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JazzStories: Wynton Marsalis
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Wynton Marsalis
"For me I always grew up watching my father and other jazz musicians, they never played for that many people, they were always struggling. They did...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: Roy Haynes
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Roy Haynes
“I got these small 20 inch bass drums. One of the first 20 inch bass drums…So when Lester Young saw these small little drums, right away he nicknam...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, KTRL, WNCU and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 11:10
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: Bobby McFerrin
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Bobby McFerrin has spent four decades breaking ground in jazz vocals – and his music always feels fresh. Hear how Miles Davis changed his life.

Bought by WMOT, CJRT-FM, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 8
JazzStories: Dianne Reeves
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Dianne Reeves
"I don't ever want you to open for me again" said Sarah Vaughan. The diva was paying her a compliment, but the modest Dianne Reeves didn't' know that.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 8
Jenni Fallein, poet and painter
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, TWQ producer Chérie Newman talks with Jenni Fallein about her new collection of poetry, IF BEAUTY WERE A SPY. The conversation...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Jason Moran
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Jason Moran , Credit: Frank Stewart
Prolific pianist and composer Jason Moran fuses stride piano, avant-garde jazz and sampled sounds. Hear the 2010 MacArthur Fellow "a Texas computer...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: Randy Weston — From Brooklyn to the Berkshires and Back
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Randy Weston , Credit: Frank Stewart
Pianist Randy Weston has seen a lot people and places in his life. Born in Brooklyn in 1926 and served in the US Army during World War II. But it ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WEZU, KPVL, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 8
Balloon Art
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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What'll it be?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
CL 2006 Rita Moreno "the lively arts"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
actress Rital Moreno reflects on her career.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
Buckets of Gold
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Linda Stanley is a sea glass fantatic.

Bought by PRX Remix, KXOT Public Radio, and Here and Now


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 3
Sisters
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Three generations of sisters talk about their relationships

Bought by KZYX and WHQR


  • Added: Oct 04, 2003
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 2