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Piano Jazz for May 01, 2008
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Veronica Nunn with Travis Shook"
Veronica Vocalist Veronica Nunn grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, absorbing all kinds of music, from jazz to funk to gospel. When she moved to New York in 1978, she split her time between Harlem's Jazz clubs and the Theology department at Lehman College. Now a full time jazz singer and accompanied by her pianist and husband, Travis Shook, Nunn demonstrates her soulful touch on "One Note Samba" and "I'm Old Fashioned."
For over 20 remarkable years, jazz pianist Marian McPartland and her guests have teamed up for an hour of weekly jazz sessions. Whether it's solos, collaboration, reminiscences, or straight talk about influences and style, no two Piano Jazz sessions are ever the same.
More than 500 exciting, talented, jazz professionals (newcomers and all-time favorites) have joined Marian over the years. In fact, Piano Jazz, a production of South Carolina Educational Radio, has been hailed as the "definitive" place to hear the greats of jazz.
Why? Piano Jazz hits a perfect balance between historical perspective and sheer entertainment, a formula that has made the series the longest-running national performance program on public radio.
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