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The musicians that helped establish the importance of the rhythm section in jazz were almost entirely self-taught. As drummer Zutty Singleton said,...
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- Added: Sep 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
There are several ingredients that led to the creation of jazz. Among those juicy spices are improvisation, bluesy influences, lead and counterpart...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Pianist Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton claimed to have invented jazz. You can hear the critics’ rage. Actually, though, that may be partly true. The...
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- Added: Aug 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The doors closed for the last time just shy of celebrating 100 years. Lady Gaga had the honor of the last performance in 2014. The Roseland Ballroo...
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- Added: Aug 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Indeed, there were a lot of inventive ideas floating around in the earliest years of jazz. Since there were no templets to follow, and no guide boo...
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- Added: Aug 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Some of the most inventive elements of early jazz include improvisation and solo performances. But there is so much more to the parts that weave i...
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- Added: Aug 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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The Iranian-American composer, vocalist, performance artist, and activist in a conversation illustrated with a 1986 formative performance at Roulet...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Composer, musician, bandleader, and Hollywood extra Simon Hanes tells the story of his upbringing in an extended family of California musicians, me...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Violinist/violist, vocalist, composer, improviser, and interdisciplinary Brooklyn-based performing artist eddy kwon in excerpts from three appearan...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Composer, violinist, vocalist, poet, visual artist, and educator Terry Jenoure traces the arc of a spiritual, artistic, and ancestral journey acros...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
The guitarist, singer, improviser, and songwriter introduces excerpts from Roulette performances.
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
The composer/guitarist in several projects with commentary from the artist on guitar tech, collaboration, and tradition.
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Composer Matthew Ostrowski on his origin story and an analysis of the 2021 piece, Monograph, which is a not entirely dour, often humorous, reflecti...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Distinguished composer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader Henry Threadgill discusses the making of a new orchestral multimedia work and all the...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Composer Lea Bertucci's collaborative works and solos for saxophone and bass clarinet are often layered and processed through unusual methods, incl...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, visual artist, and bandleader Golia on the challenges and pleasures of mastering the entire woodwind family of ins...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
The saxophonist and composer in several settings.
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 28:00
The speakeasy opened at the peak of the gangster era. Most of Chicago was controlled by the mob. The café boasted a number of top Black performers,...
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- Added: Aug 01, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The music that became known as jazz swept across America in the teens and early 1920s. To the older population, it appeared to be all elbow and kne...
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- Added: Jul 26, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s rumored to be the oldest continuously running jazz club in the country. While the outside may be dark and unassuming, stepping inside is somet...
- Added: Jul 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The composer and violist in conversation with examples from a variety of projects recorded at Roulette including string and orchestral ensembles.
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Composer J.G. Thirlwell aka Foetus, Clint Ruin, Manorexia, Steroid Maximus, and Xordox, walks us thought his musical journey.
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 28:00
The composer/guitarist and MacArthur “genius” awardee discusses everything from guitar tech to string quartets, illustrated with musical excerpts f...
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 28:00
Saxophonist Lenny Pickett discusses his career straddling popular culture and the avant-garde, from his work with David Bowie and Saturday Night Li...
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 28:00
The composer and clarinettist discusses his fascination, influences, and obstacles to film scoring and re-imagining 20th Century classics.
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 28:00
