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Jazz and the Spoken Word
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This show examines the intersection of jazz and various forms of the spoken word, including rap, beat-era jive and classic poets like Langston Hughes, W. B. Yeats, and Walt Whitman. The musicians interpreting these works include
Babs Gonzales
vocals1919 - 1980
David Murray
saxophone, tenorb.1955
Christine Tobin
vocalsb.1963
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" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Threadgill Sextett "I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00Henry Threadgill
woodwinds
b.1944
" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Wilson "Anywhere and Everywhere People" from Honey And Salt (Palmetto) 01:04Matt Wilson
drums
b.1964- " data-original-title="" title="">Tin Hat "yes is a pleasant country" from the rain is a handsome animal (New Amsterdam) 04:58
- David Murray Infinity Quartet "Be My Monster Love" from Be My Monster Love (Motema) 07:42
- Host Speaks 14:17
- Madeline & Salomon "No Government / High School Drag" from A Woman's Journey (Promise Land) 16:28
" data-original-title="" title="">Jayne Cortez "Global Inequalities" from Taking The Blues Back Home (Verve) 21:22Jayne Cortez
poet / spoken word
" data-original-title="" title="">Darrell Katz "Lemmings" from Jailhouse Doc with holes in her socks (JCA Recordings) 25:17Darrell Katz
composer / conductor
b.1951- Host Speaks 29:01
- Neil Ardley "Dong with a Luminous Nose" from A Symphony of Amaranths (Dusk Fire) 31:56
" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Wheeler,Kenny Wheeler
flugelhorn
1930 - 2014
" data-original-title="" title="">Norma Winstone, London Vocal Project "Humpty Dumpty" from Mirrors (Edition) 43:33Norma Winstone
vocals
b.1941- Host Speaks 48:51
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" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Adamo "Picasso At Midnite" from Tony Adamo & The New York Crew (Urban Zone) 49:58Tony Adamo
vocals
b.1965 - Babs Gonzales "Dem Jive New York People" from Sunday Afternoon with Babs Gonzales at Small's Paradise (Dauntless) 53:14
- " data-original-title="" title="">Langston Hughes "The Weary Blues" from Harlem in Vogue (Fingertips) 57:00
- Host Speaks 1:00:09
" data-original-title="" title="">Trish Clowes "The Sphinx" from and in the night-time she is there (Basho) 1:01:29Trish Clowes
saxophone- Christine Tobin "The Wild Swans at Coole" from Sailing To Byzantium (Trail Belle) 1:07:15
- Host Speaks 1:14:01
- Deborah Harry and the Jazz Passengers "The City and the Sea" from Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Mercury) 1:16:03
" data-original-title="" title="">Kirk Knuffke "The Voice" from Witness (Steeplechase) 1:24:07Kirk Knuffke
trumpet- Host Speaks 1:28:53
- Guru "Loungin'" from Jazzmatazz Volume 1 (Chrysalis) 1:31:03
" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Milne & Dapp Theory "Scotopia" from The Seasons of Being (Sunnyside) 1:35:46Andy Milne
piano
b.1967- Host Speaks 1:41:03
" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Hersch "Song of Myself, Part 1" from Leaves of Grass (Palmetto) 1:42:10Fred Hersch
piano
b.1955
" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Carlberg "Shaken and Shaken" from Variations on a Summer Day (Fresh Sound New Talent) 1:45:58Frank Carlberg
composer / conductor
" data-original-title="" title="">Jane Ira Bloom "Other Eyes" from Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline) 1:51:17Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, soprano
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Odwalla / The Theme" from Selected Recordings (ECM) 1:54:49Art Ensemble Of Chicago
band / ensemble / orchestra
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Radio & Podcasts
Jerome Wilson
Babs Gonzales
David Murray
christine tobin
Deborah Harry
Jazz Passengers
Henry Threadgill
Matt Wilson
Tin Hat
Madeline & Salomon
Jayne Cortez
Darrell Katz and OddSong
Neil Ardley
Kenny Wheeler
norma winstone
tony adamo
Langston Hughes
Trish Clowes
Kirk Knuffke
Guru
Andy Milne
Fred Hersch
Frank Carlberg
Jane Ira Bloom
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
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