Bassist Richard Davis talks about his musical life outside of jazz–working with folks like Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Bernstein and Igor Stravinsky.
One of the great jazz bassists Richard Davis remembers a few of jazz musicians he's played with–like Sun Ra, Ahmad Jamal, Sarah Vaughan, Elvin Jones, and Eric Dolphy.
Playwright and MacArthur Fellow Tarell McCraney shares his exuberant passion for live performance and his determination to bring theater to underserved kids in Miami.
Nicholson Baker may have written three exuberant sex novels, but he turns to his other passion in his latest book, "Traveling Sprinkler": the extraordinary details of the ordinary.
Singer, musician, storyteller, and NEA National Heritage Fellow Sheila Kay Adams talks about (and sings) songs brought over from England, Scotland, and Ireland in the mid-17th century and kept alive by the people in the mountains of North Carolina.