Arts Feb 09 A look at the life and career of legendary composer Burt Bacharach By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Feb 09 Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop hits, dies at 94 Over the past 70 years, only Lennon-McCartney, Carole King and a handful of others rivaled his genius for instantly catchy songs that remained performed, played and hummed long after they were written. By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Arts Nov 26 Stephen Sondheim, theater icon who reshaped musicals, dies at 91 Sondheim influenced several generations of theater songwriters, particularly with such landmark musicals as "Company," "Follies" and "Sweeney Todd." His most famous ballad, "Send in the Clowns," has been recorded hundreds of times. By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
Arts Feb 18 Watch 6:21 Jazz musician Terence Blanchard on the hardest thing about composing for film Jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard has six Grammy Awards, but this year, he's received his first Oscar nomination, for his original score in the 2018 film “BlacKkKlansman.” Jeffrey Brown sits down with Blanchard, who grew up in New Orleans,… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Sep 22 Watch 6:48 How Gershwin captured the not-so-simple essence of summer in a lullaby By PBS News Hour
Dec 12 Watch Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar, 92, Popularized Indian Music for Western Audiences Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar, 92, Popularized Indian Music for Western Audiences… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch A Musician of His ‘Time’: Remembering Jazz Great David Brubeck A Musician of His 'Time': Remembering Jazz Great David Brubeck… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch Collage of Sound, ‘Furniture’ of Imagination: Philip Glass Classic Gets Revival Collage of Sound, 'Furniture' of Imagination: Philip Glass Classic Gets Revival… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Conversation: Jazz Musician Jason Moran Jeffrey Brown talks to jazz musician Jason Moran. Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Legendary Saxophonist Sonny Rollins on His Enduring Love for Jazz On Saturday, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., will bestow its Kennedy Center Honors on five of the nation's leading artists. One is legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins, who is still performing… Continue watching