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Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Henry Threadgill--creating on music's cutting edge
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill reflects on his musical life and shares his thoughts about improvised mu...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, New England Public Media, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 6
Hour 13: Today, Tomorrow...Forever?
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Is jazz singing alive and flourishing in this new century...bursting at the seams with both established artists and younger artists who bring diver...

Bought by WJSU, KZYX, KECG, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 21
Hour 12: Beyond Each Shining Sea
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
Caption: Host Al Jarreau and producer Jacquie Gales Webb, Credit: Jacquie Gales Webb
Jazz music is an indigenous American art form, but if you listen closely you will hear elements of Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Carribean...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 21
Hour 11: Jazz Singing and Civil Rights
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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This program examines jazz singing as a means of social protest. Artists such as Nnena Freelon, Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Louis Armstrong, Al Hibb...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 24
Hour 10: On the Road and In the Club
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz singers tell it like it really is. Today's singers and yesterday's tell of their experiences, joys, trials and tribulations performing this mo...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7 and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 7: Scat, Bebop, Vocalese, and the Voice as an Instrument
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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With comments from Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Murphy, and Kurt Elling, this program will trace the evolution of the in...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFIU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 6: Ballads
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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From Billie Holiday's soulful laments to Johnny Hartman's romantic ballads, jazz singers have used their interpretive powers to express the delight...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, KSRQ, WPVM 103.7, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 5: With a Little Help from My Friends
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz singing is usually a very singular art, with individual artists fastidiously honing their deeply personal styles and approaches. But, there is...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, KZYX, KSRQ, WPVM 103.7 and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 24
Hour 4: What is Jazz Singing?
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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The talents of jazz singing legends Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McCrae, and Sarah Vaughan help us understand improvisa...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, KSRQ, WPVM 103.7, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 24
Hour 3: Straight Out of the Church
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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From early spirituals to gospel to blues to jazz, singing as an expression of deep emotion evolved, with the various strains blending into each oth...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, WRTI and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 2: Saturday Night Function
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz was born amidst revelry and ribaldry. Jazz vocals have, from the beginning, dealt with the earthier side of life. Artists such as Dakota Stato...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 26
Hour 1: Steeped in the Blues
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Over the years the blues has influenced countless jazz vocalists. In the program, Big Joe Turner, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Billie Holiday, Etta Jon...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 31
Jazz Singers Generic 30 Second Promo
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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This is 30 second promo for "Jazz Singers," a thirteen-hour series hosted by award-winning singer Al Jarreau. "Jazz Singers" illuminates every styl...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 14
Life Is Music (Encore from 08/28)
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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When we listen to the world around us, we can hear rhythms, harmonies, and melodies. Life really is filled with music. Join host Jay Daniels for "l...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
What's New? (July 2021)
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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Every day, we get to hear the sounds of new jazz being released by talented artists from around the world, and this week, we share some of those di...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
S05 Ep46: Women of Color: Composers, Part 4, 7/17/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week we hear an hour dedicated to music composed by Women of Color. These remarkable women have worked to overcome both gender and racial bia...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
What's New? (May 2021)
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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Join us for a journey of musical discovery as we uncover newly released jazz treasures from artists like Nnenna Freelon, John Pizzarelli, Dara Tuck...

  • Added: May 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
Simply Mad About March
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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Every March, a number of college basketball teams square off in a tournament called March Madness. So, we thought we'd put up our own best players ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
Irma Thomas: The Influences and the Business
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Irma Thomas, Credit: Rick Olivier
A return visit with singer Irma Thomas, who pays tribute to her musical influences - some surprising - and tells Gwen all about the bottom line of ...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 798: The Fairfield Four and The McCrary Sisters
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The legendary Fairfield Four perform on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes two of the most prominent and respected names in the worlds of pop, rock,...

Bought by KLRE, Angelica Community Radio, KTRL, KMUN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 39
Toni Morrison-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Toni Morrison
A tribute to the legendary Toni Morrison, in her own words with music and memories from those whose lives she touched

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 55:39
  • Purchases: 1
S3: Nique Love Rhodes #79
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Three: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Nique Love Rhodes
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
WoodSongs 878: Linkin' Bridge and Run Boy Run
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The powerful voices of Linkin' Bridge.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes singing group from the west end of Louisville, Kentucky and finalists on ...

Bought by KDLG, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, WLPR , WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
WoodSongs 857: Royal Southern Brotherhood and We Banjo 3
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: New Orleans music royalty Cyril Neville.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes an acclaimed U.S. soul-blues collective lead by Cyril Neville Royal South...

Bought by KUAR, KENW, KENW, WDSE, WETS and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10