Jazz – Arts and Music

Arts interviews, reviews, and features from WFIU Public Media from Indiana University.

City of Angels Review

Joshua Scott Carter as Stone, the detective, with Mary Beth Black as Oolie, the secretary. I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. City of Angels at IU’s Ruth N. Halls Theatre is a musical inspired by those dark mystery dramas like The Maltese Falcon. Larry Gelbart’s book with David Zipel‘s lyrics and Cy Coleman’s jazzy score […]

04-19
03:26

West Side Story, A Teen Tale For Generations

I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. West Side Story opened this weekend at the IU Opera Theater. When the show debuted on Broadway in 1957 I was just about the age of Baby John, the youngest member of the Jets. My friends and I spent a lot of time listening to the gang’s “Officer Krupke” […]

04-09
04:54

The IU Vocal Jazz Ensemble Chimes In For Christmas

"The Singing Hoosier's and the Chimes of Christmas goes backdecades. We've welcomed the Vocal Jazz Ensemble to join us since their inception." Ly Wilder

12-01
12:11

St. Charles Parent Band: Picking Up Where They Left Off

Is music-making valuable only when pursued toward mastery? The St. Charles Parent Band revels in its amateur status, yet nudges members toward improvement.

10-21
09:34

Sweet Charity, Musical Snapshots Of New York in the 60s

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11-05
04:33

An Unusual Home Studio That Launched Many Careers

Audio engineer Mark Hood started his successful career in an unlikely place.

10-01
04:19

Tuning In And Turning On To Nature Sounds

Bloomington Parks and Rec is using live musical performances to enhance environmental awareness with its Nature Sounds series.

09-24
04:38

Sylvia Sings Gershwin

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09-10
03:54

A Jazz Backlash Against “Whiplash”?

Trio talk: trumpeter and IU faculty member Pat Harbison, drummer and bandleader Mitch Shiner, and WFIU's David Brent Johnson discuss the movie "Whiplash."

02-27
22:20

The King’s Singers Fall For The Great American Songbook

I was set for music college as a bass,but on the radio there was the countertenor Andreas Scholl and knew that I wanted to sing like that." Timothy Wayne-Wright

02-12
04:13

IU’s Hoo Shir, A Group Created At A President’s Request

IU's Hoo Shir A Capella, a group created by a request from the White House.

12-17
03:37

Double Vision: Wayne Wallace’s Latin Jazz Quintet

One of two IU faculty members to be nominated for a Grammy this year, Wallace is a committed educator and a proponent of the continued relevance of Latin jazz.

01-24
04:57

Best of a Bad Situation? Bela Fleck at the IU Auditorium

What happens when an orchestra drops out? A Bela Fleck concert at the IU Auditorium creates controversy around Bloomington

12-03
04:29

Nellie McKay: Not The Usual Standard-Bearer

She brings songs from the Great American Songbook and Weimar cabaret, alongside her originals, to Greencastle Thursday night.

11-14
04:02

Songs Of The Spirit Need No Translation

Christine Salem, controversial singer of banned slave songs, invited local chanteuse Janiece Jaffe to join her Lotus set for a musical meeting of spirits.

10-01
05:56

Singing Your Song In A Wired World

Hearing this year's Themester topic "Networks" an immediate association is probably social media, which is used by many individuals, companies - and musicians.

09-11
06:20

An Interview With Jazz Artist And Historian Loren Schoenberg

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04-30
22:28

Bloomingtone Recap: Audio Postcard

A recap of four venues from the weekend benefit concerts

10-29
04:42

Bloomingtone Two-Day Music Festival Supports Artful Learning

Indiana University's Business Careers in Entertainment Club holds first annual 2-day, multi-genre music festival across music venues in Bloomington.

10-16
04:26

Andy Cobine Trio To Kick Off IU Art Museum’s ‘Jazz In July’

Audiences welcome the return of the much-loved summer concert series.

07-05
25:36

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