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Caption: Saxman Sonny Rollins goin' "Way Out West" in 1957.

Jazz and Country (00:59:00)
From: The New Jazz Archive

This week The New Jazz Archive goes in search of those rare moments when the paths of jazz and country crossed for some of the most fascinating fusions in American music.
Caption: Sax legend Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.

Charlie Parker (00:59:00)
From: The New Jazz Archive

The legendary story of how a Kansas City kid who didn’t like to practice became the king of bebop.
Caption: Adopted Kansas City hero Mary Lou Williams swingin' in 1946., Credit: William Gottlieb

America's Great Jazz Cities: Kansas City (00:59:00)
From: The New Jazz Archive

This week our ongoing series on America's great jazz cities takes us to Kansas City and the storied and sordid roots of the famed Kansas City sound.
Caption: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Roger Lewis at a jazz funeral in 2010., Credit: Kim Welsh

Jazz and Spirituality (00:59:00)
From: The New Jazz Archive

This week on The New Jazz Archive, we go in search of jazz's spiritual side—from the sacred roots of sax titan John Coltrane to the unique New Orleans spiritual tradition ...
Caption: Trumpeter Herb Alpert is the only artist in history to have a number one song as both an instrumentalist and as a vocalist.

Jazz's One Hit Wonders (00:59:00)
From: The New Jazz Archive

This week on The New Jazz Archive, we go in search of jazz's flash-in-the-pan and pop crossover phenoms whose light burned bright and then burned out altogether.

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Jazz and Literature
  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
Tito Puente
  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
Jazz Americana
  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
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