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  • Length: 01:58:29
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A centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, featuring the music of his big bands and small groups, as well as some of his vocal recordings.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
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It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing unease and the youthful vitality...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
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A program about late-1960s jazz-rock recordings made by groups such as the Free Spirits, Count’s Rock Band, the Fourth Way, Gary Burton, and other ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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A program about saxophonist Sonny Rollins' early-1960s return to the jazz scene after a self-imposed sabbatical.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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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
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An appreciation of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, generally recognized as the first pop or rock festival of all-time. It featured 3...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KUNM, KMUN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSKA and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 23
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John Fisher talks disco, provocation, and Priscilla as parable.

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 27:20
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A look at one of hardbop's greatest front lines: Trumpeter Lee Morgan and saxophonist Wayne Shorter were two of the leading lights of the 1960s har...

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
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Selections from the impresario's 1950 “coffeetable” jazz anthology, featuring Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, and others.

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
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A salute to hardbop pianist Freddie Redd, featuring recordings he made with artists such as Jackie McLean and Tina Brooks.

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
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Jazz scholar and Lester Young box-set annotator Loren Schoenberg joins us as we look at the music the saxophonist made in the years following a dif...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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Michael Clayton, Kevin Fortuna, Ian Blume talk origins, the presence of the past, and surrendering to the storm.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 18:54
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This week on Chicago Jazz Live we’re going solo. Solo piano, that is, with the wonderful Chicago composer and pianist, Fred Simon. Recently Fred ha...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Oudyano, Credit: Margie O'Loughlin
We live in an era where most people have multiple music styles available to them. On top of that, there is so much travel, that players representin...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Damien Chazelle & Justin Hurwitz, San Francisco, CA 10/6/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz talk huddling down, keeping the dream, and making things magical.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 14:08
Caption: Pepe Romero, Credit: Pepe Romero
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a look at how political events have shaped music history from the 16th Century to 20th Cent...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , KTXK, KPRG, WETS and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 37
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the Joe Policastro Trio, with bassist Joe Policastro joined by guitarist, Dave Miller, and percussionist,...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thorsten Schütte, San Francisco, CA 6/17/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Thorsten Schütte talks unconventional English lessons, black market tickets, and being mesmerized by cacophony.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 1
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This week the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs pieces by Prokofiev, Scriabin, Beethoven, and Mozart.

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  • Length: 01:58:29
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This week Lorin Maazel conducts pieces by Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, and Shostakovich.

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  • Length: 01:58:30
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Don Cheadle talks commitment, new connections, and being real.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 16:32
Caption: Marc Abraham & Tom Hiddleston, San Francisco, CA 4/1/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Tom Hiddleston and Marc Abraham talk manifesting rhythm, the courage of artists, and what they didn’t want to do.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2016
  • Length: 15:27
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Ivan Fischer leads the New York Philharmonic in works by Bartok, Henri Dutilleux and Rachmaninonff.

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  • Length: 01:58:30
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This week Riccardo Muti conducts works by Mason Bates, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky.

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  • Length: 01:58:28