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Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Clifford Brown
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Benny Goodman
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, h...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of September (9/14): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman recalls an unexpected incident that helped propel the state`s punk music ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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3 Moments with tenor saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman.

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 06:26
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
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5 Moments with vocalist and NEA Jazz Master, Sheila Jordan.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
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4 "Moments" with trumpeter, flugelhornist, and advocate, Jimmy Owens.

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
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You may not know it by name, but Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" is a Halloween mainstay.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Miles Davis
Where Ancient Greece appears in modern culture.

Bought by Listen Edition


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 1
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We end our first week with a special once in a lifetime performance by Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band from the 2006 New Orleans Jaz...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 07:28
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Who first recorded 'Hound Dog'? How did that happen? What inspired Elvis to record the 1956 blockbuster?

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 13:45
Caption: Flory Jagoda (right) teaches Ladino songs., Credit: Morgan Miller
"Don't open your mouth. Just sit and play. Keep on playing."

  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on the most pivotal person who was instrumental to his music development.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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George Benson gets his first big break when Jack McDuff invites him to audition.

Bought by WCSU-FM and WNCU


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: JS Bach
Three musical giants reflect on what they feel when they play and hear Bach. For any format, the 60 second drop-in is ideal for Bach's Birthday (Ma...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:00
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Classical music in the years before and just after the Revolution

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Classical music in American in the 19th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:01
  • Purchases: 1
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NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on embracing New York City's 52nd Street

Bought by KOSU and WNCU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For the 5th week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texas singer who earned the first gold album in country music ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
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For the fourth week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texan who performed in both churches and bordellos before b...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1