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Playlist: Music

Compiled By: Dan Marshall

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14-15: Sonny Rollins & Bob French, 4/9/2014

From American Routes | Part of the American Routes series | 01:58:58

Sonny Rollins & Bob French

Srollins_small Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins has been igniting the jazz scene ever since he was a kid in the 1940s, hanging out with his mentor Thelonious Monk. We'll talk with the jazz master about his work with Miles and Monk among others, and his current improvisatory explorations. Then, we'll visit with New Orleans' own jazz legend, Bob French, the late leader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, to learn the finer points of keeping time in the Crescent City.

14-08: Giants of Jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, 2/19/2014

From American Routes | Part of the American Routes series | 01:58:56

Giants of jazz remembered.

Monktraneweb_small For this special American Routes program, we follow the lives of two giants of jazz: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. From their humble North Carolina beginnings to their triumphs on the world stage, we'll trace their individual and inspired paths to creativity. And we'll visit with the musicians who played with the greats, including McCoy Tyner and Pharoah Sanders, and the next generation, TS Monk and Ravi Coltrane.