PRX - Pieces for Format: Commentary
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Directed intensity from Buddy Rich sounds more like a lift than a jolt, but Horace Silver's loping tempo tells the truth. Mongo Santamaria's Afro-C...
Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2016
- Length: 01:59:58
- Purchases: 5
Sean Waterman on acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR studios
- Added: Mar 20, 2016
- Length: 58:54
Goes2Eleven starts its run with a tribute to the jazz giant Joe Pass (1929-1994). We take a look at the guitarist’s early years in Johnstown, PA, h...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 54:06
Host, Richard Hadlock traces his formative years from 1945-1959 when he left Brazil at age 17 to go to College in Philadelphia. He reminisces his f...
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 59:45
Piano players with "royal" nicknames are featured from Nat "King" Cole to Duke Ellington. Host, Richard Hadlock showcases musicians deserving of th...
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 58:41
Pianist, Art Tatum was an amazing soloist who often sounded like two players at once. His unaccompanied work has been well-documented and celebrate...
Bought by KMUW
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 01:00:50
- Purchases: 1
The San Francisco Bay Area Jazz scene is a special place known for its diversity and camaraderie among its musicians. Host, Richard Hadlock samples...
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 01:01:51
Musical Instruments referred to by musicians as "Axes" are investigated. Often home made or manufactured there are hundreds of instruments. Host, R...
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 02:02:36
Host, Richard Hadlock explores the players of yesteryear who showed immense talent as teenagers. Musicians, Jabbo Smith, Mary Lou Williams and Gene...
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 59:43
Extreme vintage hour openers, like bebop in a big band with Eckstine, rare Clifford Brown the other. Singers who would normally not mix, Carrie Smi...
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 5
Miles Davis is considered one of the most innovative and influential musicians of the 20th century. He added his voice to the narratives of our cul...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: May 27, 2014
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas discusses his dual career as conductor and educator. [30:49]
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 30:49
- Purchases: 2
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, h...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 05, 2013
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 2
Renowned jazz musician Sam Miltich interviews Connie Evingson about her career in Minnesota's music scene. We also hear music from Alison Scott, Ch...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Sep 04, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
Filmmaker James Francis Flynn joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his upcoming picture, "The Stick-Up Kid."
- Added: Aug 31, 2012
- Length: 28:56
A Twist of Soul , Funk and Civil Rights is the story of Edition 6 of The Steve Edwards Soul Show. It is a musical tribute the the artists that laid...
- Added: Apr 04, 2012
- Length: 59:07
Just about the time you think you've really got something it hits you - you're chord progressions aren't original...
- Added: May 21, 2010
- Length: 04:24
John Berquist of Eveleth has been telling stories and performing traditional music of Scandanavian-Americans for almost 40 years. Here’s a story fr...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WTIP
- Added: Apr 29, 2010
- Length: 04:50
- Purchases: 2
