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Jim Luce
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Jim Luce
Harlem Renaissance. Religion, Music & the Politics of Race. Part 1
Produced by James Luce for the Columbia University Institute of Religion, Culture and Public Life.
Harlem Renaissance. Religion, Music & the Politics of Race. Part 2
Produced by James Luce for the Columbia University Institute of Religion, Culture and Public Life.
The Music of The Civil Rights & Black Consciousness Movements, Part 1
Written & Produced by James Luce for the African American Public Radio Consortium
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The Music of The Civil Rights & Black Consciousness Movements, Part 2
Written & Produced by James Luce for the African American Public Radio Consortium
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Frank Sinatra Centennial 1 for WQXR
Written and Produced by James Luce
Frank Sinatra Centennial 2 for WQXR
Written and Produced by James Luce
The Blue Note Sound
James Luce - African American Public Radio Consortium
Duke Ellington Centennial Radio Project - Billy Strayhorn
Written and Produced by James Luce. Host, Stanley Crouch
A Rich Tradition - Dr. Martin Luther King
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Paul Robeson
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Nelson Mandela
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Angela Davis
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Dick Gregory
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Ishmael Reed
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL

About James Luce

James Luce & Clarice Assad at WNYC's Greene Space

After 25 years on the air as program host of jazz and classical music programs, beginning in 1998, James Luce spearheaded a decade-long series of globally-distributed, award-winning documentaries in partnerships with WBGO-FM in Newark, New Jersey, WTRI in Philadelphia, Public Radio International in Minneapolis, The American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, and National Public Radio in New York and Washington, DC. These programs told the definitive stories of several of the most prominent American musicians of all time - on the occasions of the centennial celebrations of their births.

Global Broadcast Projects on public radio:
(1999) Duke Ellington Centennial Radio Project
(2000) The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. listen
(2001 NPR Jazz) Jazz Profiles - Miles Styles and Jazz Profiles - Kind of Blue Winner Peabody Award.
(2004 NPR Jazz) Jazz Profiles - Count Basie’s World and The Count Basie Centennial Concert - Host: Avery Brooks.

Other work includes:
A Child is Born. A Spiritual Christmas with Geri Allen.
Trauma and Prayer: An exploration of when things fall apart
Islamic Prayer: Body, Community, and Spirit
The Jesus Prayer: An Ancient Christian Prayer in the Context of Community-

Count Basie Centennial Concert - hour 1
James Luce
Count Basie Centennial Concert - hour 2
Produced and Hosted by James Luce
Oscar Peterson Interview - uncut
James Luce
Quiet Pride
Written, Produced and Hosted by James Luce
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong - Armstrong Centennial NPR
Louis Armstrong in London
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Frank Sinatra Centennial 3 for WQXR
Written and Produced by James Luce
A Rich Tradition - Ray Charles
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Randy Weston
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Malcolm X
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Toni Morrison
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Nikki Giovanni
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
A Rich Tradition - Rufus Reid
Written and Produced by James Luce for AAPRC and Columbia University IRCPL
Jazz Meets Latin Jazz Radio
James Luce KWXY
Jazz Meets Latin Jazz Radio
James Luce KWXY