About this episode
Today's episode is all about music history. First, musicologists Kerry O'Brien and William Robin tell NPR's Noah Caldwell about their new book, On Minimalism , and how the genre was born out of 1960s counterculture and went on to influence artists like The Who and Alice Coltrane. Then, Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome tell NPR's Samantha Balaban about their new picture book, The Story of the Saxophone , which chronicles the instrument's journey to becoming one of jazz's most important players. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy