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Hour 9: It's Our World...Sometimes
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz singing has always benefited from the innovations and sensitivity of women...from trailblazers Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaugh...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 22
Hour 7: Scat, Bebop, Vocalese, and the Voice as an Instrument
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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With comments from Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Murphy, and Kurt Elling, this program will trace the evolution of the in...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFIU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 3: Straight Out of the Church
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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From early spirituals to gospel to blues to jazz, singing as an expression of deep emotion evolved, with the various strains blending into each oth...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, WRTI and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 2: Saturday Night Function
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz was born amidst revelry and ribaldry. Jazz vocals have, from the beginning, dealt with the earthier side of life. Artists such as Dakota Stato...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 26
Hour 1: Steeped in the Blues
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Over the years the blues has influenced countless jazz vocalists. In the program, Big Joe Turner, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Billie Holiday, Etta Jon...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 31
Jazz Singers Generic 30 Second Promo
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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This is 30 second promo for "Jazz Singers," a thirteen-hour series hosted by award-winning singer Al Jarreau. "Jazz Singers" illuminates every styl...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 14
Jazz, Brass and Voices
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This title says it all. This is a program featuring Jazz ensembles accompanied by a choral group or a spiritual setting. This is a good quality J...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:01:33
Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Francis Johnson 1792 - 1844, Credit: University Archives University of Pennsylvania
"Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement," is a chapter in the important history of people of African descent in classical music. This segment include...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 1
Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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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
Ebony Classics - Expressionism
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875-1935)
Enjoyable Music from musicians, vocalists, and composers of African Descent of Classical Music. This is a collection of some of the best classical ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 56:21
Aretha Franklin Lady Soul!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Music Lecture
Caption: Aretha Now, Credit: Atlantic Catalog Group
"Lady Soul! - The Music of Aretha Franklin" is a musical view of Aretha Franklin's career with Atlantic Records.

Bought by WJCT and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 56:46
  • Purchases: 2
Ebony Classics - The Language of Music
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Eleanor Alberga, Credit: www.navonarecords.com
"Ebony Classics - The Language of Music" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 56:45
Ebony Classics - A Wonderful Day!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Kathleen Battle
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:38
Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Blind Tom Wiggins, Credit: www.bookforum.com
"Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow" continues displaying the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - A Bright Day
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Robert Nathaniel Dett, Credit: Wikipedia
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 53:21
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - A Beautiful Flower
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Leontyne Price
This is a Classical music program featuring women of color. They are all notable Women in various fields of Classical Music; including Composers, ...

Bought by KVCR, WXXI Rochester, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 56:24
  • Purchases: 3
Sound of 13 20-13
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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"Blind Tom" Wiggins

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Interlochen Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 18
Sound of 13 20-12
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Selma and the 15th Amendment

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, Interlochen Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 16
Sound of 13 20-11
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Feelin' Good

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 16
Sound of 13 20-10
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Paul Freeman the musician, conductor, and recording artist

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 15
Sound of 13 20-09
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 15
Sound of 13 20-08
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Ballet music of William Grant Still

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 15
Sound of 13 20-07
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Henry Thacker Burleigh in America's Reconstruction Era

Bought by WILL, New Hampshire Public Radio, WNMU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 16
Sound of 13 20-06
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Black Codes

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 15
Sound of 13 20-05
From: KVNO
Series: The Sound of 13
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Bought by WILL, WNMU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 16