Matthew Long-Middleton
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Recent Pieces from Matthew Long-Middleton
![Caption: Barry Harris, Billy Higgins](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/117891/harris_higgins_square.jpg)
JazzStories: Barry Harris and Billy Higgins – The Majesty of Tap
(10:44)
From: Murray Street Productions
In the 40s, jazzmen came of age on the stages of dance halls. Pianist Barry Harris and drummer Billy Higgins capture the view from those stages.
![Caption: Bob Brozman's "Helo Central Give me Doctor Jazz", Credit: Rounder Records 1985](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/157217/Bob_Brozman-Dr._Jazz_square.jpg)
The Vinyl Countdown -- album #310: Bob Brozman
(11:57)
From: Alexa Lim
Alexa and MLM discus the enchanting sounds of this ethnomusicologist, who’s soothing sounds of the islands blend with jazz, blues and steel guitars to produce a sound unlike ...
![Caption: Jim Bartow's "An American Poets Song Book" 1975, Credit: Blues Blood](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/156805/Bartow_square.jpg)
The Vinyl Countdown -- album #132: Jim Bartow
(08:49)
From: Alexa Lim
Jim Bartow a man with a stunning voice, a powerful inflection, a precise execution and almost totally unknown.
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The Vinyl Countdown -- album #9: Roy Acuff
(14:12)
From: Alexa Lim
How heat stroke turned a young baseball player into one of the legends of country music.
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The Vinyl Countdown -- album #115: LaVern Baker
(06:02)
From: Alexa Lim
The Vinyl Countdown is a journey through a vinyl collection that spans 4,000 albums and would stand over 40 feet tall. It is our goal to listen to every album, in it’s ...
![Caption: Dianne Reeves](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/124113/dianne_reeves_square.jpg)
JazzStories: Dianne Reeves
(06:18)
From: Murray Street Productions
"I don't ever want you to open for me again" said Sarah Vaughan. The diva was paying her a compliment, but the modest Dianne Reeves didn't' know that.
![Caption: Sam Rivers, Credit: Frank Stewart](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/118031/Sam_Rivers_square.jpg)
JazzStories: Sam Rivers – Reedman, pianist, composer
(09:23)
From: Murray Street Productions
Sam Rivers has sounded his horn across six decades of jazz with Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, and Dizzy Gillespie. Producer David Goren brings us an intimate portrait of Sam ...
![Caption: James Moody, Credit: Frank Stewart](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/117895/James_Moody_square.jpg)
JazzStories: James Moody's Mood for Love
(08:15)
From: Murray Street Productions
"Moody's Mood for Love" is one of the most memorable and recognizable solos in jazz history. But for James Moody, the song contains a bigger history.
![Caption: Randy Weston , Credit: Frank Stewart](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/117899/Randy_Weston_square.jpg)