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Chris Bowden: The Lost Concert FULL DOCUMENTARY

From: Robin Valk

Caption: Chris Bowden at 'A Jazz Thing', Birmingham 2017, Credit: Elliott Taylor

An explosive UK Jazz talent re-emerges after a decade in the shadows. A tale of creativity and redemption.

Bill Kirchen Hammer of the Honky Tonk gods, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Bill Kirchen is a showman and a storyteller. Mainly though he’s a singer and a songwriter and a player of the world’s most versatile Telecaster. Th...

GUEST: Rachel Grimes (formerly of Rachel's)

From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic

CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D audio.

John Coltrane (Ep. 10)

From: Jeff Haas

In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more

Jazz's Great Comeback Stories (Ep. 3)

From: Jeff Haas

Caption: Guitarist Pat Martino survived a brain aneurysm to become one of the most soulful voices of jazz guitar.

It's one of jazz's all-time great comeback stories: In the 1950s, the great Duke Ellington was seen as a "has been." Then, out of nowhere, an epic ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCPN, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KHNS, WCPN and more

Nina Simone (Ep. 2)

From: Jeff Haas

Caption: Nina Simone, the "High Priestess of Soul"

In this hour, it's the life and music of Nina Simone—from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of jazz's fiercest voice...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WCPN, KMUN and more

Jazz and Film (Ep. 25)

From: Jeff Haas

Caption: Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in the 1961 movie, "Paris Blues"

In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movie...

Bought by WCPN, KHNS, KMUN, WVPE, KCPW Salt Lake City and more

Same Song, Same Chair: Fifty Years Later

From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes

Caption: Spencer Moore, Credit: Jon Lohman

A masterful songster recorded by two folklorists, fifty years apart.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTIP, and WAMU

Harmonic Healing

From: Diane Lee

This is a sneak peek into the harmonica culture of senior citizens from Gulfport Senior Citizens' Harmonica Club.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Dear Dish,

From: Katie Ball

Caption: Nathaniel and Roberto Aguilar, Credit: Lori Grey

A melodic fan letter to the band Dish - one of loss, acceptance, and hope.

Bought by Remix Radio

The Devil's Violin

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The story of the birth of a violin.

Bought by PRX Remix

Wayne C. Henderson: How Guitar Making Saved His Life

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Wayne C. Henderson, Credit: http://www.waynehenderson.org/

In this edition, we travel to the homeland of American bluegrass to visit the workshop of guitar builder Wayne C. Henderson. His instruments are co...

Bought by KHNS

Club 47/Passim

From: WGBH Radio Boston

Recorded at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square on the 50th anniversary of the day the Club 47 opened in 1958, the program (in the best of folk t...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMNF, Chris Boros, and New Hampshire Public Radio