May 10th, 2007 · Fresh Air went national in 1987, and we're celebrating that 20th anniversary by revisiting some classic interviews. In this segment: Harmonica player Larry Adler performed with legendary entertainers including Fred Astaire, George Gershwin, and Jack Benny, but he was blacklisted amid the anti-communist fervor surrounding the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Adler moved to England not long after; he died in August 2001. Rebroadcast from June 19, 1987.
Keywords: national · 2001 · 1950 · celebration · 1987 · entertainment · players · anniversary · interviews · legend · england · harmonica
May 10th, 2007 · Fresh Air went national in 1987, and we're celebrating that 20th anniversary by revisiting some classic interviews. In this segment: German jazz artist Marty Grosz plays the music of Fats Waller. Rebroadcast from June 26, 1987.
Keywords: national · artists · celebration · 1987 · music · anniversary · interviews · Jazz · German · Marty · rebroadcast · Fats Waller
Jan 8th, 2007 · On the occasion of his 60th birthday, we rebroadcast an excerpt of a 2002 interview with David Bowie. More than 30 years ago, Bowie created the gender-bending Ziggy Stardust, and produced the now classic album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. With it, Bowie helped invent glam-rock. This interview originally aired on Sept. 4, 2002.
Keywords: 2002 · birthday · interviews · album · Mars · david · bowie · David Bowie · gender · Ziggy Stardust · Fall of Ziggy Stardust · Spiders
Dec 15th, 2006 · Jazz musician Kenny Davern died this week at the age of 71. Davern loved traditional jazz, and played clarinet and soprano saxophone. He was a member of Soprano Summit, along with Dick Wellstood and Bob Wilber. We rebroadcast a live concert with Davern, performing with guitarist Howard Alden and bassist Phil Flannagan. This originally aired on Feb. 18, 1988.
Keywords: music · Traditional · Jazz · soprano · concert · clarinets · guitarist · 1988 · rebroadcast · Saxophone · bassist · Kenny
Sep 26th, 2006 · It took filmmaker Henry Hampton 12 years to bring Eyes on the Prize to television. When he did, the PBS documentary on the civil rights movement was a revelation for much of America. Nearly 20 years later, PBS will rebroadcast the series.
Keywords: civil · movement · America · television · documentary · filmmakers · rebroadcast · PBS · Henry Hampton
May 29th, 2006 · Life magazine has called David Douglas Duncan perhaps the best war photographer since Matthew Brady. In 1999, Duncan received a lifetime achievement award for excellence and bravery from the Marine Corps. We rebroadcast an interview with Duncan from July 2, 1990.
Keywords: magazine · 1990 · interviews · 1999 · lifetime · Photographs · Duncan · david · rebroadcast · Douglas · Marine Corps · bravery
Apr 7th, 2006 · Jackie McLean, the legendary jazz saxophonist who died last week at age 74, began playing at the age of 15 in his native New York City. Schooled in bebop at the start of his career, the alto sax player names Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker as influences. We offer a rebroadcast of a conversation with McLean.
Keywords: schools · players · New York City · Alto · Jazz · native · Sax · saxophonists · rebroadcast · Jackie · Charlie Parker · Lester Young
Nov 25th, 2005 · From Plato's cave to Van Gogh's skies, alternate realities have long been a theme for artists and writers. Can the same be said for science and scientists? In this holiday rebroadcast, Ira Flatow talks with theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss about the search for alternate realities in art and science?
Keywords: artists · Scientists · science · skiing · Writer · holiday · Ira Flatow · physicist · Dimensions · Plato · Van Gogh · realities
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