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One of the world's most successful music producers got his start as a jazz trumpeter, arranger, and bandleader. We'll hear recordings he made in th...
- Added: Mar 11, 2018
- Length: 59:01
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 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,...
Bought by KHNS and WXXI Rochester
- 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 saxophonist Sonny Rollins' early-1960s return to the jazz scene after a self-imposed sabbatical.
- Added: Aug 10, 2017
- Length: 59:00
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
This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 58:58
An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...
Bought by WNMU-FM, KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 11
Anita Monga talks restoring fragments, revolutionary women, and honoring the legendary film preservationist, David Shepherd.
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 20:20
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
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
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcome vocal powerhouse from Austin, Texas Ruthie Foster plus East Nashville base...
Bought by KDLG, KJJF, WETS, WOUB, RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: May 04, 2017
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 10
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
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 WHRV, KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WXXI Rochester and more
- Added: Nov 16, 2016
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 23
It’s not surprising that many of the medicines we use today are derived from plants. The surprising part is how similar the molecular components of...
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 35:36
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
Guitarist Lionel Loueke brings the sounds and rhythms of Benin to the world of jazz.
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: Aug 05, 2016
- Length: 07:02
- 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
Chris Foreman plays Sundays in Church. And every Friday night, he's at Chicago's legendary Green Mill — playing the funky Hammond B3 organ in a nig...
- Added: Jul 06, 2016
- Length: 04:21
A variety of styles from within the Blues spectrum, all off new and recent album releases.
- Added: Jul 06, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jun 30, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Great new release Blues albums covering a wide variety of the genre's different styles.
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Jun 21, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Back from vacation, Johnny Full-Time has a huge stack of new CDs that recently arrived.
- Added: Jun 16, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
