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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94 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Five Moments with producer and 2011 NEA Jazz Master Orrin Keepnews.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:29
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Six Moments with 2011 NEA Jazz Master, composer, and arranger Johnny Mandel.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:00
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Three Moments featuring trumpeter, bandleader, and 2011 NEA Jazz Master, Wynton Marsalis.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:29
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Two Moments featuring 2011 NEA Jazz Master Jason Marsalis

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:29
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Four Jazz Moments featuring flutist and 2011 NEA Jazz Master, Hubert Laws.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:28
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Four short pieces with and about the man behind the Marsalis musicianship, 2011 NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:29
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Three short pieces featuring trombonist and 2011 NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:58
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Five short pieces featuring 2011 NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:59
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Three short pieces featuring 2011 NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:28
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:29
  • Purchases: 1
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:56
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NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on Hearing Coltrane Live; Improvisation; Yusef Lateef; and Moving to NYC.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:04:59
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NEA Jazz Master George Avakian on "Discovering this strange music"; Wrong Microphone incident; Most Important Accomplishment; Revolutionizing the L...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:57
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NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton on Mosaic; His Early Influences; Remembering Arriving in NYC and College Education.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:00
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NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson on Connecting tot he Audiences; Quotes Eric Dolphy; First Performance; Milt Jackson rock the boat; and Pee Wee Mar...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:59
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NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross on The Contest that Launched Her Career; Being Raised in Hollywood; Working with Lambert and Hendricks; Recording "Singi...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:08:30
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NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman on Writing for Stan Kenton; Dangers of Success; Starting his own Big Band; Changes to his Arrangement; and Composing

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:57
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FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE BRUBECK HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC. HE’S BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST ...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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NEA Jazz Master Quincy Jones on Jazz Family; Jazz Mentors; Hamps Band; Boulanger; Cultural Exchange and Jazz Ambassadors

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 00:04:30
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NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on Portablity of Harmonica and Audiences.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:00