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Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant! is a one hour program highlighting some of the best works of composer Thelonious Monk.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:56
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Today, few Americans know much about Josephine Baker. Why? It wasn’t because she lacked artistic skill or failed to remain relevant during a long c...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 18:38
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a special musical tribute to Eunice Kathleen Waymon, known as the great NINA SIMONE. This special contains some of her biggest hits.

Bought by KPIP-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WSLR, and WVAS


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 55:45
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent. On this program today...

Bought by KWAX, WNMU-FM, WMNR, 'The Sea', KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Michael Jackson - Bad, Credit: Sony
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 55:13
Caption: Cubie Burke (with Christina Johnson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem), Credit: http://www.dancephotolibrary.com/dance.php
The "FIVE STAIRSTEPS and CUBIE" was a family pop act who released hit records from 1968 to 1969 on both Curtom and Buddha Records. CUBIE BURKE was ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 48:54
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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
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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
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Although he appeared on stage and in more than 20 motion pictures, Dooley Wilson won immortality for his role as "Sam" in the 1942 film Casablanca....

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: The Five Stairsteps & Cubie (1969)
PART A (1st hour) of Volume #1 of the Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps. Joining Howard Burchette is Clarence Burke, Jr., Clarence Burke, Sr. and...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:04
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Thornton Wilder's Our Town is the most produced play in America, but does it need an update for today's America?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WILL, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 4
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Exploration of R&B Music

Bought by WDCB, KRZA, KUCB, WNIJ, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 10
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In 1999, radio producers Paul Ingles and Joe Warnes went in pursuit of an interview with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown at a tour stop in Albuq...

Bought by KRVS, KGLP, WCBE, Radio New Zealand, WYSO and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 30
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Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1