Best ARTSEDGE Podcasts (2024)

Jason explains what jazz “standards” are, and how musicians all over the globe know how to play these pieces.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Standards (in High Definition) 3:45

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Jason explains what jazz “standards” are, and how musicians all over the globe know how to play these pieces.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Watching Jazz (in Standard Definition) 1:39

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Jason explains how jazz musicians and baseball players are more alike than you would think, and helps you understand how musicians communicate during a performance.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Watching Jazz (in High Definition) 1:39

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Jason explains how jazz musicians and baseball players are more alike than you would think, and helps you understand how musicians communicate during a performance.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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The Jazz Audience (in Standard Definition) 2:34

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What are your musical “tastes?” Jason talks about what the responsibility of the audience is, and gives some tips about how to enjoy a jazz performance.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: The Jazz Audience (in High Definition) 2:34

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What are your musical “tastes?” Jason talks about what the responsibility of the audience is, and gives some tips about how to enjoy a jazz performance.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Vamping (in Standard Definition) 5:12

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Jason and the band improvise and vamp using the classic “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Fats Waller. Make sure to pay attention to Jason’s new headwear.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Vamping (in High Definition) 5:12

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Jason and the band improvise and vamp using the classic “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Fats Waller. Make sure to pay attention to Jason’s new headwear.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Evidence (in Standard Definition) 5:32

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How is Jazz like a football play? Jason explains “hits” in jazz—and how players know how to navigate the music. The band then plays “Evidence” by Thelonious Monk to illustrate the point.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Evidence (in High Definition) 5:32

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How is Jazz like a football play? Jason explains “hits” in jazz—and how players know how to navigate the music. The band then plays “Evidence” by Thelonious Monk to illustrate the point.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Improvisation (in Standard Definition) 3:29

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Using the metaphor of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” Jason explains what jazz means and how it works.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Improvisation (in High Definition) 3:29

11y ago3:29

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Using the metaphor of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” Jason explains what jazz means and how it works.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Infospace (in Standard Definition) 3:45

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While listening to a recording of a financial report, Jason creates a new composition using the sound of the reporter’s voice as his inspirationBy ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Infospace (in High Definition) 3:45

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While listening to a recording of a financial report, Jason creates a new composition using the sound of the reporter’s voice as his inspiration.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Ringing My Phone (in Standard Definition) 3:47

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Jason talks about the musicality of language, and then plays his original composition, "Ringing My Phone."By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Ringing My Phone (in High Definition) 3:47

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Jason talks about the musicality of language, and then plays his original composition, "Ringing My Phone."By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Skateboarding (in Standard Definition) 4:28

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The Kennedy Center’s Artistic Advisor for Jazz Jason Moran introduces himself and shares his thoughts on innovation and creativity—through the lens of skateboarding and Jazz.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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HD: Skateboarding (in High Definition) 4:28

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The Kennedy Center’s Artistic Advisor for Jazz Jason Moran introduces himself and shares his thoughts on innovation and creativity—through the lens of skateboarding and Jazz.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network (dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

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Cai Guo-Qiang

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This excerpt from Cai's Tornado: Explosion Project for the Kennedy Center includes both the dancing boats and the tornado itself. To get a behind the scenes look at the creation of this event visit The Art of the Explosion at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/fireworks/index.htmlBy ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network

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Shaanxi Folk Art Theater 3:10

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This side by side video shows the story of the turtle and the crane as seen by the audience and behind the screen as the puppeteers bring the story to life. To learn more about the art of shadow puppets, visit Playing with Shadows at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html.…

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Terra Cotta Warriors

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Collections Manager Christa Deacy-Quinn of the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana explains the steps that must be taken when handling valuable artifacts. The Terra Cotta Warriors are a collection of 8,000 statues that were buried over 2,000 years ago in the tomb of China‚Äôs first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Three of the stat…

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Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra 4:03

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Join the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra for a lecture and demonstration explaining each of the four sections of the Chinese orchestra as well as some of the individual instruments.By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network

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Beijing Traditional Music Ensemble 4:55

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Beijing Traditional Music Ensemble's extensive repertoire and virtuoso musicians demonstrate the range of distinctive styles that developed in each region for erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and other instruments. To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cf…

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Yunnan Singers, Dancers, and Musicians 5:06

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Artists of the Yi and Wa ethnic groups from Yunnan Province-the most ethnically diverse in China-demonstrate their unique folk traditions in this excerpt from the Kennedy Center's free Millennium Stage show. For more about the traditional arts of the Yunnan people, check out our Sounds of China PodPage http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content…

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Marcia Norman on the unique tools of the playwright 4:26

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"When you're in a pipowerTheater/ece of wonderful theater your whole body responds to what's on the stage." In this Power of Theater podcast, part of the Kennedy Center Education Department's American College Theater Festival's summer intensive for playwrights, playwright Marcia Norman discusses the different forms and forums for storytelling, and …

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Lee Blesssing on the role of the playwright 3:28

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"A playwright...first and foremost has to compel people." In this Power of Theater podcast, part of the Kennedy Center Education Department's American College Theater Festival's summer intensive for playwrights, playwright Lee Blessing discusses the difference between writing for the theater and writing for television and film. For more information…

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Kathleen Turner from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2:25

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"When you sit in a theater, you're sitting closer to a complete stranger that you ever would in your own living room. You haven't just seen a show, you've been part of something." Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is the story of George and Martha, two of the most famous roles ever written for the stage. Over the course of one wickedly…

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Alan Stanford and the cast of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot 3:16

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Come to this play with an open and pure sense of imagination, and it will embrace you." Since its first performance in 1953, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot has generated controversy with its unconventional plot and disturbing themes. Audiences have reacted strongly, with many embracing the play, others rejecting it, but all debating its meaning…

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Richard Thomas and Randle Mell from Twelve Angry Men 2:04

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"Theater at its best is always a mirror. It's a reflection of who we are." Twelve Angry Men deals with issues of prejudice and fear of "the other" but also promotes the ideas of debate and reasonable doubt. The characters in the play argue opposing positions with plausible conviction, and the audience members are left to decide their interpretation…

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August Wilson and embracing the content of life 3:31

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When asked to describe the work of August Wilson, actor James Earl Jones said, "...when he writes he leaves some blood on the page. You can't get that stuff out of yourself without hurt. It's not therapy; it's more like revelation." August Wilson was one of America's most significant and successful playwrights. Less than 20 years ago, he began an a…

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