KUTX Liner Notes

Series produced by KUT

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Liner Notes highlights the significance of the great lives, works and moments in jazz history.

Hosted by Rabbi, historian and jazz musician Neil Blumofe and produced for KUTX and KUT’s Views and Brews by Rebecca McInroy, you can hear Liner Notes every Sunday morning on KUTX 98.9 during Jazz with Jay Trachtenberg.

We would love to know your thoughts on this new project, email us at viewsandbrews@kut.org and put "Liner Notes" in the subject line.


30 Pieces

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Norman Granz
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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Jazz producer and music impresario Norman Granz was born to Jewish immigrants in Los Angeles and came of age in pre-WWII America. During a time of ...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
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Cannonball Adderley
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley was embraced by the jazz community as soon as he hit the stage. His solos on Miles Davis' record Kind of Blue were remarkable a...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Anita O'Day
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day was known for her counter-culture approach to performance. Breaking the molds of the stereotypical "girl singer" with her dress, her st...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Coleman Hawkins
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins was known as "Hawk" or "Bean" among his contemporaries because of his keen intellect and ingenious approach to common tunes. He was...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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Jelly Role Morton
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Jelly Role Morton
Born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe in New Orleans right before the turn of the 20th Century, Jelly Role Morton is credited as one of the founding father...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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In Duke Ellington's Eulogy to Billy Strayhorn he wrote, "His greatest virtue, I think, was his honesty--not only to others, but to himself." As we ...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Liner Notes: Charlie Rouse
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and much sought-after sideman. He is known primarily for his collaboration with Thelonious...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Liner Notes: Miles Davis
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Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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Miles Davis is considered one of the most innovative and influential musicians of the 20th century. He added his voice to the narratives of our cul...

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  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1