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NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi on Forming a Big Band; His First Inspiration; Bud Powell; and Remembering the Old days.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Abbey Lincoln
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Abbey Lincoln on "Freedom Now Suite"; and Spirit and Character

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Scott
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Scott on Vultures; Approach; and Radio.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Slide Hamilton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Slide Hamilton on his Improvision; Life Experience; Connecting with the Audience; and Family Band.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Buddy DeFranco
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Buddy DeFranco on His First Influence; Jazz Contest; "Opus One"; Challenges of the Clarinet; Bepop; and Approaching a Performance.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master on His Nickname; Musician's Personality; Ballads; and Mainstream Music.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Shirley Horn
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Shirley Horn describes her Musical Childhood; Her Influences; Her Collaboration with Miles Davis; and Her Collaboration with Carmen...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess On His Early Life, Mother's Influence, Audience Interaction, Bassie's Leadership, and Playing with the Basie Family.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Abbey Lincoln on Let Up
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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SHE ENDURED THE CRITICISM. IT WAS 1959. BY THIS TIME, LINCOLN HAD ALREADY RECORDED SEVERAL ALBUMS AND EVEN HAD A SINGING ROLE IN A MOVIE. PIANIS...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Abbey Lincoln on Songs & Singing
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER ABBEY LINCOLN DIDN’T PERFORM AS A SINGER UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE DIDN’T ACTUALLY ASPIRE TO PERFORM PROFESSIONALLY UNTIL SHE WAS DIS...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, KBEM and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 6
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on Biggest Hits
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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THE LATE NEA JAZZ MASTER, ARTIE SHAW COMPOSED ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN SONGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BEGIN THE BEGUINE.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on Being a Rebel
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER ARTIE SHAW WAS THE SON OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS AND HUNG OUT ON THE STREETS OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland on Sidney Bechet Style
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND WAS A BIG FAN OF CLARINET AND SAX PLAYER, SIDNEY BECHET.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, KMUW and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland on Duke & Monk Visiting
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND AND HER TRIO PLAYED A LONG RUNNING GIG AT THE HICKORY HOUSE, A FAMOUS NEW YORK NIGHTCLUB. EVERYONE USED TO STOP ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, KMUW, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods on the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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IN 1956, 2007 NEA JAZZ MASTER PHIL WOODS TOOK A SEAT IN THE RENOWNED DIZZY GILLESPIE BIG BAND. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP, WITH GI...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods on his Teacher's Influence
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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SOME YOUNG MUSICIANS STUMBLE UPON A TEACHER WHO COMPLETELY CHANGES THE COURSE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 2007 NEA JAZZ MASTER PHIL WOODS WAS ONE OF THE...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, WRTI and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Abbey Lincoln on her early influences
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, NEA JAZZ MASTER ABBEY LINCOLN HEARD HER PARENTS’ BEAUTIFUL VOICES SINGING AROUND THE HOUSE AND IN CHURCH. AT AGE FOURTEEN, HER ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 8
A Postcard from Paris: Obama Mania
From: Janet Robbins
Series: A Postcard from Paris
Caption: Paris, 2008
Interest in the US Elections and in Barack Obama run high in Paris

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 10:51
  • Purchases: 1
Gerry O'Beirne: The Bog Bodies and Other Stories
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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A sound-rich review of Gerry O'Beirne's CD "The Bog Bodies and Other Stories"

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Apr 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Scab Artist
From: Sean McCandless
Series: Shards
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A piece from the heart, surveying the urban mental landscape through the eyes of a "Scab Artist"

Bought by BSR Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 18:07
  • Purchases: 2
Harlem Poem
From: Youth Mic
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8th grader Diogenes wrote this spoken-word poem about Harlem

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1
Seuss Abuse
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, a tongue-in-cheek take on Dr. Seuss

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Music from the Nortec Collective reflects life on the border
From: KPBS
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Electronic musicians from the Nortec Collective talk about how life on the border influenced their music. The piece has music weaved throughout.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 17:13
  • Purchases: 1
Speaking the Truth of the Moment
From: Marian van der Zon
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A look at honesty in relationships. Is the truth of the moment sufficient?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 2