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June 24, 2007 · Two new offerings show her versatility on clarinet and tenor sax. On Poetica, the Tel Aviv-born New Yorker leads a small jazz combo and a string quartet. Then there's Noir, a CD that celebrates a modified big-band sound.
The late saxophonist earned respect in the jazz world while working successfully in popular music.
Wright renders "You Are My Sunshine" with the bluesy drive characteristic of her native New Orleans.
June 13, 2007 · This show celebrates the music of one of the greatest singers of our time with interviews that include Ella herself; vocalists Betty Carter, Jon Hendricks and Joe Williams; writers Gene Lees and Albert Murray; and pianist Oscar Peterson.
June 11, 2007 · After decades conducting symphony orchestras and composing classical music, Andre Previn records a solo jazz album. The musical polymath has written scores for hit musicals like Gigi and Kiss Me Kate. Web Extra: Hear Both New and Old Recordings
June 6, 2007 · It took a renegade of modern film, Dennis Hopper, to engineer one of the great had-to-happen musical summits of modern times. To provide the music for The Hot Spot, the director hired greats from different musical worlds: bluesman John Lee Hooker and jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.
May 27, 2007 · Shortly before he died, saxophonist Michael Brecker recorded one more album with some long-time collaborators. Discussing Brecker's legacy are pianist Herbie Hancock and guitarist Pat Metheny, as well as Brecker's long-time manager.
May 26, 2007 · Joshua Redman nearly became a lawyer, but the pull of jazz was stronger. Redman's father was the famous saxophonist Dewey Redman, and the sounds of jazz inspired him to take up the sax himself at age 10. Web Extra: Redman Live
June 5, 2007 · Somi is a jazz singer whose music fuses African and African-American musical traditions. She talks with Farai Chideya about her twinned roots in Rwandan, Uganda and Champaign, Ill.
May 13, 2007 · When jazz pianist Bill Charlap and his mother, singer Sandy Stewart, get together in a studio, their harmony is as easy as their affection for each other. The album of 11 jazz standards they recorded together documents their love for each other, and the American songbook. Web Extra: Hear Songs from the CD
April 7, 2007 · The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has decided to move from Los Angeles to New Orleans. The goal is to help young people in a post-Katrina Big Easy continue to learn the music that is the heart and soul of the city.
May 7, 2007 · Jazz photographer Herman Leonard almost lost his amazing collection to Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of prints were destroyed, but some of the salvaged photographs have gone on display at a New Orleans museum.
May 6, 2007 · With a career that spans over four decades and 50 recordings, John Abercrombie is an established master of the jazz guitar. He says his new CD, The Third Quartet has the sound of 20th century classical music. Web Extra: Songs from the new CD
May 3, 2007 · Saxophone player Benny Golson played with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey, and wrote music for the TV shows M*A*S*H and Mission Impossible. He talks about his role in reshaping Blakey's band as well as the bit part in a Stephen Spielberg movie that helped revitalize his career.
May 10, 2007 · Fresh Air went national in 1987, and we're celebrating that 20th anniversary by revisiting some classic interviews. In this segment: German jazz artist Marty Grosz plays the music of Fats Waller. Rebroadcast from June 26, 1987.
Hear cuts from more than 100 of the greatest jazz albums of all time. Must-have CDs for any jazz enthusiast!
"Shadow Classics" showcases an overlooked rock, pop, soul, jazz or classical recording that critic Tom Moon feels should be discussed in the same breath as music's essential recordings.
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