PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 59:03
A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.
Bought by WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUAT and more
- Added: Jan 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This hour explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Against Tomorrow, released the same ...
Bought by KRCU Public Radio and KAZU Seaside, Calif.
- Added: Jan 20, 2023
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 2
Jazz recordings in honor of the civil-rights leader made by James Spaulding, Billy Taylor, Herbie Hancock, and others.
- Added: Jan 05, 2023
- Length: 59:00
In 1943, Duke Ellington debuted a landmark 43-minute musical portrayal of the African-American experience at Carnegie Hall. We'll hear music from i...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WVIA, Radio Catskill and more
- Added: Aug 25, 2022
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 20
In January 1943, bandleader and composer Duke Ellington took his orchestra into Carnegie Hall for the first time and chose to make his debut with a...
- Added: Aug 25, 2022
- Length: 59:03
Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, Ellington was writing music that celebrated African-American culture, personalities,...
Bought by WJCT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTXK and more
- Added: Jan 31, 2022
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 6
Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 58:59
A jazz tribute to Juneteenth, the African-American holiday marking the end of slavery, with music from Paul Robeson and Count Basie, John Coltrane,...
- Added: Jun 11, 2020
- Length: 59:00
As the black-pride movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an increasing number of jazz artists began to incorporate the messag...
- Added: Feb 16, 2018
- Length: 58:57
A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...
- Added: Jul 06, 2017
- Length: 59:00
