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NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman on Writing for Stan Kenton; Dangers of Success; Starting his own Big Band; Changes to his Arrangement; and Composing

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
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FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE BRUBECK HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC. HE’S BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST ...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
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NEA Jazz Master Quincy Jones on Jazz Family; Jazz Mentors; Hamps Band; Boulanger; Cultural Exchange and Jazz Ambassadors

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
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NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on Portablity of Harmonica and Audiences.

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz on Early Inspiration; Alto Verses Tenor; Spontaneous Improvision; His Sound; and Sideman Mentality.

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 10
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NEA Jazz Master Rudy VanGelder on Recording Start; Alfred Lion; Hackensack Home; Englewood Cliffs; and Rudy's Goal.

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton on First Gig with Duke Ellington' First Gig; Dedication to the Music; Racism; and Al Jackson.

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw explains that "You do things that some people think are impossible, and that’s what separates the men from the boys."

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Connecting to Audiences; and Pop.

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern on Remembering Fats Waller; Symphony Sid; Billy Holiday; Louis Armstrong and Arriving in the US.

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi on Forming a Big Band; His First Inspiration; Bud Powell; and Remembering the Old days.

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Scott on Vultures; Approach; and Radio.

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Buddy DeFranco on His First Influence; Jazz Contest; "Opus One"; Challenges of the Clarinet; Bepop; and Approaching a Performance.

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Shirley Horn describes her Musical Childhood; Her Influences; Her Collaboration with Miles Davis; and Her Collaboration with Carmen...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 9
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NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess On His Early Life, Mother's Influence, Audience Interaction, Bassie's Leadership, and Playing with the Basie Family.

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
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SHE ENDURED THE CRITICISM. IT WAS 1959. BY THIS TIME, LINCOLN HAD ALREADY RECORDED SEVERAL ALBUMS AND EVEN HAD A SINGING ROLE IN A MOVIE. PIANIS...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA JAZZ MASTER ABBEY LINCOLN DIDN’T PERFORM AS A SINGER UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE DIDN’T ACTUALLY ASPIRE TO PERFORM PROFESSIONALLY UNTIL SHE WAS DIS...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 6
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THE LATE NEA JAZZ MASTER, ARTIE SHAW COMPOSED ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN SONGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BEGIN THE BEGUINE.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA JAZZ MASTER ARTIE SHAW WAS THE SON OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS AND HUNG OUT ON THE STREETS OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA JAZZ MASTER ARTIE SHAW WAS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF PLAYING HIS CLARINET. BUT HE NEVER REALLY CARED MUCH ABOUT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF MUSIC.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND WAS A BIG FAN OF CLARINET AND SAX PLAYER, SIDNEY BECHET.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10
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MCPARTLAND’S MUSICAL EDUCATION CONTINUED AT LONDON’S GUIDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHERE SHE STUDIED CLASSICAL PIANO.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10
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IN 1943, MCPARTLAND MET CORNETIST JIMMY MCPARTLAND AT A USO CAMP IN BELGIUM. SHE WAS THE PIANIST AND HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BAND THAT PLAYED FOR ...

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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
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Can you really be obsessed over lip gloss?

  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 02:13