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Big Ron Hunter is invited inside to eat with his friends.
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 11:08
In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 34
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMUW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 33
Here's a little fact about Les Paul that you might not know: rock icon Steve Miller is Les Paul's godson. In this hour, Steve talks about his memor...
Bought by WCPN, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, KHNS, KMUN and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 26
It's one of jazz's all-time great comeback stories: In the 1950s, the great Duke Ellington was seen as a "has been." Then, out of nowhere, an epic ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCPN, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KHNS, WCPN and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 25
In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movie...
Bought by WCPN, KHNS, KMUN, WVPE, KCPW Salt Lake City and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 29
Chet Baker's James Dean-like good looks and emotional trumpet playing represented everything that was cool about "cool jazz." But his life was the ...
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 31