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Florence Price
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Bill Withers: Just As He Is
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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A deep look into the late Bill Withers early life in music that set up the making of his debut album, "Just As I Am." Please consider this free on...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, WOMR, WKMS, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Hour 3: New Orleans Diaspora - Jelly Roll Morton & Sidney Bechet
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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In this hour, we’ll explore the music of two more giants of the New Orleans diaspora, pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, who left Louisiana in...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT, KRPS and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 23
Episode May 17, 2014
From: Robert Marovich
Series: Gospel Memories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Classic African American gospel, spiritual, and jubilee music.

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:41
Jazz and Civil Rights (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
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How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KHSU, WRIR, WVAS and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 14
Wynton Marsalis - Swinging into the 21st
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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Wynton Marsalis looks back on music from throughout his career, from the straight jazz to his more classical compositions.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
A Tribute to Louis Armstrong (Part 2)
From: GW Global Media Institute
Series: GW Presents Beyond Category
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Author Gary Giddins joins host Dick Golden to discuss Louis Armstrong's life in music. Many seminal Armstrong recordings are featured.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:36
A Tribute to Louis Armstrong (Part 1)
From: GW Global Media Institute
Series: GW Presents Beyond Category
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Author Gary Giddins joins host Dick Golden to discuss Louis Armstrong's life in music. Many seminal Armstrong recordings are featured.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:42
  • Purchases: 1
A Tribute to Fats Waller (Part 2)
From: GW Global Media Institute
Series: GW Presents Beyond Category
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A profile of jazz pioneer and celebrated composer Thomas "Fats" Waller.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 1
A Tribute to Fats Waller (Part 1)
From: GW Global Media Institute
Series: GW Presents Beyond Category
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A profile of jazz pioneer and celebrated composer Thomas "Fats" Waller.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Torchbearers of the Tidewater Gospel sound
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: The Paschall Brothers onstage, Credit: Virginia Folklife Program
The Paschall Brothers of Chesapeake sing four-part harmony in a style with a storied tradition.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Wayne Shorter Jazz Perspective
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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a short musical journey through the career of Wayne Shorter

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY and WEKU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
Love is the Message: The Story of Philadelphia International Records
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour radio special looks back on Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's influence on the music and culture of Philadelphia

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive radio documentary about Sly & the Family Stone, their music, their turbulent history, and the indelible marks they left be...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSGE, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 40
Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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Brand new one-hour music intensive radio special features legendary bluesman Buddy Guy in his own words and music.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KCNP, KNKX, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 46
AARON NEVILLE: BRING ON THE SOUL
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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New one-hour music intensive radio special features Aaron Neville performing classics songs by the all-time great R&B artists who have inspired Aar...

Bought by WUFT, WUFT, KCMJ Community Radio, KMUW, WSLR and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2006
  • Length: 56:39
  • Purchases: 11
Fats Waller: If You Gotta Ask
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive documentary about Fats Waller, one of America's great composers and performers of the 20th century.

Bought by WICR, KNKX, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WVIA and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 37
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Going on Again: Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Special
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This new music-intensive one-hour special features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band?s unique tribute to their New Orleans home on the one-year anniversar...

Bought by KMUW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRPS, KALW, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2006
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 18
Kevin Phinney, author of 'Souled American'
From: KUOW
Series: Speaker's Forum
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kevin Phinney looks at race relations, as seen through the prism of music.

Bought by KUHB


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
Herbie Hancock: Imagine the Possibilities
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This one-hour music intensive radio special salutes legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock.

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, and WOMR


  • Added: Aug 11, 2005
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3