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Clare Fischer was a keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 58:26
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Phil Ramone is virtually unknown to most casual music fans, but he either produced or engineered recordings in all musical genres.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Starting out as a blues singer, Doc Pomus went on to write over 1500 songs. His music was recorded by artists like Elvis Presley, Van Morrison and ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:17
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Hal Blaine was an extraordinarily busy recording session drummer in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, playing the drums on, by his count, tens of...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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Part one of a Monday Music Special produced for Montana Public Radio featuring music from artists performing in western and central Montana in the ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Art Hodes
Some of the earliest Blue Note recording sessions featured the trumpet of Sidney DeParis, clarinet of Edmund Hall, and piano of Art Hodes. They ca...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
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Give a listen to some of those very hot bands of the 1920s. You may not recognize many of the names, but that doesn't lessen their impact.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
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Fans of the good-time, git-down music! Join us as we reach deep in to the Back Road Radio Show Studio Vault and find all of our favorite LIVE perfo...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eddie Condon
New Orleans, Chicago and New York were the primary hubs for jazz by the mid 1920s. The influences from each location enriched the result. Musicians...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: London of the 1920s
Jazz Historian Albert McCarthy writes in his book, Big Band Jazz (Exeter Books, NY 1974), “When jazz and dance music began to dominate American pop...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Producer Joe Bevilacqua at Kerrville, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A one hour documentary, a 9-minute "All Things Considered" feature and ten short modules about the longest running open air festival in the country...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and KUT-HD


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:44:58
  • Purchases: 2
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A primer on the controversial intersection between music and the Internet.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KVNF, WYSO, KUHB, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7