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One of the greats of early rock 'n' roll, remembered in story and song.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:02
Remembering some greats who departed before their time.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:02
A tribute to an activity that combines all the basic elements.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Reflections on the summer of 1965 in story and song.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
A salute to the prolific, diverse, and earthy musical wanderings of Van Morrison.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:01
Recalling a time when farm-to-table dining wasn't a movement, it was just how things were.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 58:59
In 1952, bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach formed their own record company in an attempt to assert creative and entrepreneural control o...
- Added: Feb 15, 2024
- Length: 58:48
From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 59:03
Folk Salad celebrates 60 years of music by taking a "trip" back to the music of 1964. We feature some of the top hits, but also some songs that di...
- Added: Feb 04, 2024
- Length: 58:59
Billy Taylor was a jazz pianist, educator, broadcaster, composer of a civil rights anthem, and the man who dubbed jazz “America’s classical music.”...
- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 59:02
Mel Powell was still a teenager when he hit the jazz scene in the early 1940s as the pianist in Benny Goodman’s popular big band. This tribute expl...
- Added: Jan 28, 2024
- Length: 59:00
A deep dive into the remarkable career of RAY CHARLES, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is still clearly felt today. ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
Folk Salad celebrates singer/songwriters on this broadcast. Featured artists are Stoll Vaughan, Chris Smither, Bert Jansch, Kacy and Clayton, Juli...
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 58:58
This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the extraordinary pianist, Ben Lewis, in part two of a two-part tribute to jazz piano icon Bill Evans. Be...
- Added: Jan 16, 2024
- Length: 57:04
- Purchases: 2
A centennial celebration of Indiana trombonist J.J. Johnson as both composer and innovative instrumentalist.
- Added: Jan 14, 2024
- Length: 59:04
This week on Harmonia, we’re all about that bass — the chaconne, to be specific. From Peru to Paris and the street to the operatic stage, this harm...
- Added: Jan 10, 2024
- Length: 59:01
A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.
Bought by WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUAT and more
- Added: Jan 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.
- Added: Jan 07, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the extraordinary pianist, Ben Lewis, in part one of a two-part tribute to jazz piano icon Bill Evans. Jo...
- Added: Jan 02, 2024
- Length: 57:02
- Purchases: 2
“Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene).” So begins Shakespeare’s well-loved tragedy Romeo and Juliet. On H...
- Added: Jan 02, 2024
- Length: 59:01
Folk Salad celebrates the Holidays, inviting Margee Aycock and Claudia Parr, our significant others, into the studio to guest DJ. After all the Ho...
- Added: Jan 01, 2024
- Length: 58:59
A look at the historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert and its 1939 follow up, featuring performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others.
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 59:02
Pannonica de Koenigswarter, aka Nica or “The Jazz Baroness,” was a friend to Thelonious Monk and other jazz artists and inspired a slew of musical ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 59:01
Emerald Fennell talks fashion, squeezing genres, and power plays with Barry Keough.
- Added: Dec 16, 2023
- Length: 12:08
This airing of Folk Salad focuses on singerj/songwriters and has a strong acoustic/folk bent. Artists like Tom Rush, Stephen Stills, Tim Hardin, J...
- Added: Dec 16, 2023
- Length: 58:59
