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John Coltrane (Ep. 10)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Sax titan John Coltrane
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


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 34
Jazz and the Visual Arts (Ep. 9)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: "Out Chorus" by jazz painter Romare Bearden, 1979-1980.
You can't listen to a painting or see a song. But that doesn't mean there aren't really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
Louis Armstrong (Ep. 4)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Satchmo in 1960.
In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' form...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMUN, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
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


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 38
Bay Area Beats: Jazz legend Bobby Hutcherson tells his story
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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For more than 40 years, Bobby Hutcherson has lived a life most artists can only dream about. After making his name in the 1960s in New York as one ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:57
John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Black Classical Masters: Moses Hogan series
From: David Person
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Series of programs featuring the music and words of arranger Moses Hogan

  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 19:24
Black Classical Masters series: "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
From: David Person
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A series of four short programs that examine the song known as the Black national anthem.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WHFR, RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 7
An Unlikely Partnership
From: KVMR
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A California State Prisoner/Poet and a Swedish Classical Composer create "Frihet for de fanga" (Freedom for the prisoners)

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1