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In this episode of In 2 The Music, Al Neff gets in 2 the song American Pie. This program is funded in part by a Minnesota Arts and Cultural Herit...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:30
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Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
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Caption: Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins was known as "Hawk" or "Bean" among his contemporaries because of his keen intellect and ingenious approach to common tunes. He was...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
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...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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Caption: Clifford Brown
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...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
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Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
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Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
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Caption: Benny Goodman
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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Caption: Charles Mingus
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
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3 Moments with tenor saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
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  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 06:26
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
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5 Moments with vocalist and NEA Jazz Master, Sheila Jordan.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
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4 "Moments" with trumpeter, flugelhornist, and advocate, Jimmy Owens.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on the most pivotal person who was instrumental to his music development.

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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George Benson gets his first big break when Jack McDuff invites him to audition.

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on embracing New York City's 52nd Street

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Musical setting of quotes from Lyndon Johnson, William Fulbright and Wayne Morse regarding the War in Vietnam.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 05:25
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Conductor Leopold Stokowski entreats the listener to maintain his individuality. (1959)

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
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Musician Ray Charles speaks about his criteria when writing music. (1995)

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :29
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Musician Ray Charles recalls the frustration he delivered to his early piano teacher. (1995)

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:58
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Musician Ray Charles comments on the labels given to the music he played. (1995)

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
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Musician Ray Charles explains what kind of music was around him growing up. (1995)

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
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Musician Ray Charles remembers his early career as a Nat “King” Cole sound-alike. (1995)

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 3