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 January 22, 2015 / Modified jan 23, 2015 9:32 a.m.

Arizona Spotlight for January 23rd, 2015

Burt Bacharach headlines the Tucson Jazz Festival; a visit to The Flying Leap Vineyards in Southern Arizona; and from Tierney to Depp, a look at three films about John Dillinger.
by Mark McLemore

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Featured on the January 23rd, 2015 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • Burt Bacharach established a pop music dynasty in the 1960s, and he will be headlining the Tucson Jazz Festival at the Fox Tucson Theatre on January 28th. Bacharach spoke with Mark McLemore about his ongoing love affair with music...

  • Mitchell Riley meets three men who became life-long friends in mid-air, while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Now retired, together they own and operate The Flying Leap Vineyards in Southern Arizona. It's a labor of love that finds these former pilots making their living from the earth...

  • "Public Enemy Number One" John Dillinger inadvertently made history with his arrest in Tucson in 1934, and Hollywood has revisited the gangster's story many times since. Film writer Chris Dashiell looks back at three Dillinger-inspired films - from three eras - and finds many facts transformed by fiction...

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ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs every Friday at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm, and every Saturday at 5:00 pm, on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.

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