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A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Randy Weston
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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Randy Weston talks about the music he loves.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:05
JazzStories: Jose James
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Jose James
“Music was unexpected. I always wanted to be a writer and I still do. I was always turned on by words, by the way people could use words and that k...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, PRX Remix, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 5
JazzStories: Ron Carter
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I was on my way to being a decent bass player, and at that time there were a lot of clubs in New York, a lot of recordings going on....talking to ...

Bought by KMUW, WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 8
Gail & Emile
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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In the 1970?s, dancer Gail Lyons and drummer Emile Latimer discovered love in Buffalo, New York through West African music. After all these years,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Lee Konitz
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Lee Konitz , Credit: Frank Stewart
Widely admired for his original sound, the 83 year old alto saxophonist Lee Konitz is a master of improvisation who continues to travel the world s...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: Hank Jones
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Frank Stewart
Over the past eighty years, the late Hank Jones has been described as eloquent and impeccable. However, his career wasn’t marked by the normal road...

Bought by KMUW, WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 10:54
  • Purchases: 7
The Limns about the new album "Move Around Robots"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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When The Limns performed at the Blue Ox in Bemidji for KBXE's Spread the Love party, I sat down with them before the concert and recorded a convers...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Minneapolis Singer/Songwriter Ben Kyle of Romantica
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Ben Kyle of Romantica by Charlie Pulkrabek Ben Kyle has a lot going on these days. His band Romantica is set to release their highly anticipated t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 32:51
Minneapolis Singer-Songwriter Alicia Corbett
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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"Alicia Corbett" by Charlie Pulkrabek. When I first saw Alicia Corbett play, it was about 1993, soon after she’d arrived in Minnesota from norther...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 32:11
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Sam Rivers – Reedman, pianist, composer
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Sam Rivers, Credit: Frank Stewart
Sam Rivers has sounded his horn across six decades of jazz with Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, and Dizzy Gillespie. Producer David Goren brings us an i...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: James Moody's Mood for Love
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: James Moody, Credit: Frank Stewart
"Moody's Mood for Love" is one of the most memorable and recognizable solos in jazz history. But for James Moody, the song contains a bigger history.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 8
Jake Dilley of Experimental Indie-Rockers The Color Pharmacy
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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"The Color Pharmacy Fills My Prescription" By Doug MacRostie. The Color Pharmacy is definitely one of the most exciting bands out of Minnesota. The...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 40:36
Bonjour Chanson Series 8, Episode 39
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 8
Caption: Strasbourg, Alsace
Six Francophone Singers/Songwriters are introduced in a manner that English speaking Audiences can understand and enjoy. Some are rising stars, oth...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 27:40
  • Purchases: 1
Genre Defying Jazz Guitarist Todd Clouser
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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"Music is Todd Clouser's Second Language" by Doug MacRostie. Todd Clouser's "A Love Electric" is an instrumental album with a lot to say. For some ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 36:09
Wahwahtay Benais, Hip-Hop Artist from the Leech Lake Rez
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Wahwahtay Benais: The Thunderbird Within the Northern Lights by Doug MacRostie. The oppression, hardship and discrimination that Native Americans...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 42:17
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz at Lincoln Center: James Moody
From: Murray Street Productions
Caption: James Moody, Credit: Tom Pich
In memory of saxophonist and flutist James Moody, Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio offers its edition featuring Moody's 75th birthday celebration with ...

Bought by KMUW, WJSU, WEKU, WVRU, WNCU and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sela Oveson & Her Intimate Debut "Rogue Lightning"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Sela Oveson: Her Music's In My Bones, by Doug MacRostie. I have been quoted saying "Sela is one of my favorite MN musicians - she has a fire that b...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 37:53
High Energy String Band Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Centerstage MN host Doug MacRostie. It's not too often that the debut release from a band is a double CD, but Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses are...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 32:13
MN's Blues Man Big Walter Smith
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie, host of Centertage MN. Big Walter Smith is the lead vocalist with the Groove Merchants and has personified the blues in MN for 4...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KVSC


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 2
3 Time MN State Fiddle Champion Mary LaPlant
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Centerstage MN host Doug MacRostie. I could sit and talk with Mary LaPlant all day; she's one of those positive people that is just fun to be ar...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 31:34
MN Music Legend Lonnie Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie. Lonnie Knight was there for the first digital recording. Yes, I'm serious. He was working as Staff Guitarist at Sound 80 when 3M...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 33:58
Singer/Composer Katie Corning from Bagley
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie. Something about an emerging performer from a small town really appeals to me, and Katie Corning from Bagley is just starting to...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 31:52
Connie Evingson, Jazz-Vocalist from Minneapolis
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie. You know that saying, "It's not WHAT you said, it's HOW you said it!"? The same thing applies to singing; it's not what you sing...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 35:37
Duluth's Danny Friedman and the Beastman Band
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie. Everyone once in a while you hear something that truly stands out; it'll get into your head and make your inner-animal instinc...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 32:44
The Handsome Family Live from the Outpost
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
Caption: The Handsome Family , Credit: Stock
With a following that is closely approaching Cult status, The Handsome Family (Brett & Renie Sparks) clue us into the fantastic journeys they take ...

Bought by KKRN, WNMU-FM, WRNC-LP, KRCB 104.9, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7