Series: Jazz Masters Moments

Produced by National Endowment for the Arts

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NEA Jazz Masters Moments highlight the jazz greats honored through the NEA Jazz Masters, a comprehensive program of jazz support.

NEA Jazz Masters Moments highlight the jazz greats honored through the NEA Jazz Masters, a comprehensive program of jazz support that includes the NEA Jazz Masters Award, an NEA Jazz Masters tour with performances and educational activities, radio programming, a compilation CD, educational resources, and publications and reports. Nearly 100 radio segments feature eighteen NEA Jazz Masters, providing musical samples, historical information, and first-person anecdotes designed to give listeners added insight into the artists and their art.

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35 pieces

Order by: Default | Newest First | Oldest First
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young meets Louis Armstrong
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NEA Jazz Master and Trumpeter Snooky Young Meets Louis Armstrong.

Bought by WNCU and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:00
  • Licenses: 2
NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans and His First Night in the US
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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: 00:01:30
  • Licenses: 2
Dave Brubeck on the Oneness of Man and Music
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NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on the Power of Music and Exchange.

Bought by WNCU, WKMS, 90.5 WSNC, 90.5 WSNC, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:29
  • Licenses: 10
Dave Brubeck on Russia and Jazz
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Dave Brubeck reflects on the importance of jazz and foreign relations

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:00
  • Licenses: 11
Dave Brubeck on Cultural Exchange
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Dave Brubeck on the importance of Cultural Exchange

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:59
  • Licenses: 11
Jazz Ambassadors
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Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on US Jazz Ambassadors of the 1950s

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:00
  • Licenses: 11
Abbey Lincoln on Thelonius Monk's Influence
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Thelonius Monk's vote of confidence helped NEA Jazz Master Abbey Lincoln develop into one of the best jazz singers and songwriters of our time.

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:29
  • Licenses: 3
Chico Hamilton Discusses Interplay Between Performer and Audience
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Drummer and NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton talks about the interplay between performer and audience, performing with Duke Ellington, and touring du...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Licenses: 10
Buddy Defranco on Achieving his Musical Status
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NEA Jazz Master Buddy Defranco is known as "The Father of Bebop Clarinet." Defranco tells us it took a long time to achieve this status.

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Licenses: 11
NEA Jazz Master Slide Hampton on the Art of Improvisation
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NEA Jazz Master Slide Hampton on the art of improvisation: "If you don't know how to improvise, you're gonna find yourself in a lot of stressful si...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:00
  • Licenses: 10
Marian McPartland Discusses Her Conversations with Duke Ellington and Thelonius Monk
From National Endowment for the Arts
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NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland and her trio played a long running gig at the Hickory House, a famous New York nightclub. Everyone used to stop ...

Bought by JAZZ FM - WMCE Radio, WNCU, KOSU, WKMS, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:59
  • Licenses: 11
Ramsey Lewis on "The In-Crowd"
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2007 NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis is probably best known for his 1965 surprise hit "The In-Crowd." The title track appeared on his trio's 17th alb...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:00
  • Licenses: 11
Shirley Horn on Working with Miles Davis
From National Endowment for the Arts
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Miles Davis and NEA Jazz Master Shirley Horn were not only close friends; they shared a similar musical style. They recorded "You Won't Forget Me"...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:29
  • Licenses: 11
Dan Morgenstern Discusses His Soft Spot for Billie Holiday
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Writer Dan Morgenstern -- recipient of the NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy -- has had a soft spot for Billie Holiday since his college day...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:00
  • Licenses: 9
Phil Woods On Meeting Saxophonist Charlie Parker
From National Endowment for the Arts
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At age 15, 2007 NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods realized his dream: the opportunity to meet his idol, saxophonist Charlie Parker, at a club in New York ...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Licenses: 11
Herbie Hancock Discusses the Popularity of "Watermelon Man"
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NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock discusses the popularity of his 1961 jazz classic, "Watermelon Man."

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:59
  • Licenses: 11
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb On Recording Porgy and Bess
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb lucked into recording Porgy and Bess.

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Licenses: 1
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb Remembering Making the Kind of Blue Album
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb remembers being in the amazing Miles Davis Band.

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Licenses: 1
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb On Joining The Miles Davis Sextet
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Jimmy Cobb discusses joining The Miles Davis Sextet and his first gig.

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:00
  • Licenses: 1
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb On Moving to NYC
From National Endowment for the Arts
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Jimmy Cobb discusses his decision on moving from Washington, DC to New York City.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30

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