PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging
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Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.
- Added: Jun 08, 2023
- Length: 59:01
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 the last years of his life, and no longer with the services of longtime writing partner Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington continued to compose mem...
- Added: Apr 22, 2021
- Length: 59:02
Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Co...
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
Herbie Nichols died in obscurity in 1963, but over the past two decades his luminous compositions have made him a celebrated figure in modern jazz....
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 59:01
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
Anita Monga talks restoring fragments, revolutionary women, and honoring the legendary film preservationist, David Shepherd.
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 20:20
Anita Monga talks color, tattoos, and Rene Clair.
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 22:47
Don Cheadle talks commitment, new connections, and being real.
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 16:32
Maya Forbes talks understanding social cues, having honest conversations, and being a sloppy dynamic team.
- Added: Jun 19, 2015
- Length: 09:18
