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Singer Shirley Witherspoon found inspiration in listening to Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith.
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- Added: Jun 18, 2018
- Length: 05:00
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Percy Hughes played saxophone, and considered Johnny Hodges his role model. Percy was able to meet Johnny and exchange music with him.
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- Added: Jun 18, 2018
- Length: 05:00
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Mike Elliott was a guitarist who founded Natural Life in 1972, and became an important part of the jazz scene in the Twin Cities.
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- Added: Jun 18, 2018
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 1
Manfredo Fest was a legally blind bossa nova and jazz pianist and keyboardist from Brazil. He was also a bandleader, and lived in Minnesota for a p...
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- Added: Jun 18, 2018
- Length: 05:06
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Jeanne Arland Peterson is the matriarch of the Twin Cities' first family of jazz. Leigh Kamman interviews Jeanne in 1996.
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- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 04:59
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Leigh Kamman travels to the Artist's Quarter in St. Paul to interview organist Jack McDuff.
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- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 1
Leigh Kamman interviews "Mr. Smooth", Irv Williams.
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- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 04:58
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Eddie Berger was the "King of Bebop" in the Twin Cities Jazz scene. Leigh Kamman interviews Eddie, and features his music.
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- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 05:03
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Leigh speaks with tenor saxophone titan Bob Rockwell when Bob was visiting from his home in Copenhagen Denmark. He and Leigh talk about how he got...
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- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 04:59
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...
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- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 10:00
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Sly Watts performs his poem "Passion" in City Park.
- Added: Jun 28, 2016
- Length: 02:35
Jenna explains how chamber music can get you into first-class on high-speed French trains.
- Added: Jun 08, 2016
- Length: 02:41
Joe talks about his travel nightmares and what makes his Ford Fiesta the ultimate bass driving machine.
- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 06:30
Being a traveling pianist has its challenges -- bringing your instrument along, for one. Prach tells a story of the first time things came together...
- Added: Jun 02, 2016
- Length: 02:01
Violinist Gary Schulte tells us about the time he had creme brulee that was so good, it inspired him to write a song...and then performs it with gu...
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 04:54
After highlighting the backstory behind the name of this original piece by guiartist Ben Abrahamson, Ben is joined by Joan Griffith as he plays "No...
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 04:52
Joan Griffith and Sam Miltich blend the sounds of their guitars together on this rendition of the Latin-inspired piece, "Recite do Samba."
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 04:59
Minnesota pianist Mary Louise Knutson accompanies guitarist Joan Griffith on the jazz standard, "On Green Dolphin Street."
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 04:52
Guitarist Joan Griffith is joined by pianist Laura Caviani in a Brazilian-inspired composition of Joan's titled "Joan's Baiao,"
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Twin Cities violinist Gary Schulte accompanies guitarist Joan Griffith on a song titled "Nuages," a relaxing piece with a French title meaning "clo...
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Joan Griffith and Ben Abrahamson perform an original composition of Ben's entitled "Parallax."
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Joan Griffith and Ben Abrahamson play together on a piece called "Origanum," featuring Joan on mandolin and Ben on 12-string guitar.
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 04:59
Inspired by the coming onset of autumn, Gary Schulte improvises a solo piece on violin.
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 04:47
Local Minnesota guitarists Sam Miltich and Joan Griffith combine their unique musical styles on this piece entitled "Honeysuckle Rose."
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Guitarist Joan Griffith is joined by Sam Miltich as they play the gypsy jazz standard, "Oh Lady Be Good."
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00