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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

Bought by WCSU-FM and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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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: 04:59
NEA Jazz Master George Avakian
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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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: 07:57
NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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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: 05:00
Blues Quest featuring Bettye LaVette
From: Mike Sanders
Series: Blues Quest
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Bettye LaVette, the “Great Lady of Soul,” is so much more than a soul singer, melding all forms of American music.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:00
Blues Quest featuring James Harman
From: Mike Sanders
Series: Blues Quest
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This Alabama harmonica legend was one of the first white Americans who entered the blues in the 1960s.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:00
Blues Quest featuring CeDell Davis
From: Mike Sanders
Series: Blues Quest
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A victim of polio, Delta blues singer Cedell Davis developed a unique style of playing slide guitar with a table knife.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:00
Into The Woods
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Georgette Kanach loves to hunt, fish, hike, and do almost any activity that involves being out in the woods. It’s the place where she grew up, and ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 2
Los Reyes de Albuquerque y La Familia Martinez (59:00 / 53:00) [FREE PROGRAM]
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Roberto Martinez, Sr., Credit: Genevieve Russell
The story of one of the most long-lived and influential traditional New Mexican Hispanic musical groups in the state, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. Th...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, Panhandle Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM, WTIP, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Lindsay Ess, Becoming Whole, Pt. 1
From: Charles McGuigan
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Lindsay Ess was a fashion model, a designer, a stunning beauty. And then at the age of twenty-four, just two years ago, doctors had to cut off both...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 27:39
Episode #3: Being Misunderstood & GED Support
From: Max Rivlin-Nadler
Series: Gathering Hope House Radio
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This week’s episode discusses the difficulty of being misunderstood when you are dealing with mental health issues, the reasons for pursuing a GED ...

  • Added: Dec 25, 2009
  • Length: 10:11
Teen Girls Form Holiday Band
From: WRVO
Caption: Girl Scout band, Credit: Sonia Robinson
Some high school Girl Scouts are using their flutes, a harp, a trumpet, a violin and a clarinet to make the holiday season brighter for seniors.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 02:04
This can go on forever
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.
When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, Public Radio Remix, The Neighborhood and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on India
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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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: 01:30
NEA Jazz Master Quincy Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Quincy Jones on Jazz Family; Jazz Mentors; Hamps Band; Boulanger; Cultural Exchange and Jazz Ambassadors

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on Harmonicas and Audiences
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on Portablity of Harmonica and Audiences.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz on Early Inspiration; Alto Verses Tenor; Spontaneous Improvision; His Sound; and Sideman Mentality.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
NEA Jazz Master Rudy VanGelder
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Rudy VanGelder on Recording Start; Alfred Lion; Hackensack Home; Englewood Cliffs; and Rudy's Goal.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 08:00
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on The Concerto For Clairnet
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw explains that "You do things that some people think are impossible, and that’s what separates the men from the boys."

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Quest featuring Eddie Bo
From: Mike Sanders
Series: Blues Quest
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New Orleans piano legend Eddie Bo died March 18, 2009, at the age of 79. In this show he shares his experiences at house parties, his friendship w...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Quest featuring Marie Knight
From: Mike Sanders
Series: Blues Quest
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Gospel legend Marie Knight died August 30, 2009, at the age of 89. She was best known as the singing partner of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In this sh...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 56:59
Blues Quest featuring Sam Carr
From: Mike Sanders
Series: Blues Quest
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The great Delta blues musician Sam Carr died September 21, 2009. In this show Sam shares his thoughts on learning he was Robert Nighthawk's son, t...

Bought by Northstate Public Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Joyful Noise: Handel's Messiah Rocks
From: Joyride Media
Series: Holiday Programming Extravaganzas
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Mix one part Handel with one part rock band, orchestra and choir.

Bought by KRCB-FM, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Thurgood Marshall: Before the Court
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
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In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Marshall had already earned a place in histor...

Bought by KERA, WAMC, WESM 91.3 FM, KUHF, Northstate Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 13

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