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NL 23-28: Swing That Music: Louis Armstrong in the Big Band Era, 7/3/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi joins us to discuss a vital and often-overlooked period of the trumpeter’s career.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Celebrate Black Music Month with NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kenny Garrett, Credit: Jimmy Katz
Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett talks about his life in music.

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Womenfolk #230607
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Katie Dahl Interview + New Summer Releases

  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:05
Music Archive Showcase #155 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KAAD-LP, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Musician's Spotlight - Erica Von Kleist and Naomi Moon Siegel Archive Remix Mspot - 842
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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An archival remix of two programs from 2017 and 2018 brings together saxophonist, flutist, singer and composer Erica Von Kleist and Trombonist and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Buddhist Priest Improvises Free Jazz
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Buddhist Priest, Credit: Tyler Croat
To play free Jazz, you have to monitor what your fellow musicians are doing. So says Dave power, the percussionist of Buddhist Priest, along with b...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Music Archive Showcase #154 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 1 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story o...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
NL 23-25: On A Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After The War, 1945-47, 6/12/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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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
Michael Maiorana Composes for Bass and Cello
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Michael Maiorana , Credit: Mandy Faccett
Michael Maiorana is a Twin Cities Composer who does what few others do: Michael composes for bass and cello, low-tone instruments most associate wi...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Concert of New Music for Cello and Bass Coming Friday June 16
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Michael Maiorana , Credit: Mandy Faccett
The focus is on compositions for bass and cello on this year’s first Vanguard New Music Series concert, this Friday at 7 at Zion Lutheran Church in...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Womenfolk #230524
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Memorial Day Songs + Meg Hutchinson Interview

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
Musician's Spotlight - Theo Katzman - 840
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Katzman visits with host John Floridis. Katzman, known for both his solo work as well as his cont...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Minneapolis Southwest High School Jazz Groups in Multi Style Concert Thursday June 1 at 7PM
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: SWHS Jazz Band, Credit: Sara Johnson
The Southwest High School of Minneapolis showcases its Jazz Big Band and Jazz Combos, Thursday June first at the school. The show features not only...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Womenfolk #230517
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Rickie Lee Jones Interview + New Releases

  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
CJL-811 Tribute to Billie - Dee Alexander and the MJO
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the Metropolitan Jazz Octet with vocalist Dee Alexander (and a string section!) to honor the 108th birthd...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
CJL-810 John Moulder's "Earthborn Tales of Soul and Spirit"
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome guitarist and composer John Moulder, with an eight-piece ensemble presenting a stunning work titled, “Ear...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Sara Gazarek - 838
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy nominated jazz singer Sara Gazarek joins host John Floridis for conversation about her beginnings in music during her youth in Seat...

Bought by WMUU-LP and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
NL 23-17: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City, (Part 2), 4/17/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Mark Stryker, author of the new book Jazz From Detroit, joins us again to discuss the city’s jazz legacy.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Music Archive Showcase #151 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [2 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Lynyrd Skynyrd (1977)
On this MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE episode, it's the second of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few deca...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, and KSJE


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
NL 23-16: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City” (Part 1), 4/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Bloomington native and longtime Detroit Free Press music writer Mark Stryker joins us to talk about his new book Jazz From Detroit and the musician...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Guitar Master Dakota Dave Hull Creates New Set of Music for the Guitar-Banjo
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Dakota Dave hull is known for his finger-style guitar playing. But on his new CD, Better Late Than Never, Dave explores the guitar – banjo, an inst...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
OK Factor Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary with New CD Called OKX
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: The OK Factor, Credit: Karla Colahan
The OK Factor is ten years old and to celebrate, it has issued a new CD called OKX. Now, as in the beginning, the OK Factor touches multiple musica...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Meet Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louis Hayes, Credit: Janette Beckman
Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
John Penny’s Jazz Recycles Many Jazz Styles and He Reflects on Jazz Cultural Backgrounds
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: John Penny, Credit: Andrea Canter
Guitarist John Penny Is in touch with many jazz styles, and he uses many as sources for his new compositions. Also, when John performs, he offers i...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:00