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Metheny grew up in a musical family, starting on trumpet at the age of eight and switching to guitar a few years later. By age 15 he was mentored b...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
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In these moments, we learn some cool facts about one of the best piano innovators of all time, NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman.

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
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2015 NEA Jazz Master George Coleman shares stories about playing with NEA Heritage Fellow, BB King, falling in love with Charlie Parker, and learni...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
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Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
Caption: "Whispers" Tendrilic wires > Reaching for infinity > Connect me to you, Credit: Eric Bishop 2012
In celebration of National Poetry Month, 12 poets are featured with their original works. Stori Sojourner stitches the poems together to create the...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 25:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Five Moments with producer and 2011 NEA Jazz Master Orrin Keepnews.

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 10
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Six Moments with 2011 NEA Jazz Master, composer, and arranger Johnny Mandel.

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you ever heard of Johnny Depp?

  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:26
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
When I made radio programs 30 years ago, you heard me grumbling on the air that I had made a mistake.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
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NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall on Spiritual Awakening; Technique vs. Ideas; Bill Kirchner; Nat Hentoff; Pat Metheny; and Meeting Sonny Rollins

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Curtis Fuller on Tales of a Nun, The Tombone, Defining his Sound, "A Moment's Notice" and European Circus.

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 9
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ARTIE SHAW WAS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND OUTRAGEOUS FIGURES IN JAZZ. HE ONCE WROTE AN EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF WHICH READ, HE DID THE BEST HE COU...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
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IN 1956, 2007 NEA JAZZ MASTER PHIL WOODS TOOK A SEAT IN THE RENOWNED DIZZY GILLESPIE BIG BAND. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP, WITH GI...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: J.S. Bach
For any format: Use this 59 second drop-in for Bach's birthday (March 21) or any day as a drop-in, promo or billboard. Cellist Matt Haimovitz and t...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2009
  • Length: :59
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young on his unique name and his start in music.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 9

  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 9
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young discusses his craft and his solo in "Uptown Blues."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 7
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Volunteers help run Clearwater, and vice versa

  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:50