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The Smooth Sound of NPR Morning News

Category: Health
Duration: 00:41:25
Publish Date: 2019-05-20 23:00:00
Description:

What do Bach and smooth jazz have in common? Both score the unmistakable theme song for NPR's flagship show Morning Edition, listened to by millions across the country every day since 1979. This is undeniably pop music, a daily soundtrack to the lives of many. So why does it sound the way it does? And why, after forty years, why does NPR want to change it?

Featuring:

BJ Leiderman - Morning Edition 

Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good

Herbie Hancock - Chameleon

George Benson - Breezin'

Kenny G - Songbird 

Don Voegeli/Wycliffe Gordon - All Things Considered

Take 6 - All Things Considered

Phish - All Things Reconsidered

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