Extra Eclectic - Feb. 22

Our celebration of Black History Month continues on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, hosted by Steve Seel, with a collection of Black composers paying tribute to musicians and performers who inspired them. We’ll hear William Banfield's Symphony No. 6, which honors legendary jazz artists, Valerie Coleman's 

 which honors Josephine Baker, and Jeff Scott's 

Childs, B: The Distant Land, Etc. (Album)

Akron Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)

Josephine Baker: A Life Of Le Jazz Hot! (Album)

Swing Symphony: The Low Down (Up On High)

Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony (Album)

Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)

Where Freedom Rings: Compositions By Contemporary African American Composers (Album)

Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still (Album)

Czech National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra) 

Amplify: Changing America's Playlist (Rii Vol. 1) (Album)

Steve Seel possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at public radio stations around the country. Steve came to Minnesota Public Radio in 1999 to be a part of its nationally-syndicated classical music programming. In 2005, he became one of the founding voices on MPR's eclectic station The Current, and has hosted various time slots from mornings to late nights, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. 
 
Steve is an avid reader of political and social commentary as well, and he emcees The Current's popular Policy and a Pint community series, featuring discussions with noted scholars, politicians, community leaders, authors and big thinkers on important issues of the day. Steve is also a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


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Steve Seel

Our celebration of Black History Month continues on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, hosted by Steve Seel, with a collection of Black composers paying tribute to musicians and performers who have inspired them.


Celebrating history and heritage