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After leaving John Coltrane’s group at the end of 1965, pianist McCoy Tyner made an ambitious run of albums for the Blue Note label in the late 196...
- Added: Dec 10, 2023
- Length: 59:00
On Afterglow’s annual winter holiday show, we’ll explore some less familiar holiday gems from classic singers, including “Santa Claus Got Stuck In ...
- Added: Dec 08, 2023
- Length: 59:00
NL 23-49: Birth of the Cool, Birth of the School: Indiana and the Rise of Jazz Education, 11/27/2023
From: WFIUSeries: Night Lights
An exploration of Indiana jazz artists in the 1950s cool and West Coast jazz scene, and a look at the pioneering role of David Baker and Jamey Aebe...
- Added: Nov 20, 2023
- Length: 59:01
How two Indiana songwriters and two singing groups influenced the direction of American popular music.
- Added: Nov 17, 2023
- Length: 59:02
The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of communit...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:01
Get ready to burst open the piñata as Harmonia celebrates the traditional Latin American Christmas pageant, Las Posadas, with Renaissance- and Baro...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:02
"Holidays are a great time for music! And this week on Harmonia, we’re going to take a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early compos...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:03
Holidays are a great time for music! On this edition of Harmonia, we’re taking a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early composers an...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:03
We’re heralding in the holiday season with an extended devotional prayer—or is it a party?—called Las Posadas. This Mexican Christmas tradition dat...
Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WCNY
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 2
Night Lights takes another long leap back to the year in jazz, featuring music from John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy’s controversial quintet, George R...
- Added: Oct 29, 2023
- Length: 59:02
We’re celebrating the harvest season. From pumpkins and cool breezes to the more spiritual aspects of remembrance and mortality, we’ve got bushels ...
Bought by WVIA
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
Music for television shows has often been created or recorded by jazz musicians, including Oliver Nelson, Neal Hefti, Shelly Manne, Vince Guaraldi,...
- Added: Oct 20, 2023
- Length: 59:02
This week on Harmonia, come along on a musical pub crawl. We’ll hear from hard-partying musicians of the past and enjoy tunes about beer, tavern li...
- Added: Oct 18, 2023
- Length: 59:00
In the 1980s a new generation of women jazz musicians emerged who expanded their predecessors' push against the patriarchal boundaries of the jazz ...
- Added: Oct 13, 2023
- Length: 59:02
A snake slithers at your feet. A slimy frog leaps from a lily pad onto your head, and a fantastical serpent squiggles past — so begins a creepy wee...
Bought by KTXK and Troy Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2023
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we sample music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of Ameri...
Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WVIA
- Added: Oct 09, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Indianapolis' Indiana Avenue neighborhood produced several of the most influential jazz artists to appear on the post-World War II jazz scene, incl...
- Added: Oct 06, 2023
- Length: 59:01
In this optional second hour, book editor Holly Gleason and 3 other contributors to the 2023 book release called PRINE ON PRINE: INTERVIEWS AND ENC...
Bought by WAMU, WRVO Public Media, KFSK, KSJE, KUHF and more
- Added: Sep 25, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
A survey of the singer's 1960s recordings with Cannonball Adderley, George Shearing, Gerald Wilson, and others.
- Added: Sep 21, 2023
- Length: 59:01
Bernstein’s music performed by Billie Holiday, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong and others, as well as som...
- Added: Sep 21, 2023
- Length: 59:00
A look at another notable year in the career of jazz giant John Coltrane, including his collaboration with vocalist Johnny Hartman, and newly-disco...
- Added: Sep 16, 2023
- Length: 59:01
Jim Capobianco and Robert Rippberger talk the warmth of imperfection, grocery lists in odd places, and not killing the animators.
- Added: Sep 15, 2023
- Length: 18:24
A program of music from the very first Monterey Jazz Festival. Featured artists include Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Gerry Mullligan, Dave Bru...
- Added: Sep 09, 2023
- Length: 59:00
A program featuring the 1970s music of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, including commentary from Desmond friend and biographer Doug Ramsey.
- Added: Sep 01, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Exploring the emergence of a kinetic jazz scene in 1920s Indiana, with commentary from historian James Madison and others.
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 59:00
