All Programs / Evolution of jazz

Jazz historian Nat Hentoff presents a series that traces the history of jazz, from its musical and cultural roots to its contemporary forms.

Available Episodes

1965-06-03Series wrap up, part two00:16:19

1965-06-03Series wrap up, part one00:29:40

1965-06-02Extended form in contemporary jazz continued, part one00:29:39

1965-06-02Extended form in contemporary jazz continued, part two00:29:21

1965-06-02Extended form in contemporary jazz, part two00:29:39

1965-06-02Program 3800:30:19

1965-05-14Dave Brubeck, part one00:28:25

1965-05-14Dave Brubeck, part two00:29:25

1965-05-06Hot jazz, part two00:28:36

1965-05-06Program 3700:28:36

1965-05-06Cool jazz continued, part one00:28:57

1965-05-06Cool jazz continued, part two00:28:11

1965-05-04Collective improvisation and cool jazz, part two00:29:20

1965-05-04Collective improvisation and cool jazz, part one00:29:08

1965-04-23Afro-Cuban influence, part two00:28:42

1965-04-23Afro-Cuban influence, part one00:29:48

1965-04-19Bop continued, part two00:26:55

1965-04-19Bop continued, part one00:28:25

1965-04-12Bop instrumentation, part one00:29:12

1965-04-12Bop instrumentation, part two00:29:32

1965-04-01Bop, part two00:28:51

1965-04-01Bop, part one00:29:30

1965-03-25Transition continues, part two00:28:42

1965-03-25Transition continues, part one00:29:06

1965-03-17Transition into modern jazz, part one00:30:44

1965-03-17Transition into modern jazz, part two00:28:31

1965-03-16Jazz in the 30s and 40s, part two00:29:20

1965-03-16Jazz in the 30s and 40s, part one00:29:13

1965-03-08Count Basie, part two00:29:46

1965-03-08Count Basie, part one00:28:54

1965-02-27Kansas City, part one00:29:42

1965-02-27Kansas City, part two00:29:54

1965-02-18Swing, part one00:29:50

1965-02-18Swing, part two00:29:06

1965-02-12Duke Ellington continued, part two00:29:34

1965-02-12Duke Ellington continued, part one00:29:42

1965-02-05Duke Ellington, part two00:29:35

1965-02-05Duke Ellington, part one00:30:27

1965-01-27Large jazz bands, part one00:29:34

1965-01-27Large jazz bands, part two00:29:28

1965-01-26Fats Waller, part one00:29:21

1965-01-26Fats Waller, part two00:29:34

1965-01-14Early New York jazz, part two00:29:06

1965-01-14Early New York jazz, part one00:30:02

1965-01-08Jazz on the Eastern seaboard, part two00:28:16

1965-01-08Jazz on the Eastern seaboard, part one00:29:19

1964-12-30Bix Beiderbecke, part one00:27:23

1964-12-30Bix Beiderbecke, part two00:28:17

1964-12-23New Orleans influence on Chicago jazz, part two00:29:25

1964-12-23New Orleans influence on Chicago jazz, part one00:28:58

1964-12-17Chicago jazz, part one00:29:23

1964-12-17Chicago jazz, part two00:29:20

1964-12-14Jazz spreads, part one00:28:34

1964-12-14Jazz spreads, part two00:28:53

1964-12-07Dixieland, part one00:28:57

1964-12-07Dixieland, part two00:28:47

1964-11-25Instruments in New Orleans jazz, part one00:29:07

1964-11-25Instruments in New Orleans jazz, part two00:28:44

1964-11-05Growth of jazz, part one00:29:24

1964-11-05Growth of jazz, part two00:29:16

1964-10-29Ragtime, part two00:28:44

1964-10-29Ragtime, part one00:29:16

1964-10-26Boogie woogie and the beginnings of ragtime, part one00:29:26

1964-10-26Boogie woogie and the beginnings of ragtime, part two00:29:28

1964-10-15New Orleans jazz, part two00:29:02

1964-10-15Influences on New Orleans jazz, part one00:29:28

1964-10-15Influences on New Orleans jazz, part two00:28:48

1964-10-15New Orleans jazz, part one00:29:19

1964-10-15Form of the blues, part one00:29:16

1964-10-15Form of the blues, part two00:28:49

1964-10-12Origin of the blues, part two00:28:23

1964-10-12Origin of the blues, part one00:29:42

1964-09-30Influences merging, part one00:29:36

1964-09-30Influences merging, part two00:27:34

1964-09-23Southern African-American influence, part one00:27:55

1964-09-23Southern African-American influence, part two00:29:31

1964-09-18West African influence, part two00:29:29

1964-09-18West African influence, part one00:28:50

1964-09-15Introduction, part two00:29:36

1964-09-15Introduction, part one00:29:16

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Subjects: 1914 to 1945; 1945 to present; Africa; African American History & Culture; African Americans; African diaspora; African influences; Analysis, appreciation; Basie, Count, 1904-1984; Beiderbecke, Bix, 1903-1931; Big bands--History; Blues (Music)--Influence; Boogie woogie (Music)--History and criticism; Bop (Music); Brass instruments; Brubeck, Dave--Criticism and interpretation; Cool jazz--History and criticism; Dixieland music; Early U.S. History (to 1900); Ecology & the Environment; Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974--Appreciation; Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974--Criticism and interpretation; Europe; Fiction; Hampton, Lionel; History and criticism; Illinois--Chicago; Improvisation (Music); Improvisation (Music)--History and criticism; Jazz; Jazz books; Jazz musicians--Illinois--Biography; Jazz musicians--Louisiana--New Orleans; Jazz musicians--Missouri--Biography; Jazz musicians--United States--Biography; Jazz--1931-1940--History and criticism; Jazz--1941-1950--History and criticism; Latin America; Latin jazz--History and criticism; Louisiana; Louisiana--New Orleans; Louisiana--New Orleans--History and criticism; Missouri--Kansas City--History and criticism; Morton, Jelly Roll, -1941; Music; Music theory; NAEB Region I; NAEB Region I: The Northeast; NAEB Region II: The South; NAEB Regions III & IV: The Upper Midwest; New York (State)--New York; Novels; Ragtime music--History and criticism; River boats--Songs and music; Rivers; Social aspects; Sociology; Southern States; Southern States--Music; Swing (Music)--History and criticism; Travel & Leisure; U.S. History (1900-present); U.S. Literature; United States--History--19th century; United States--History--20th century; Waller, Fats, 1904-1943. Works. Selections; Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981
Creators: Hentoff, Nat; WGBH (Radio/television station : Boston, Mass.)
Contributors: Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959; Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993; Morton, Jelly Roll, -1941.
Genres: Music; Music Talk
Time Periods: 1960-1969