Republican presidential nomination). She received 152 first-ballot votes at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

Chisholm wrote two books,
1970, Chisholm wrote Unbought and Unbossed
1973, She wrote The Good Fight

1988 Hip hop reference:
"Make you co-op-er-ate with the rhythm, that is what I give em/ Reagan is the pres but I voted for Shirley Chisholm"
-Biz Markie, Nobody Beats The Biz

1993, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Shirley Chisholm on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.



Freddie Hubbard (7 April 1938 – 29 December 2008)
He was my friend Daria’s uncle. He was also who influenced my early take on jazz in the 80’s (he and Pieces of a Dream, Hiroshima, Bob James, and the Yellowjackets). I think I fell into jazz appreciation due to being pulled into his 80’s pop stuff. But upon digging deeper, I realized he was the real, REAL, deal...spending many moments of my own life meditating on his music.

Frederick Dewayne Hubbard, was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 60s and on. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop.*

Local Reference: Columbia's VSOP: The Quintet, album was recorded from two live performances, one at the Hearst Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, on July 16, 1977, the other at the San Diego Civic Theatre, July 18, 1977. Musicians joining the trumpeter for this landmark performance were the members of the mid-sixties line-up of the Miles Davis Quintet (except the leader): Herbie Hancock on keyboards, Tony Williams on drums, Ron Carter on bass, and Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano saxophones.

*information referenced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm 02/02/09 4:25 pacific standard time
* referenced from Wikepedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard, 2/2/09 @4:36 AM Pacific Standard Time