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  • Shel Silverstein

    Shel Silverstein discusses his books, children's literature, and art; part 2

    Nov. 20, 1961

    Shel Silverstein discusses his books and children's literature, and art. Shel Silverstein discusses his contemporaries, art, and life experiences.

  • Interview with Jean Bach

    Oct. 10, 1994

    Interviewing producer, director and screenwriter Jean Bach about her Oscar-nominated documentary "A Great Day in Harlem".

  • Discussing the book "Louis Armstrong, An American Genius" with biographer and author James Lincoln Collier

    Oct. 28, 1983
  • John Litweiler in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jul. 1, 1984

    Discussing the book "The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958" (published by Morrow) with author and jazz historian John Litweiler.

  • Presenting a jazz program with author and jazz historian Dempsey Travis

    Feb. 1, 1989

    Presenting jazz with Dempsey Travis

  • Discussing the book "An Autobiography of Black Jazz" with the author, jazz historian Dempsey Travis

    Nov. 7, 1983
  • Interviewing author and jazz historian Dempsey Travis

    May. 23, 1989
  • Interviewing author and jazz historian Dempsey Travis

    Nov. 21, 1994
  • Duke Ellington

    Celebrating jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington's birthday with jazz scholar and historian Richard Wang

    Apr. 9, 1991

    Celebration for Duke Ellington's birthday

  • Discussing the book "Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s" with author and jazz historian Ira Gitler

    Feb. 1, 1986
  • Discussing the book "Willie and Dwike: An American Profile" with the author, journalist and editor William Zinsser

    Aug. 2, 1984
  • Interviewing with musicologist and jazz musician Dr. S. Frederick Starr, violinist and conductor Gleb Nikitin, and violinist Perrin Yang

    Aug. 1, 1988

    Interview with Dr. Frederick Starr, Gleb Nikitin and Perrin Yang

  • Discussing the book " Red and Hot: Jazz in the Soviet Union, 1917-1980" with the author, musicologist and jazz musician Dr. S. Frederick Starr

    Jun. 6, 1983

    Interview with Dr. S. Frederick Starr

  • Discussing the book "Ways of the Hand: The Organization of Improvised Conduct"with the author, piano instructor David Sudnow

    Dec. 14, 1987
  • Discussing the book "Ways of the Hand: The Organization of Improvised Conduct" with the author, piano instructor David Sudnow

    Jun. 20, 1989
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