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Buddy Guy at the 2005 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Douglas Mason)
Mardi Gras may be over, but New Orleans is gearing up for another major cultural event, the city’s 37th Annual Jazz & Heritage Festival, the first since Hurricane Katrina. Artists ranging from Fats Domino to Bob Dylan are scheduled to perform. Find out whether Jazz Fest can revive the Big Easy. Plus, the WNYC Young People’s Radio Chorus return to Soundcheck to perform pieces by composers John Corigliano and Mark Adamo. And saxophonist Roy Nathanson shares his new solo album, the result of two years of workshopping at Brooklyn's club Barbes.
New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival
Mardi Gras may be over, but New Orleans is gearing up for another major cultural event, the city’s 37th Annual Jazz & Heritage Festival, the first since Hurricane Katrina. Keith Spera, music critic of the Times-Picayne discusses whether he thinks Jazz Fest can revive the Big Easy.
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WNYC Young People's Radio Choir
Composers John Corigliano, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Music, and Mark Adamo discuss their collaboration with WNYC Young People's Radio Chorus.
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Roy Nathanson
Saxophonist Roy Nathanson shares his new solo album, the result of two years of workshopping at Brooklyn’s club Barbes.
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