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Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Summer Symphony with Milton Katims, Conductor – Leo Smit, Piano – 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More rarities.This week it’s The NBC Summer Symphony series featuring conductor Milton Katims and pianist Leo Smit in music by Mozart and Alexei...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR Options – A Conversation with Carlos Montoya – June 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Carlos Montoya was one of the true legends of Flamenco Guitar. As a founder of the modern-day Flamenco style, Montoya was highly influential and...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian – Live at Satiricon Theater, Essen Germany – March 15, 1999 – Radio Essen Three masters getting together for a unique collaboration. Pianist Paul Bley, Bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian, in concert at...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – King Washington – Live at Molly Malone’s – June 1, 2012 – The Gears Record Release Party I spend so much time listening to what’s going on in the rest of the world that I sometimes miss what’s going on in...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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