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  • Seeing Stars, from Zappa to Broadway May 31, 2005

    Don Preston is a jazz pioneer in the use of synthesizers, and former keyboardist with the Mothers of Invention, as well as a keyboard player with Frank Zappa's band. He'll be in the... (episode)

  • New Directions for Winds and Strings May 30, 2005

    Saxophonist Branford Marsalis has created a CD titled “Romare Bearden Revealed.” Performing with his quartet, Marsalis pays tribute to Bearden's remarkable collages of blues and jazz ... (episode)

  • Horns of Plenty May 27, 2005

    Each Memorial Day, ceremonies across the country echo with the sound of a plaintive bugle call, played to honor those who died in America's wars. That bugle call is known as "Taps," a... (episode)

  • Turning it Up to Eleven May 26, 2005

    The husband-and-wife team of Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole have contributed to such wacky Christopher Guest mock-umentaries as "A Mighty Wind" and "This is Spinal Tap." But for y... (episode)

  • Bossa Nova Goes Clubbing May 25, 2005

    Ethereal-voiced Brazilian singer Paula Morelenbaum spent 10 years traveling the globe and recording with maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim in his Banda Nova. But she doesn't sing your fath... (episode)

  • Piano Competitions for the 21st Century May 24, 2005

    The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition got underway this past weekend in Fort Worth, Texas. Considered to be the world's pre-eminent piano competition, it takes place every f... (episode)

  • The Haimovitz Maneuver May 23, 2005

    Classical cellist Matt Haimovitz recently toured the country performing in honky-tonk bars, jazz clubs and even a pizza parlor. Today, he joins us along with the composer David Sanfor... (episode)

  • Radiohead as Pianohead May 20, 2005

    The D.C.-based groove duo Thievery Corporation join us in support of their new release, The Cosmic Game. Issued on their own record label, the disc combines dub reggae, funk, bangara,... (episode)

  • Opera Singers in the Jazz Club May 19, 2005

    Before crossover became a fashionable record-biz term, opera singers were crossing over into the world of jazz and American popular song. In the 1950s, the American soprano Eileen Far... (episode)

  • Who's the Boss? May 18, 2005

    Bruce Springsteen's new record, Devils and Dust, comes as part of a long tradition of singing about the working class, from Woody Guthrie to Johnny cash to Bob Dylan. Today on the sh... (episode)

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