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From the Luce Group, Renee Rosnes Quartet, Steve Turré Big Band and Gary Bartz Quartet pay tribute to Joe Henderson, JJ Johnson and Jackie McLean i...
- Added: Nov 23, 2019
- Length: 01:00:45
- Added: Apr 23, 2019
- Length: 04:05
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 22, 2019
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 1
Slave spirituals were often improvisations upon older hymns that became entirely new songs, and in some ways they foreshadow the birth of American ...
Bought by WJAB
- Added: Feb 21, 2019
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 1
Some guys come in and think you can turn pro next week, but once they come in here and find out what you have to go through, it’s like a wake-up ca...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 1
During the war in Vietnam, there was a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon called Long Binh Jail. But LBJ wasn’t for capt...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 11, 2018
- Length: 18:19
- Purchases: 1
I get so much love from the customers in here. It’s better than where I came from.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 03:58
- Purchases: 1
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 featuring tributes to inspirational figures such as Paul Robeson , Jackie Robinson, and Martin Luther King Jr. from Freddie Hubbard, Coun...
- Added: Feb 02, 2018
- Length: 58:57
Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie
- Added: Oct 16, 2017
- Length: 59:01
A look at the pianist and composer's early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.
- Added: Sep 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Vietnam was the first war fought to a soundtrack, with over 4000 war-related songs written and recorded between 1965-73. The lyrics were patriotic,...
- Added: Aug 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more
- Added: Aug 28, 2017
- Length: 52:58
- Purchases: 10
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
An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...
Bought by KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WVAS and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 10
Music from trumpeter Miles Davis' final years, including his albums Amandla and Tutu, and collaborations with Shirley Horn and Quincy Jones.
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 59:00
We celebrate Ella Fitzgerald's centennial with a look at one of the singer's busiest and most memorable years on record.
- Added: Mar 27, 2017
- Length: 59:04
Interview with Barbara Reynolds,founding editor of USA Today on her 2017 book My Life, My Love, My Legacy biography of Coretta King, condensed from...
- Added: Feb 09, 2017
- Length: 28:16
- Purchases: 2
A lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, music writers, ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN, Red River Radio Network, WXXI, WYSO, KCSM and more
- Added: Nov 16, 2016
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 21
A blowout farewell edition of our weekly program after eight plus years of broadcasting!
Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman talks about his famous father, Von Freeman, and about his experiences living in Europe. Freeman has now returned to ...
- Added: Aug 04, 2016
- Length: 30:00
This year's Spiritual Side of the Blues special focuses on the music of Blind Willie Johnson!
- Added: Mar 15, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
This week's playlist shines a light on mental illness, through a respectful look at the topic and songs that fit the theme.
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The IBC is a music competition featuring over 100 bands from more than a dozen nations. This episode previews the 2016 event with music by 14 of th...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
This hour features music by, and the complete list of, 2016 Blues Music Award nominees!
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
