Manu Chao, Stan Getz, Andrew Bird, Variations on the All Things Considered Theme

Three Pieces For Two Pianos, Third Movement

• from Art & Electronics
• by George Pelecis

Selections from this album were also featured as part of the All Songs Considered memorial to those lost in the terrorist attacks against the United States on the eleventh of September, 2001.

It's The End Of The World As We Know It; The One I Love

• from The String Quartet Tribute to R.E.M.
• by Arrangers: Ron Hannah & Todd Rubenstein

From their very first single, the 1981 tune "Radio Free Europe," REM became a model for American rock acts. The four musicians insisted on doing things their own way, recording what they wanted, and building an audience slowly.

Bongo Bong

• from World Playground: A Musical Adventure for Kids
• by Various Artists

In addition to this Manu Chao track, the ,em>World Playground CD has a great selection of songs for children.

Music Tree

• from NewGrange
• by NewGrange

"A really important thing I've learned from working in Newgrange is that a real traditional kind of music can be an absolutely creative kind of music."

-- Phil Aaberg of Newgrange

Trio Theme

• from Billboard Themes
• by Arranger: Wycliffe Gordon with Reginald Veal on bass, Herlin Riley on drums, and Loston Harris on piano

The band in NPR's recording studio 4-A

Blood Count

• from Anniversary!
• by Stan Getz

"I took a few saxophone lessons at the beginning, but that's about all. I went on the road when I was 15, and everything I learned has been in what you might call the traveling academics."--Stan Getz

Candy Shop

• from Oh! The Grandeur
• by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

"What's so wonderful about this music, and so rare now, is that those musicians would play each note like it was, you know, the last note they would ever get to play."

-- Andrew Bird