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In this podcast Terence Blanchard talks about bringing the sounds of blues and jazz to his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, his long collaboration w...
Bought by WILL, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.
- Added: Apr 04, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Meet soprano Angel Blue who is opening the new season at the Metropolitan Opera's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." Composed by Terence Blanchard, it's t...
Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Sep 21, 2021
- Length: 28:44
- Purchases: 3
Composer, Conductor, and Music Director of the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Curry has inspired generations of musicians and audiences with hi...
Bought by WMPG
- Added: Jun 28, 2021
- Length: 28:48
- Purchases: 1
We revisit a 2017 conversation with the legendary tenor saxophonist.
Bought by WCNY and Harford Community Radio
- Added: Sep 10, 2020
- Length: 29:44
- Purchases: 2
Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...
- Added: Nov 16, 2018
- Length: 52:00
The Rough Draft Diaries is feeling the blues this week as we hang out with Aayan Naim, leader singer of the blues band, The Good, The Bad, and The ...
- Added: Sep 06, 2016
- Length: 06:04
McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
Atonal modes are heard by Wayne Shorter and Bobby Hutcherson a couple decades apart. Out of a dream with Tamir Hendelman then west coast jazz, Bill...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WOUB
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 4
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
Meat & potatoes Les McCann & Houston Person begin our journey up and down hills & valleys, then along the Long Yellow Road with Toshiko & Tabackin....
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KPVL, WYAP and more
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 01:59:56
- Purchases: 6
The adventure continues with material we doubt ever re-released on CD like Bobby Hutcherson. It meanders thru a couple hits from Phoebe Snow and An...
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 02:00:00
- Purchases: 4
A blistering Lee Morgan on trumpet sets the ambiance for singers Leah Natale, Cecile Hortensia and Mark Murphy, rhythm makers could be Charles Lewi...
- Added: Mar 10, 2015
- Length: 01:59:56
- Purchases: 4
Writer, director, and actor, Thomas W. Jones II makes sense of the world through theater
- Added: Feb 11, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Two conversations with NEA Jazz Masters. First up, drummer Roy Haynes. He's followed by musician, composer, and bandleader Gerald Wilson.
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 2
Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and much sought-after sideman. He is known primarily for his collaboration with Thelonious...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 14, 2014
- Length: 02:57
- Purchases: 1
Anthony Braxton may be considered avant garde but he embraces all musical traditions
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 40:46
This Black History Month Special documentary traces how the Louisiana Creole music known as zydeco found on a new home 2,000 miles from its birthpl...
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 01:02:45
- Purchases: 3
In his Brooklyn home, activist artist Danny Simmons talks to Cathy Byrd about the essential elements of his creative practice—writing, painting, co...
- Added: Jan 04, 2013
- Length: 16:51
Jazz drummer and club owner, Albert Coleman, joins hosts Bev Smith and William Hosea by phone for a trip down the Avenue as he remembers the jazz s...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 57:36
Step dancing has become popular among black Greek organizations and is part of a tradition that goes back to African tribal rituals. It also is a w...
- Added: Nov 07, 2011
- Length: 29:00
NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, bassist/cellist/educator extraordinaire, talks about his career playing jazz and classical music.
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 25:22
- Purchases: 2
2010 NEA Opera Honoree and legendary soprano Martina Arroyo talks about her career in opera, including working with such luminaries as Leonard Bern...
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 27:18
- Purchases: 2
Operatic tenor Everett McCorvey talks about how he was drawn into the music, how he helped build the opera program at University of Kentucky, and t...
Bought by WEKU
- Added: Jul 26, 2011
- Length: 26:18
- Purchases: 1
2009 NEA National Heritage Fellows, The Birmingham Sunlights, discuss the creation of their group and their unique "Birmingham sound."
- Added: Jul 26, 2011
- Length: 25:40
