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In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 03:00
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
Folk singing legend Richie Havens died Monday, April 22nd, 2013 at the age of 72 of a sudden heart attack. In this excerpt from the documentary Ba...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 05:20
Join host Bill Bulbeck as he explores the life, times and music from the reigning "Queen of Gospel" Shirley Caesar in Episode #2 of Christian Minst...
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 54:55
Rickie, who is the Music and Arts Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center In Culver City, California, sat down with us to talk about t...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 59:00
We sat down with Kim & Reggie Harris in the green room of the Albuquerque Folk Festival.
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, h...
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- Added: Mar 05, 2013
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 02:15
The music of american legend James Hubert "Eubie" Blake. Pianist, composer, vocalist, and a man who could reinvent himself as times demanded.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
Willie Mae "BIG MAMMA" THORNTON was a Blues singer, musician and songwriter. She had a short life and is best known for the songs "Hound Dog" and "...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and WVAS
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 55:36
- Purchases: 2
Rabbi Neil Blumofe joins KUT host Rebecca McInroy along with a live jazz sextet for an evening of discussion and live music to explore the unique r...
- Added: Jan 04, 2013
- Length: 59:00
You can't listen to a painting or see a song. But that doesn't mean there aren't really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap...
- Added: Nov 20, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Bandleader Andy Kirk gave up his post office carrier in 1925 to try his hand in music. He showed talent on the saxophone and tuba, but it evolved t...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Thelonious Monk is an original and unique voice in the shaping and the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano play...
- Added: Sep 28, 2012
- Length: 59:04
He was a master ”Tickler”. Stride piano is the term attached later to a specific rhythmic style where the left hand follows the pattern of the rig...
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 58:54
ART BLAKEY known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina was a Jazz drummer and a pioneer of Be-bop and modern Jazz. This one hour program is an introduction...
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- Added: Aug 23, 2012
- Length: 52:24
- Purchases: 1
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.
- Added: Aug 10, 2012
- Length: 58:52
Join us for lively discussion and great live music as KUT's Rebecca McInroy and rabbi Neil Blumofe take a look back at the life and artistry of the...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 59:01
This musical introduction to the music of JOHN COLTRANE contains six songs and is one hour in length. It is divided into three segments which allow...
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 50:03
- Purchases: 2
TWO HANDS, A GUITAR & GENIUS = WES MONTGOMERY is a one hour program that looks at the musical life of Jazz guitarist WES MONTGOMERY. The ten record...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 52:35
- Purchases: 1
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent.
On this program today...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 53:05
For nearly 50 years now, a jazz artist who now resides in Northern California has enjoyed a career as one of the great performers on the vibraphone...
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 14:07
From the days of slavery 150 years ago, the African American spiritual grew out of the earliest days of Black America.
Over time, spirituals sprea...
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- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
Yvette Freeman reprises her Obie-winning performance as Dinah Washington.
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 6
This is a music program honoring the history of the African American soldier through song.
The program includes three individual sets, and includ...
Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WVAS
- Added: Feb 05, 2012
- Length: 50:18
- Purchases: 2
