Arts Dec 06 Watch 6:37 The 'white heat' and vulnerability of improvisational jazz What is improvisational jazz all about? Saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau agree that the answer is vulnerability. Their musical genre requires players to follow one another’s lead -- often letting another performer dictate the musical conversation. Jeffrey Brown… By PBS News Hour
Arts Oct 16 Watch 6:46 Stanley Crouch recounts rise of jazz giant Charlie 'Bird' Parker Stanley Crouch recounts rise of jazz giant Charlie 'Bird' Parker…
Arts 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…
Arts Aug 23 Watch Joy Harjo Reflects on the 'Spirit of Poetry' Born into the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, Joy Harjo's poetry, song and saxophone music honor the Native American spirit.