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NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on Not Looking Back
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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ARTIE SHAW WAS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND OUTRAGEOUS FIGURES IN JAZZ. HE ONCE WROTE AN EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF WHICH READ, HE DID THE BEST HE COU...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland on Jazz & Marriage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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IN 1943, MCPARTLAND MET CORNETIST JIMMY MCPARTLAND AT A USO CAMP IN BELGIUM. SHE WAS THE PIANIST AND HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BAND THAT PLAYED FOR ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, KMUW and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb On Recording Porgy and Bess
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb lucked into recording Porgy and Bess.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb Remembering Making the Kind of Blue Album
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb remembers being in the amazing Miles Davis Band.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 11
The Big Idea: How to Make Texas A Better Place
From: KUT
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A special report from KUT Austin and "Texas Monthly" based on May ideas issue. Ideas to change the world.

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
The Creative Village
From: Eddy Durnan
Caption: Moseley at twilight, Credit: Eddy Durnan
An insight into why Birmingham's Moseley area is becoming known as "the creative village".

  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
The Welcome Wagon's InaugurART
From: Sam Greenspan
Caption: The Welcome Wagon's series, Credit: Tim Gibbon
DC artists and activists collaborate on a poster project to inform Inauguration-goers about the lack of DC voting rights.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:13
WWOZ Street Talk- Fringe Fest
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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This weekend New Orleans will host its first Fringe Festival at some very unusual venues

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 06:17
An Intimiate Portrait of Joni Mitchell
From: Reese Erlich
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One hour documentary - Joni Mitchell's life and music

Bought by KOSU, KVMR, KGLT, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Music from the Underground
From: Anton Foek
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The discovery of art in the New York subway system

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 35:12
Venice Beach Freak Show
From: Briana O'Higgins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look into the contemporary Freak Show

Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 2
There's Always Big Fun and Laughs at the Comic Con
From: Zak Rosen
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A comic-book version of the comic-book artist, Marty Hirchak takes the reader/listener on a tour of the "Comic Con" circuit.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
MusiConversations on Jazz w/ Tom Schuman and Guest Peter White - 112507
From: MuSyNetwork
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music Conversation between Tom Schuman and Jazz Guitarist Peter White

  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 58:45
MusiConversations on Jazz w/ Tom Schuman and Guest Marion Meadows- 111707
From: MuSyNetwork
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music Conversation between Tom Schuman and Jazz Saxophonist Marion Meadows

  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
I've Got A Question For You (Dollar Story)
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Making cold calls in search of warmth

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
MusiConversations on Jazz w/ Tom Schuman and Guest Cora Coleman Dunham - 102907
From: MuSyNetwork
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Music Conversation between Tom Schuman and Pop/Jazz Drummer Cora Coleman Dunham

  • Added: Nov 03, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
MusiConversations on Jazz w/ Tom Schuman and Guest Najee - 102207
From: MuSyNetwork
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Music Conversation between Tom Schuman and Jazz Saxophonist Najee

  • Added: Oct 21, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
MusiConversations on Jazz w/ Tom Schuman and Guest Steve Oliver- 101507
From: MuSyNetwork
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Music Conversation between Tom Schuman and Jazz Guitarist Steve Oliver

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
MusiConversations on Jazz w/ Tom Schuman and Guest Jeff Kashiwa- 100807
From: MuSyNetwork
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Music Conversation between Tom Schuman and Jeff Kashiwa

  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
MusiConversations on Jazz w/ Tom Schuman and Guest Bob James - 100107
From: MuSyNetwork
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Music Conversation between Tom Schuman and Bob James

  • Added: Sep 23, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
MusiConversations on Jazz w/Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra - Show Promo - Not For Broadcast
From: MuSyNetwork
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MusiConversations on Jazz with Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra - Promo for Station Evaluation - Not For Broadcast

  • Added: Aug 26, 2007
  • Length: 37:30
Cullen Anderson; Come On Home
From: Ryan Smith
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6 minute thought provoking piece on local musician...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
Shodekeh: The Human Beat Box
From: Aaron Henkin
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An audio portrait of Shodekeh, master of vocal poly-rhythms

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KGOU, KCUR, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 5
Aiming to Miss - The Art of Knife Throwing
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Discovering the the dangerous trials and tribulations of the modern knife thrower

Bought by KUOW, WILL, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 3

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