Wynton Marsalis debuted his quintet nearly three decades ago. Though he has played as a soloist, with orchestras and ensembles in every configuration, Marsalis’ quintets have offered some of the most felicitous settings for his trumpet and imagination. The second Marsalis Quintet, featuring pianist Dan Nimmer, bassist Carlos Henriquez, sax man Walter Blanding and drummer Ali Jackson –joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to revisit Marsalis enduring compositions.
Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 10:30pm
Being a vegan has a number of health and diet benefits involved with the lifestyle. Vegans don't partake in the consumption and use of animal products, but there is far more to being a vegan than just the food choices. Tune in Sunday evening at 10:30 PM when Al is joined by Vegan expert and author, Cathy Unruh. She talks about about the vegan lifestyle and it's many benefits.
Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 10:00pm
In an all-new episode, Steve D'Agostino, principal of Best Rate of Climb, interviews John Sugden Jr., senior director of public and community relations, and Sue McQuaid, director of professional relations, at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston. Tune in as they talk about the mission and business of improving the lives of children.
Shriners-Boston is one of the world’s leading centers for treating children with severe burns or those who need reconstructive surgery for scars or cleft lip and palate – regardless of ability to pay. Affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Shriners-Boston has provided expert round-the-clock care for pediatric patients at its downtown Boston location since its establishment in 1968.
Shriners-Boston’s areas of specialization and care include:
• Acute-burn treatment
• Reconstructive corrective surgery for cleft lip and palate
• Congenital issues and traumatic or burn injury
• Plastic and laser surgery for healed burns, post-trauma scars, vascular birthmarks and skin disorders
• Modern scar treatment
• Scar rehabilitation with occupational/physical therapy
Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 9:00pm
Jazz was born in New Orleans but rapidly traveled to Chicago, New York City and eventually to Los Angeles, changing its form and style along the way. The history of early jazz is a complex story of culture, race, and the changing technologies that allowed jazz to be heard by larger and larger audiences. Tune in tonight when we speak with COURT CARNEY, Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin University, about wonderful new musical history CUTTIN’ UP: HOW EARLY JAZZ GOT AMERICA’S EAR.
Nothing up our sleeve!
Tonight on Inquiry we speak with science journalist and author ALEX STONE. Alex also happens to be a practitioner of “close-up magic”, the kind of intimate sleight of hand that can be viewed only by a small audience. Alex’s new book FOOLING HOUDINI: MAGICIANS, MENTALISTS, MATH GEEKS AND THE HIDDEN POWERS OF THE MIND is a wild and wonderful personal history of his life in the world of the unique people who perform stage magic. Tune in and learn about the Magic Olympics, the so-called Extreme Hand Sports and some of the living legends of magic and card cheating. Presto! Chango!
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 6:00pm
Jason Moran begins his tenure as Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center with Live: Time, inspired by the quilts and quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama. Moran composed the music, and Alicia Hall Moran sings the text, "Cold Water for Blood Stains" by Asali Solomon. Bill Frisell puts aside his guitar momentarily and reads a moving letter he wrote to Moran after visiting Gee's Bend, and the musicians in the trio improvise on the patterns and colors in the quilts. Live: Time was originally commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 7:00pm
Four hours of love songs and love ballads in the folk tradition: happy and sad, old and new, from a host of talented musicians.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 6:00pm
Grammy-winning R&B /soul singer Aaron Neville has been a radio mainstay for over five decades. And he has been ambassador to the world for New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. On this week’s episode, Neville’s silky smooth voice is sure to get everyone in the Valentine’s Day spirit, as he performs a set of Doo-Wop greats including “This Magic Moment” and “Under The Boardwalk.”
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 4:00pm
Tonight on Inquiry we talk with SHARON PRESTON-FOLTA, author, marketing media planner, chef and Louis Armstrong’s daughter. Sharon is his only child. But she had to keep this secret because public knowledge of her mother’s twenty year-long affair with the famous jazz musician could have ruined his career. So Sharon grew up leading a double life: rejoicing in her fathers presence and even touring with him and his band yet having to keep her father’s identity secret from friends and school mates. Sharon Preston-Folta’s memoir of her life as Armstrong’s daughter, written with Denene Millner, is titled LITTLE SATCHMO: LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF MY FATHER, LOUIS DANIEL ARMSTRONG
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 4:00pm
The WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM has opened a brand new, state of the art family gallery that introduces young museumgoers to the history of the city. The George I Alden Family Gallery has been years in the making and is interactive with many options for imaginative play. Tune in when we speak with CHAD SIROIS, Communications Manager of the WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM about this new exciting “museum within a museum” designed specially for children.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 6:00pm
Pianist Conal Fowkes discusses his long participation in Woody Allen’s jazz band and his recent part doing the vocals and piano work of the Cole Porter character in Woody’s film Midnight in Paris.
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