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  • Dudley Moore

    Dudley Moore discusses his background and influences

    Jan. 6, 1963

    When he was a child, Dudley Moore first wanted to study the violin. He's grateful to his mother for insisting that he first study the piano. Moore said his influences include Bach and Garner. Unlike other musicians, Moore's main focus has always been on the beat, both the cultivation and the presence of the beat of a song and of music.

  • Dr. Montagu discusses the impact of music on people

    Mar. 3, 1976
  • Dorothy Donegan

    Dorothy Donegan in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 27, 1994

    Interviewing jazz pianist and composer Dorothy Donegan.

  • Donald Luce discusses the problems in Vietnam

    Donald Luce had been living & helping the people of South Vietnam through the International Voluntary Service. Luce believed it was important to come back to the states to talk about the problems in Vietnam. Luce said the Vietnamese government could not provide its people waste disposal, electricity and running water. Luce went to Congress to voice his concerns. It was at the State Department who didn't seem to care all to much.

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie discusses the art of jazz ; part 2

    Mar. 30, 1961

    Part 2 of the program continues with Dizzy Gillespie discovering the following: his jazz style; his interactions with other musicians; and his latin musical influences. The following Gillespie musical excerpts are played: "Tin Tin Deo"; "La Lorraine"; and an musical piece (with an undisclosed title) is played to end the program.

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie discusses the art of jazz ; part 1

    Mar. 30, 1961

    Part 1 of this program begins with Studs Terkel reading an excerpt from the book "Giants of Jazz" , which describes Dizzy Gillespie's early life. Gillespie discusses the following: the state of jazz; his fellow musicians; jazz contributors; jazz fundamentals; and his tours abroad. Gillespie's "Groovin' High" is played towards the end of this part of the program.

  • Discussing the upcoming biography of American violinist Maud Powell with author Karen Shaffer and violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. Program also includes a discussion of a Chicago performance by Menuhin (part 1 of 2).

    Mar. 4, 1986
  • Discussing the upcoming biography of American violinist Maud Powell with author Karen Shaffer and violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. Program also includes a discussion of Menuhin's involvement in jazz and Indian music (part 2 of 2).

    Mar. 5, 1986
  • Ravi Shankar with sitar

    Discussing the techniques, philosophy, histories, and instruments of classical Indian music and interviewing Ravi Shankar

    Oct. 26, 1961

    Discussing the techniques, philosophy, histories, and instruments of classical Indian music with Ravi Shankar. Includes Ravi Shankar playing the sitar, tambura, and tabla among other instruments.

  • Discussing the history of Maxwell Street with University of Illinois at Chicago historian Bill Adelman, Roosevelt University professor of Sociology and Anthropology Carolyn Eastwood, and Chicago Blues Festival director Barry Dolins

    May. 13, 1993
  • Discussing the book "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute To His White Mother" with the author, journalist and composer James McBride

    Jan. 26, 1996
  • Discussing the book "Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music" with the author, music historian Judith Tick

    Dec. 12, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie" with the author, historian and critic Albert Murray

    Feb. 21, 1986
  • Discussing the book "Alma Mahler, Muse to Genius: From Fin-de-Siecle Vienna to Hollywood's Heyday" with the author, biographer and music critic Karen Monson

    Jan. 12, 1984
  • Discussing Soviet avant garde music with Joel Sachs

    May. 12, 1982

    Joel Sachs discusses Russian avant-garde music and Soviet Union artists.

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