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Granite City Radio Theater Season 11 Episode 1 with Special Musical Guest Chris Castino
From: KVSC
Series: Granite City Radio Theater
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In the season premiere of our 11th time around the fiscal year of the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, the Granite City Radio Theater broug...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:02:26
Granite City Radio Theater Season 10 Episode 2 with Special Musical Guests George Maurer and Judi Vinar
From: KVSC
Series: Granite City Radio Theater
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On Wednesday, December 15th, 2021, the weather outside the Pioneer Place on Fifth Theater was frightful, but the jolly inside was delightful as the...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:48
The Granite City Radio Theater Season 9 Episode 3 with Special Musical Guest Keith Secola
From: KVSC
Series: Granite City Radio Theater
Caption: Keith Secola at the Granite City Radio Theater 6.16.2021, Credit: Jo McMullen
WE GOT OUR LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE BACK! That's the big deal here! Well, special musical guest and Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame induct...

Bought by WGZS


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:26
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Guitarist, Pat Metheny
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Metheny grew up in a musical family, starting on trumpet at the age of eight and switching to guitar a few years later. By age 15 he was mentored b...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn about the (soulful) power of the organ, especially in the hands of Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Pianist, Dick Hyman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn some cool facts about one of the best piano innovators of all time, NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Advocate and Writer, Ira Gitler
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Jazz historians and his own son, Fitz, share why writer and jazz adovcate, Ira Gitler is a Jazz Master.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 13
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these short pieces, Dee Dee talks about scatting, her big break, and studying the moves of Betty Carter.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
NEA Jazz Moments with Bassist Dave Holland
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short moments celebrating 2017 NEA Jazz Master, Dave Holland.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 11
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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"You can play notes, but if you don't put anything in the notes, that's what it is...just notes." - Pharoah Sanders.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
Sly Watts in City Park
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: The Poetic City
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Sly Watts performs his poem "Passion" in City Park.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:35
Remembering Edith Piaf in Ménilmontant
From: Charles Spira
Caption: The Apartment at 5 rue Crespin du Gast
In this short audio document we'll visit a fascinating small museum which celebrates the legendary French singer Edith Piaf. We'll discover fascin...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Moments with Jazz Advocate and Presenter, Joe Segal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal lives and breathes for jazz and it shows. For nearly 70 years, he's been presenting incredible musicians, many of wh...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist and Composer, Charles Lloyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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A born innovator, musician Charles Lloyd has been on the path to NEA Jazz Master for decades. In these Moments, he talks about growing up surrounde...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 13
Indie Exploration Hour 2
From: D. Grant Smith
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In talking with people about music, we regularly discuss Indie music. Unlike what some think, Indie is not a genre or type of music but a classific...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Jelly Role Morton
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Jelly Role Morton
Born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe in New Orleans right before the turn of the 20th Century, Jelly Role Morton is credited as one of the founding father...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. In this batch, we learn about Mose's move from Mississippi to NYC, his gri...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Hank Mobley
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Hank Mobley
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe illuminates the importance of those who will not settle for a glory in mediocrity, but who urge others to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cab Calloway
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Cab Calloway
Singer, dancer, and bandleader, Cab Calloway is often referred to as the “hi- di -hi- di-ho” man. His nonsensical sounds and improvised melodies ma...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Art Tatum
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Art Tatum
Self taught pianist, Art Tatum is acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. Listen as Rabbi Neil discusses the life of the inn...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ella Fitzgerald
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Ella Fitzgerald
Coming from a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald found solace in music and song. Discovered at age 17, after singing in the style of the Boswell s...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 16 - One Day You Will See
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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Marcel Mouloudji, theater and movie actor, painter and songwriter, daydreams about meeting the one he'll love in the song "One Day You Will See"

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:14
Louis Armstrong
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Moments with Eddie Palmieri
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, EDDIE PALMIERI. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12