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Rapp on Jazz — 258 episodes
Lauren Meccia
Ann Caldwell
James 'Blood' Ulmer
Alphonse Mouzon
Influences
Jimmy Hamilton
Bubber Miley
Jazz pianist insights on solo and ensemble performances
The desegregation of military bands
Jazz and the fight against apartheid
Louis Armstrong's goodwill trips during the Cold War
Dave Brubeck's Cold War goodwill tours
Duke Ellington's goodwill stops during the Cold War
Dizzy Gillespie's Cold War goodwill tour
Jazz as cultural exchange during the Cold War
Failure
The origins of ColaJazz
Mentorship
Why jazz still matters
The influence of technology on jazz
Jazz archives and preservation
The role of the cornet in jazz
The role of the flugelhorn in jazz
The role of the trumpet in jazz
Sun Ra
The influences of Blue Note Records
Jazz in the South beyond New Orleans
Sonny Rollins and the Williamsburg Bridge
The economics of being a jazz artist
Mental health, improvisation, and mindfulness
How the Carolinas helped shape bebop
Paris and Harlem: The Atlantic jazz connection
Detroit's jazz scene and working class artistry
The return of alto sax and the rise of vocal jazz
Alice Coltrane's sacred works
Duke Ellington's sacred works
Mary Lou Williams' sacred works
Jazz and hip-hop
DuBose Heyward, pt. II
DuBose Heyward, pt. I
Johnny Helms
Stockton Helbing
Lonnie Hamilton III
Ralph 'Iron Fingers' Goodwin
Kip Anderson
Leonard Feather
George Wein
Norman Granz
Jazz impresarios
Swing dance revival
Swing rhythm
The science of sound
Minton's Playhouse
Yoshi's
Jazz Showcase
The Green Mill
The Blue Note
The Cotton Club
Birdland Jazz Club
The Village Vanguard
Preservation Hall
Snug Harbor
Jazz and the culinary arts
Gary Burton
The vibraphone
Jazz and film
The Jazz Messengers
Wes Montgomery
Nina Simone
'Bird'
Women in 'A Great Day in Harlem'
'A Great Day in Harlem' documentary
Art Kane's 'A Great Day in Harlem' photograph
The art of jazz album covers
Spirituals' influence on jazz
The jazz vinyl renaissance
Coltrane's 'Alabama'
Charles Mingus
Jazz in the 80s and 90s
The 1970s jazz revival
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, pt. III
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, pt. II
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, pt. I
John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, pt. II
John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, pt. I
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, pt. III
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, pt. II
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, pt. I
Jazz's legacy in rock
Steely Dan and jazz
Rock songs that reflect jazz
Rock and jazz, pt. II
Rock and jazz, pt. I
Civil rights and jazz
Jazz and Broadway
Pearl Woods
Webster Young
Nick Ashford
Mac Arnold
Ken Burns' 'Jazz'
'Lady Sings the Blues,' the autobiography
The musical elements of 'Lady Sings the Blues'
Jazz and virtual art
Colson Whitehead and jazz
Jazz in American literature
Ralph Ellison and jazz
Toni Morrison and jazz
Allen Ginsberg and jazz
Jack Kerouac and jazz
Duke Ellington's influence on Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes and jazz
'The Sound and the Fury'
'The Great Gatsby'
The role of basslines in jazz
Blue notes
The structure of jazz standards
Jazz fusion
Resilience and innovation
The rise of global jazz
Modal jazz
Jazz after World War II
Jazz and World War II
Jazz and the Great Depression
Jazz and Prohibition
Fred Wesley
Pee Wee Ellis
James Brown: From the Apollo to icon
James Brown: His roots and rise
Tommy Benford
Bill Benford
The rhythm section as an engine
Top 10 jazz standards
How jazz musicians improvise
Modern jazz standards
The evolution of jazz standards
Jazz and dance
Jazz and Hollywood's Golden Age
Jazz and modern cinema
Jazz mysteries
Contrafact
Bebop in South Carolina
From ragtime to bebop
Jim Ferguson
Terry Rosen
Bea Foote
Oscar Lee Mack
Space in jazz
Dr. Matt White
The Left Bank Big Band
University of South Carolina School of Music
George Kenny
Jabbo Smith
Bill Evans Trio
Ballads
Women's influence on jazz
Jazz trios
Jazz on South Carolina campuses
South Carolina jazz venues
Terri Lyne Carrington
Elvin Jones
Max Roach
Polyrhythms
Charleston Jazz Foundation
Greenville Jazz Collective
The Harlem Hellfighters
Jazz and Southern literature
Jazz and video games
Jazz in commercials
Jazz and fashion
Chano Pozo
Clave
Jenkins Orphanage Band
Charleston Jazz Initiative
Dr. Karen Chandler
The guitar in jazz
B.B. King
The blues and jazz
'Piano Jazz'
Marian McPartland
Jazz education in South Carolina
South Carolina contributions to jazz
Jazz in South Carolina
Keith Jarrett
Unique jazz cities
South Carolina women in jazz
Women in jazz
Jazz festivals in America
How jazz musicians know when to play
Wes Mackey
Jazz on the radio
South Carolina in the Jazz Age
Gospel music
Song form
Scat singing
Jazz in classical music
Trading fours
Playing for presidents
Dizzy Gillespie for president
Little Pink Anderson
Mabel King
Dick Goodwin
Quentin E. Baxter
Pink Anderson
Etta Jones
Maurice Williams
Mose Allison
Bob Alberti
Gus Aiken
Johnny Acey
Jimmy Witherspoon
Joe Williams
Thelma Carpenter
Helen Humes
Jimmy Rushing
Al Grey
Harry Edison
Buck Clayton
Lester Young
Herschel 'Tex' Evans
Wynton Marsalis
Esperanza Spalding
Buddy Bolden
Jazz royalty
John Henry Hammond
Who coined 'jazz'?
Charlie Christian and the Electric Guitar
'Strange Fruit'
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Pat Metheny
Chick Corea
Sonny Rollins
Herbie Hancock
Wayne Shorter
Art Blakey
Horace Silver
Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Billie Holiday
Dave Brubeck
Stan Getz
Chet Baker
Bud Powell
Miles Davis
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
Art Tatum
Count Basie
Benny Goodman
Louis Armstrong
The 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gullah music and jazz
Clint Eastwood
Dudley Moore
Vince Guaraldi and A Charlie Brown Christmas
Jazz in sitcoms
The Jazz Appreciation postage stamp