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Abbey Lincoln on "the original instrument"
Abbey Lincoln on building character through music
Abbey Lincoln on her early influences
Abbey Lincoln on the "Freedom Now Suite"
Abbey Lincoln on writing "Let Up"
Ali Jackson's first impressions of Chico Hamilton
Annie Ross on recording "Sing a Song of Basie"
Annie Ross on being raised in Hollywood
Annie Ross on the beginnings of "vocalese"
Annie Ross on what launched her career
Annie Ross on working with Lambert and Hendricks
Annie Ross then and now
Artie Shaw advises: "Don't look back"
Artie Shaw on "Begin the Beguine"
Artie Shaw on "getting out"
Artie Shaw on hitting top C
Artie Shaw quits performing for good
Bill Holman on changes to his arrangements
Bill Holman on composing
Bill Holman on starting his own Big Band
Bill Holman on the dangers of success
Bill Holman on writing for Stan Kenton
Bill Kirchner on Jim Hall
Billy Hart on Liebman's passion
Bobby Hutcherson and Milt Jackson rock the boat
Bobby Hutcherson on connecting to audiences
Bobby Hutcherson on his first performance
Bobby Hutcherson on Pee Wee Marquette
Bobby Hutcherson quotes Eric Dolphy
Bonnie Raitt on "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy"
Branford Marsalis on Herbie Hancock
Branford Marsalis on the irrelevance of popular success
Branford Marsalis on the music scene in New Orleans
Branford Marsalis reflects on being a bad student
Buddy DeFranco on playing bebop
Buddy DeFranco on showboating for Tommy Dorsey
Buddy DeFranco on staying free
Buddy DeFranco on the challenge of the clarinet
Buddy DeFranco on the hit "Opus One"
Buddy DeFranco's first influence
Cedar Walton hears "Mosaic" catch fire
Cedar Walton on his "college education"
Cedar Walton on his early influences
Cedar Walton remembers arriving in NYC
Charlie Haden on his commitment to social justice
Charlie Haden on his first time playing at the Five Spot
Charlie Haden on meeting Ornette Coleman
Charlie Haden on why he took up the bass
Cheryl Bentyne on Mandel as producer
Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock on Hubert Laws' sound
Chico Hamilton on dedication to the music
Chico Hamilton on his first gig
Chico Hamilton on his first gig with Duke Ellington
Chico Hamilton on racism
Curtis Fuller and the Russian Circus
Curtis Fuller on Art Blakey's influence
Curtis Fuller on Coltrane's "Moment's Notice"
Curtis Fuller on finding his own sound
Curtis Fuller's life-changing experience
Dan Morgenstern on arriving in the U.S
Dan Morgenstern on Billie Holiday
Dan Morgenstern on Louis Armstrong
Dan Morgenstern on Symphony Sid
Dan Morgenstern remembers Fats Waller
Dave Brubeck on being a Jazz Ambassador
Dave Brubeck on cultural exchange
Dave Brubeck on going to Russia during the Cold War
Dave Brubeck on jazz as the voice of freedom
Dave Brubeck on the oneness of the world's people
Dave Liebman as "King of the World"
Dave Liebman on artistic maturity
Dave Liebman on the importance of jazz education
Delfeayo Marsalis as producer for Branford and Wynton in 5th grade
Delfeayo Marsalis on flexibility, musical and otherwise
Delfeayo Marsalis on his father's musical honesty
Eddie Palmieri on his first recording gig
Eddie Palmieri on redefining the Latin Jazz orchestra with his group, La Perfecta
Eddie Palmieri on the importance of his groundbreaking hit, "Azucar."
Eddie Palmieri on the influence of Arsenio Rodriguez
Eddie Palmieri on the jukebox "Mambo"
Eddie Palmieri remembers the height of the mambo at the nightclub, The Palladium
Ellis Marsalis on disadvantaged students
Ellis Marsalis on his approach to teaching
Ellis Marsalis remembers his roots with the Groovy Boys
Frank Wess on Basie's leadership
Frank Wess on connecting with the audience
Frank Wess on his mother's influence
Frank Wess on the Basie "family"
Frank Wess on when his life started
George Avakian on discovering "this strange music"
George Avakian on Mandel's attributes
George Avakian on revolutionizing the LP
George Avakian on the "wrong microphone" incident
George Avakian on what makes a good producer
George Avakian's most important accomplishment
George Benson on being discovered
George Benson on getting his first guitar
George Benson on Mile Davis? "So What"
George Benson on Miles Davis
George Benson on sudden pop success
George Benson on why he loves jazz
George Benson started on ukelele
Greg Brown on Mose's sound
Herbie Hancock on becoming interested in jazz
Herbie Hancock on Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock on popularity of "Watermelon Man"
Hubert Laws on his rendition of Amazing Grace
Hubert Laws on the freedom of improvisation
Hubert Laws remembers his first flute
Jack DeJohnette on how he fell in love with jazz
Jack DeJohnette on listening
Jack DeJohnette on Miles
Jack DeJohnette on the richness of the creative gift
Jason Marsalis on being from a musical family
Jason Marsalis on his dad's musical curiosity
Jim Hall on technique vs. ideas
Jim Hall recalls first meeting with Sonny Rollins
Jim Hall's spiritual awakening
Jimmy Cobb on deciding to go to New York
Jimmy Cobb on his first gig with Miles
Jimmy Cobb on recording Kind of Blue
Jimmy Cobb on replacing Philly Joe Jones
Jimmy Cobb on the great vocalists of jazz
Jimmy Cobb on the importance of the drummer
Jimmy Heath finds his own voice
Jimmy Heath on big bands
Jimmy Heath on jazz vs. popular music
Jimmy Heath on Keepnews as cult figure
Jimmy Heath on music and personality
Jimmy Heath on playing bebop in the South
Jimmy Heath on the beauty of ballads
Jimmy Owens on advocating for musicians' rights
Jimmy Owens on his first mentor
Jimmy Owens on investing in pension funds
Jimmy Owens on the importance of mentoring
Jimmy Scott grew up listening to the radio
Jimmy Scott on being financially exploited
Jimmy Scott on what makes a great vocalist
Jimmy Scott's most memorable recording session
Johnny Mandel on harmonizing standards
Johnny Mandel on writing "Emily"
Johnny Mandel remembers his musical beginning
Kenny Barron on hearing Coltrane live
Kenny Barron on improvisation
Kenny Barron on moving to NYC
Kenny Barron on music education
Kenny Barron on Yusef Lateef
Lee Konitz on his first instrument
Lee Konitz on his subdued style
Lee Konitz on not following Charlie Parker
Lee Konitz on taking risks
Lee Konitz wonders about the tenor sax
Lewis Porter on Liebman's "non-Coltranesque" style
Lorraine Gordon hearing James P. Johnson
Lorraine Gordon on "The Hot Club"
Lorraine Gordon on discovering and championing Thelonious Monk
Lorraine Gordon on hearing Monk for the first time
Lorraine Gordon on taking over the Village Vanguard at the age of 70
Lorraine Gordon recalls the early days working at Blue Note Records
Lou Donaldson on "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman"
Lou Donaldson on naming "Alligator Bogoloo"
Lou Donaldson on the first time he heard jazz and Louis Armstrong.
Lou Donaldson remembers an auspicious recording session, A Night at Birdland
Lou Donaldson says Bebop brought us solos
Lou Donaldson talks about his infectious classic jam, "Blues Walk"
Marian McPartland gets advice from Ellington and Monk
Marian McPartland on being married to a musician
Marian McPartland on Sidney Bechet
Marian McPartland on the challenges of performing live
Marian McPartland’s musical education
Mose Allison on going from honky tonks to NYC
Mose Allison on the ironic subtext beneath his captivating blues music
Mose Allison shares his definition of jazz
Muhal Richard Abrams on Chicago
Muhal Richard Abrams on composing
Muhal Richard Abrams on early influences
Muhal Richard Abrams on founding AACM
Muhal Richard Abrams on rejecting categories
Muhal Richard Abrams on the Experimental Band
Muhal Richard Abrams's listening habits
Nat Hentoff on Jim Hall
Orrin Keepnews on his first session with Thelonious Monk
Orrin Keepnews questions his secrets to success
Pat Metheny on Jim Hall
Peter Keepnews talks about his Dad
Phil Woods on being kidnapped by Dizzy
Phil Woods on composing
Phil Woods on eating pie with Bird
Phil Woods on his most important teacher
Phil Woods, Jazz Warrior
Quincy Jones being part of the Jazz Family
Quincy Jones on his early mentors
Quincy Jones on Nadia Boulanger
Quincy Jones on playing with Lionel Hampton
Ramsey Lewis and the "In Crowd"
Ramsey Lewis on connecting to audiences
Ramsey Lewis on first gig at Birdland (Jazz)
Ramsey Lewis on his most influential teacher
Ramsey Lewis on improvisation
Ramsey Lewis on the critics
Ron Carter on guitar-bass duets
Ron Carter on Herbie Hancock's improvisational genius
Rudy Van Gelder on being discovered by Alfred Lion
Rudy Van Gelder on his early interest in sound
Rudy Van Gelder on his first recording studio
Rudy Van Gelder on his rapport with the jazz greats
Rudy Van Gelder on the Hackensack studio
Sheila Jordan on Charlie Parker's influence
Sheila Jordan on her unusal rural audience
Sheila Jordan on keeping her day job
Sheila Jordan on scat singing
Sheila Jordan on today's jazz education resources
Shirley Horn describes her musical childhood
Shirley Horn on Miles Davis
Shirley Horn on recording with Carmen McRae
Shirley Horn on the influence of Erroll Garner
Slide Hampton and the Hamptonians
Slide Hampton on improvisation
Slide Hampton on knowing jazz history
Slide Hampton on the importance of the audience
Slide Hampton on the role of life experience
Snooky Young on getting arrested
Snooky Young on his longevity
Snooky Young on Johnny Carson
Snooky Young on meeting Louis Armstrong
Snooky Young on trying to find his own style
Snooky Young on why he became a trumpet player
Stefon Harris on the influence of Herbie Hancock
Terri Hinte on Keepnews's atrributes
The Marsalis brothers talk about their dad
The Who's Pete Townshend discusses 2013 NEA Jazz Master Mose Allison's influential hit, "Young Man Blues"
Todd Barkan calls Mandel a tonal painter
Toots Thielemans on audiences
Toots Thielemans on first coming to the US
Toots Thielemans on his harmonica
Toots Thielemans on his musical roots
Toots Thielemans on writing "Bluesette"
Toshiko Akiyoshi on Bud Powell
Toshiko Akiyoshi on forming a big band
Toshiko Akiyoshi on jazz in the '50s
Toshiko Akiyoshi on Teddy Wilson
Von Freeman on being the "Jamster"
Von Freeman on staying competitive
Von Freeman on staying in Chicago
Why Curtis Fuller chose the trombone
Wynton Marsalis discusses his dad as teacher
Wynton Marsalis on racial integration through jazz
Wynton Marsalis on stealing his dad's teaching methods
Yusef Lateef is a lifetime sudent
Yusef Lateef on finding one's voice
Yusef Lateef on inspiration
Yusef Lateef on joining Dizzy's big band
Yusef Lateef's musical beginnings
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