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Davu Seru is a north Minneapolis composer who has been influenced by experiences in Chicago and Ghana, and it all comes out in his music. Davu lead...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 08:00
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
Hour One of 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, musi...
Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KMUW, KUHF, WRVO Public Media and more
- Added: Jan 28, 2018
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 18
Executive Director of the Delta Blues Museum Shelley Ritter keeps the blues alive and honors its history.
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 22:42
- Purchases: 1
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.
- Added: Aug 31, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
Nique Love Rhodes
We have a social entrepreneur of a different kind, she is a rapper! You will have an opportunity to learn how the social and bus...
- Added: Jul 06, 2017
- Length: 39:03
An hourlong program of classic jazz, exploring a collection of influential jazz material know as "The Birth of the Cool" recorded by a circle of mu...
Bought by Radio New Zealand
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
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
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
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Meet some of the greatest back-up singers! It may be only Twenty Feet from Stardom but director Morgan Neville shows us just how long that walk can...
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 3
Only recently did Mayyadda make the decision to perform professionally. But she’s come a long way in a short time, playing prestigious clubs such a...
- Added: Aug 09, 2016
- Length: 07:50
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe talks about the revolutionary life and work of Lena Horne.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 08, 2013
- Length: 03:03
- Purchases: 1
Singers Merry Clayton, Tata Vega, and director Morgan Neville talk success, faith, and why Merry didn’t “let Ray” Charles.
- Added: Jun 28, 2013
- Length: 15:07
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...
- Added: Oct 15, 2011
- Length: 56:36
The making and influence of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."
Bought by 90.5 WESA, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WJAB, WMOT and more
- Added: Apr 29, 2010
- Length: 01:58:20
- Purchases: 17
The late jazz sax master Frank Morgan tells his remarkable story in material recorded in 2006.
- Added: Dec 27, 2007
- Length: 34:38
A look back at the career and influence of the jazz saxophonist.
- Added: Nov 09, 2007
- Length: 04:01
