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Musical creativity could be good for the aging brain.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
He was one of the pioneers of jazz on the violin. Though largely self taught, his career lasted some 77 years, and he recorded hundred of albums. p...
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 06:00
Armstrong was born in Storyville, a redlight district of New Orleans, 1901. His father left and his mother was probably a prostitute. He first lear...
- Added: Jun 18, 2011
- Length: 03:00
If the sound of his name isn't familiar, the sound of his voice certainly is. This is the unlikely story of four Detroit kids who went to a birthda...
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 03:00
The Buddy Holly pilot. Everybody knows how Roger Peterson died, but almost nobody knows who he was.
- Added: Nov 12, 2010
- Length: 03:00
The Hawaii Ukulele Festival attracts thousands of people from around the globe. Hear from musicians like Jake Shimabukuro, who's inspiring a resurg...
- Added: Jul 27, 2010
- Length: 04:31
- Purchases: 2
Hawaiian musician Keali`i Reichel is sharing his passion for Hawaiian language, music and dance in a groundbreaking DVD--the first to offer subtitl...
- Added: Apr 17, 2009
- Length: 05:24
Spencer Day adds a young twist to the old standards
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: Oct 07, 2008
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 1
Shirley Horn passed away Oct. 20; listen to this tribute to her music.
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, KGOU, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Oct 24, 2005
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 4
McCoy Tyner explains how he creates music for small groups, big bands and his Latin group
Bought by WEKU, North State Public Radio, and KGOU
- Added: Oct 06, 2005
- Length: 04:06
- Purchases: 3
Latin Jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri explains how he fuses jazz and Latin
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, 90.5 WSNC, and KGOU
- Added: Oct 06, 2005
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 4
Reinventing the saxophone, a musical look back at the life of Coleman Hawkins
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, Marfa Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KGOU
- Added: Oct 06, 2005
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 4
Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes excells in playing Latin, jazz and even classical
- Added: Oct 06, 2005
- Length: 03:25
- Purchases: 2
Dave Douglas blasts his trumpet for great jazz and social justice
- Added: Oct 06, 2005
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 3