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  • Dorothy Donegan

    Dorothy Donegan in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 27, 1994

    Interviewing jazz pianist and composer Dorothy Donegan.

  • 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 work of Josephine Baker with Ivory Moss

    Mar. 21, 1979

    Program includes excerpts of performances by Baker.

  • Discussing the play "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," with Eartha Kitt

    Apr. 30, 1996
  • Discussing the life and work of jazz saxophonist Lawrence "Bud" Freeman with jazz trumpeter, fluegelhornist and journalist Dick Sudhalter

    Mar. 14, 1990
  • Discussing the jazz community with Rev. John Garcia Gensel

    Jan. 31, 1989

    Rev. Gensel was named Minister to the Jazz Community of New York in 1965 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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

    Aug. 2, 1984
  • 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 "Louis Armstrong, An American Genius" with biographer and author James Lincoln Collier

    Oct. 28, 1983
  • Billy Taylor

    Discussing the book "Jazz Piano: History and Development" with Billy Taylor

    Nov. 16, 1982

    Studs Terkel and Billy Taylor discuss the book "Jazz Piano: History and Development". They discuss jazz musicians and the history of jazz music. Includes excerpts of drums, piano, and orchestra playing in the background.

  • Discussing the book "Hot Man: The Life of Art Hodes" with jazz pianist Art Hodes and author Chad Hansen

    Nov. 12, 1992

    Program includes excerpts of a previously recorded interview with Hodes.

  • Discussing the book "High Times, Hard Times" with Anita O'Day

    May. 3, 1990

    Program includes an excerpt of a 1975 interview with O'Day (T3024.5).

  • 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 "Bass Line: The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton" with author Milt Hinton

    Apr. 1, 1989
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