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A centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, featuring the music of his big bands and small groups, as well as some of his vocal recordings.
- Added: Sep 25, 2017
- Length: 59:05
It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing unease and the youthful vitality...
- Added: Sep 12, 2017
- Length: 59:01
A program about late-1960s jazz-rock recordings made by groups such as the Free Spirits, Count’s Rock Band, the Fourth Way, Gary Burton, and other ...
- Added: Aug 10, 2017
- Length: 59:00
An appreciation of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, generally recognized as the first pop or rock festival of all-time. It featured 3...
Bought by KBBI Alaska, KUNM, KMUN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSKA and more
- Added: Jun 07, 2017
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 23
John Fisher talks disco, provocation, and Priscilla as parable.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 27:20
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
Selections from the impresario's 1950 “coffeetable” jazz anthology, featuring Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, and others.
- Added: May 23, 2017
- Length: 59:01
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
Michael Clayton, Kevin Fortuna, Ian Blume talk origins, the presence of the past, and surrendering to the storm.
- Added: Mar 30, 2017
- Length: 18:54
This week on Chicago Jazz Live we’re going solo. Solo piano, that is, with the wonderful Chicago composer and pianist, Fred Simon. Recently Fred ha...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: Jan 31, 2017
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 1
We live in an era where most people have multiple music styles available to them. On top of that, there is so much travel, that players representin...
- Added: Jan 06, 2017
- Length: 04:59
Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz talk huddling down, keeping the dream, and making things magical.
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 14:08
This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the Joe Policastro Trio, with bassist Joe Policastro joined by guitarist, Dave Miller, and percussionist,...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: Aug 02, 2016
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 1
Thorsten Schütte talks unconventional English lessons, black market tickets, and being mesmerized by cacophony.
Bought by WABE
- Added: Jun 30, 2016
- Length: 26:56
- Purchases: 1
Tom Hiddleston and Marc Abraham talk manifesting rhythm, the courage of artists, and what they didn’t want to do.
- Added: Apr 03, 2016
- Length: 15:27
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 21:58
While America continues to grieve over the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut and search for w...
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:07
Musicians in America's smallest state are kicking off a year-long project called Singing for Your Supper: The Rhode Island Hunger Project. The goal...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Oct 17, 2010
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 1
Many of the musicians who perform at fiddlers' conventions and music festivals throughout southern Appalachia are, in fact, young kids.
Bought by WMMT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WTIP
- Added: Dec 04, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 3
A classical group from Korea called the Ahn Trio and a rock band from Texas called Balmorhea converge on a similar, ambient chamber music sound.
- Added: Apr 15, 2008
- Length: 03:31
Enjoy the magic of a Hawaiian Christmas with slack key master Kapono Beamer, sharing tales of his family's holiday traditions and rich musical lega...
Bought by KALW, WNMU-FM, RadioFreePalmer, KISU, KUAC and more
- Added: Dec 08, 2006
- Length: 29:51
- Purchases: 25
