Louis Armstrong was a bundle of contradictions: a dazzling trumpeter who knocked the Beatles off the pop charts; a prolific writer and composer who was threatened by the mob. Today, Terry Teachout, author of the book Pops explains the mystery of Louis Armstrong. Also: Tenor Mark Padmore explains his love of Schubert's wintery song cycle "Winterreise."
Louis Armstrong
Jazz great Louis Armstrong is one of the most important American musicians of the 20th century. He knocked The Beatles from the pop charts, wrote himself the finest jazz autobiography ever and did sophisticated collages. But he was also a womanizer, a pot smoker, explosive and introspective. Wall Street Journal ...
Mark Padmore
As New Yorkers get ready to brave the ice, frost and snow, English tenor Mark Padmore joins us with a shivery assortment of music. We hear about Schubert's song-cycle Winterreise, which Padmore has performed with jazz pianist Ethan Iverson and is now taking to Lincoln Center in a new theater ...
Soundcheck Live With Tori Amos in the Greene Space
The singer/pianist Tori Amos joins host John Schaefer in the Greene Space to perform and discuss her latest album, "Midwinter Graces."
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