>If you haven’t check out iTunesU yet, they have a lot of cool free podcasts of lectures up. One of the coolest being a history of jazz podcast. The lectures are by Dr. Gordon Vernick who is an Associate Professor of Music at Georgia State University in Atlanta. “Each segment is intended to shed light on important individual creating jazz musicians and specific movements/genres within jazz canon. They are intended for jazz lovers and those that are merely interested in this important American musical art form.”
Each episode was originally broadcast on 1690AM in Atlanta. If you happen to live in the Atlanta area, that is possibly the greatest radio station I’ve ever heard. It sounds like someone with the best record collection in history is just randomly playing songs that they like. Everything from 1950’s R&B to Elvis Costello. When I’m listening to it, I use Shazam at least once an hour.
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>Thats awesome- the Miles Davis one is also well worth hearing.