More from David Schulman
Voices at an Exhibition: Coke Covers the World
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From: David Schulman
Visitors to the Smithsonian American Art Museum describe what they see in a a quilt created in 1992 by Otesia Harper … “Coke Covers the World.”
Voices at an Exhibition: George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
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From: David Schulman
Museumgoers contemplate what was going through the mind of Gilbert Stuart as he painted one of the most familiar portraits in the American economy ...
Joseph Shabalala: the 2009 Grammy winner In his own words
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From: David Schulman
Joseph Shabalala describes how the vision for Ladysmith Black Mambazo came to him in a dream -- in four-part harmony. Shabalala's voice takes on multiple characters as he ...
Cassandra Wilson: the 2009 Grammy winner in her own words
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From: David Schulman
The 2009 Grammy winner talks about finding her voice, with a little help from Miles Davis and musical parents who figured "you're going to get the blues, anyway"
Bo Diddley: in his own words (in memory)
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From: David Schulman
A late-career portrait of one of rock-and-roll's legendary creators.
Cyro Baptista: in his own words
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From: David Schulman
Cyro Baptista in his percussion garage ...
For Valentine's Day ... Trudy Pitts and "Mr C," in their own words
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From: David Schulman
Partners in music, and in life, for somewhere around 50 years ...
Arturo Sandoval: In his own words
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From: David Schulman
A bebop matador, a baroque court, a Cuban lullaby ...
Corey Harris: 2007 'Genius' of the blues, In his own words
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From: David Schulman
The 2007 MacArthur Fellow talks about the life of the Blues
Related Pieces
Piece Description
What do YOU do to warm up? That's a question producer David Schulman likes to ask when he interviews performers for the Musicians in their own words series. He's posed the question to Brazilian jazz singers , concert pianists, and Tuvan throat singers. And the answers can be as distinct as the music they make ...
Broadcast History
WATC January 12, 2008
Timing and Cues
Note that the audio includes a long music tail for host outro — last spoken words come at 3:30.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:What do you do to warm up? With Gillian Welch, Lang Lang, Cecilia Bartoli, Albert Kuvezin, Yo-Yo Ma ...
What do YOU do to warm up? That's a question producer David Schulman likes to ask when he interviews performers for the Musicians in their own words series. He's posed the question to Brazilian jazz singers , concert pianists, and Tuvan throat singers. And the answers can be as distinct as the music they make ...
What it takes for a musician to get warmed-up. We heard the words and sounds of ...
Old-time singer Abigail Washburn
Concert pianist Lang Lang
Flora Purim, singer of Brazilian jazz and seagull songs ...
Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli
Tuvan rocker Albert Kuvezin
Singer songwriters Gillian Welch and Dar Williams
Bel canto tenor Lawrence Brownlee
and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Our montage was produced by David Schulman.
