Terry Teachout

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Terry Teachout On A New Ellington Biography

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

A new biography of Duke Ellington paints a complex picture: a man who was brilliant but undisciplined, prolific but prone to taking credit for the work of his sidemen.

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Amy Tan Picks Three; Terry Teachout On Duke Ellington; Matana Roberts Plays Live

Friday, January 10, 2014

In this episode, Soundcheck revisits a few recent favorite segments. 

First: Best-selling author Amy Tan talks about her first book in eight years, The Valley of Amazement, tells us what playing in a band with Stephen King is like, and, she plays a few favorite songs for Soundcheck's Pick Three series.

Then: Duke Ellington is one of the towering figures in American music, but there's more to his story than hits like "Take The A Train." Cultural critic and writer Terry Teachout discusses his new comprehensive biography about the iconic jazz composer and bandleader.

Plus: The jazz sax player and composer Matana Roberts continues her CoinCoin Project, which explores the history of "free people of color" in the early United States and her own family's long and widespread American tale.

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Terry Teachout On Ellington; Bryce Dessner; Speedy Ortiz Plays Live

Friday, October 18, 2013

In this episode: Duke Ellington is one of the towering figures in American music, but there's more to his story than hits like "Take The A Train." Cultural critic and writer Terry Teachout discusses his new comprehensive biography about the iconic jazz composer and bandleader.

Then, Bryce Dessner, one of the twin guitarists in The National, is also a classically trained composer, who has now written a number of string quartet pieces for the renowned Kronos Quartet. 

And the Northhampton, Mass. noise pop band Speedy Ortiz performs songs from its debut record Major Arcana, and a brand new, still untitled song in the Soundcheck studio.

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Rites and Riots

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring almost a century ago provoked the most famous riot in music history. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout join us to talk about their vaudeville-laced one-act opera about that notorious evening.

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When First-Rate Careers Are Second Guessed

Monday, September 06, 2010

A recent biography of Benny Goodman recounts how the jazz clarinetist was plagued by insecurity when he was invited to play at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Today: hear how similar feelings have shaped the careers of major artists like choreographer Jerome Robbins, pianist Martha Argerich, singer-songwriter Cat Power and actress-singer Doris Day.

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When First-Rate Careers Are Second Guessed

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A recent biography of Benny Goodman recounts how the jazz clarinetist was plagued by insecurity when he was invited to play at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Today: hear how similar feelings have shaped the careers of major artists like choreographer Jerome Robbins, pianist Martha Argerich, singer-songwriter Cat Power and actress-singer ...

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Deathbed Masterpieces

Monday, February 15, 2010

When musicians know they're about to die, they seldom produce their greatest work. But there are exceptions, including the late Cincinnati Pops conductor Erich Kunzel, jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, and composer Dmitri Shostakovich. We explore the phenomenon with Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout and Crystal Zevon, widow of ...

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Louis Armstrong

Monday, December 07, 2009

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 ...

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The Undiscovered Louis Armstrong

Monday, December 07, 2009

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 ...

Deathbed Masterpieces

Monday, September 28, 2009

When musicians know they're about to die, they seldom produce their greatest work. But there are exceptions, including the late Cincinnati Pops conductor Erich Kunzel, jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, and composer Dmitri Shostakovich. We explore the phenomenon with Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout and Crystal Zevon, widow of ...

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Jazz Gets a Wake-up Call

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The audience for jazz is shrinking and growing older fast, says Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout. His words have set off a heated debate in jazz circles. Today, Teachout joins us along with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer to discuss the future of America's great art form and ask ...

To Boo or Not To Boo?

Friday, August 14, 2009

The Metropolitan Opera's production of La Sonnambula was booed recently by fans because of the postmodern staging by director Mary Zimmerman. Jessica Simpson was recently razzed for forgetting the lyrics to her songs. Today we ask whether booing is ever appropriate, and we find out about the origins of booing. ...

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To Boo or Not To Boo?

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

The Metropolitan Opera's production of La Sonnambula was booed recently by fans because of the postmodern staging by director Mary Zimmerman. Jessica Simpson was recently razzed for forgetting the lyrics to her songs. Today we ask whether booing is ever appropriate, and we find out about the origins of booing. ...

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Special Guest: Terry Teachout

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Terry Teachout is the rare critic who covers music, dance, books, and the visual arts. He is a columnist for the Washington Post, drama critic for the Wall Street Journal, and a music critic for Commentary. The Terry Teachout Reader, a collection of his essays, has just ...

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Critics, Teachout, Helprin

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Artists and audiences alike love to say they don’t pay attention to critics — but what newspaper would get rid of its movie reviews or its book page? Kurt Andersen and his guest, Washington Post critic Terry Teachout, talk about at the role of professional critics in the arts today. ...

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Critics, Teachout, Mailer

Saturday, April 17, 2004

Critics Kurt Andersen and the critic Terry Teachout explore the role criticism plays in the arts today, and how the internet is changing what it means to be a critic.

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Special Guest: Terry Teachout

Saturday, April 17, 2004

Kurt Andersen and Terry Teachout explore the role criticism plays in the arts today, and how the internet is changing what it means to be a critic.  

Terry Teachout is the rare critic who covers music, dance, books, and the visual arts. He is a columnist for The Washington Post, ...

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