Wednesday, March 5, 2014

NPR Music - Jazz

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio On JazzSet

Hammond B3 organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith leads his trio through a soulful set before a sold-out house at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club in Washington, D.C.
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MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ

Alice Coltrane On Piano Jazz

Coltrane performs her own "Transfiguration" and joins host Marian McPartland in "Giant Steps."
CODE SWITCH

Iconoclastic Musician Takes Measure Of His Life: 'I Became A Fighter'

Fred Ho has combined improvisation with Asian themes to create his own form of political activism. Now, at age 56, Ho is dying of cancer.
MUSIC REVIEWS

Still 'Out To Lunch' 50 Years Later

Eric Dolphy's creativity was exploding early in 1964, and he was finding more players who could keep up.Out to Lunch is free and focused, dissonant and catchy, wide open and swinging all at once.
SONG TRAVELS

Bobby McFerrin On Song Travels

The Grammy Award-winning singer joins host Michael Feinstein to talk about his own musical evolution. McFerrin demonstrates his a cappella style and performs songs from Porgy and Bess.

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