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Hour 1: Steeped in the Blues
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Over the years the blues has influenced countless jazz vocalists. In the program, Big Joe Turner, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Billie Holiday, Etta Jon...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, RadioStPete Florida, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 30
Jazz Singers Generic 30 Second Promo
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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This is 30 second promo for "Jazz Singers," a thirteen-hour series hosted by award-winning singer Al Jarreau. "Jazz Singers" illuminates every styl...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, RadioStPete Florida, WMUH and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 13
Ladies' Choice (Vol.7)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A fresh two hour set of all-women musicians who play bluegrass, jazz and/or that visionary continuum of sounds in between

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:40
Oh Haec: This is the day the Lord has made
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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There’s an antiphon that features in the masses for Easter Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Its words begin: “This is the day the Lord has made,” and e...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
NL 22-12: Jazz Women of the 1940s, 3/14/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Trumpeter Billie Rogers, vibraphonist Marjorie Hyams, and other unsung heroines of the World War II era in jazz.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
NL 22-07: Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie, 2/7/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Single Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Mavis Staples
A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WABE, WVIA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s Early Black-Pride Music
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, Ellington was writing music that celebrated African-American culture, personalities,...

Bought by WJCT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTXK and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
NL 22-06: Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes, 1/31/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Christmas Special (Vol.7)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Christmas lights in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, Credit: Brian Aust
An all-new, wholly unique collection of the very best Christmas bluegrass, jazz and musical expressions in between that you've probably never hear...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
  • Purchases: 1
A Cool Christmas
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz. Come along for a jzz sleigh ride with music from Shirley Horn, Paul Bley, Duke Ellington, and more...

Bought by WVIA, WHRV, KUAT, WNMU-FM, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 26
Strange Enchantment: Jazz for Halloween
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Music for the holiday from Duke Ellington, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kay Starr, and others. We'll also hear comedian Lenny Bruce's impersonation of Drac...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
NL 21-36: Glenn Miller Goes To War with the Army Air Force Band, 8/30/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1942 Glenn Miller broke up his popular big band and joined the military, where he formed a new and even bigger orchestra that included strings, ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
The Songs That Won The War (Memorial Day Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special, we look at the songs of World W...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSKA, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
S2:E10 The Political Shuffle
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:46
S2:E9 The Earth Show
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:53:08
Jewish Blues Part 2
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish concludes its two-part series on Jewish blues with cool tunes in three languages.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Have Yourself a Very Quiet Christmas
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Night Lights pays tribute to the holidays in the mellowest of moods, with music from Joe Pass, Dave Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and more. Joi...

Bought by KCME, WJAB, WVAS, WCQS, WVAS and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
HARM 20-52: There Were Shepherds, 12/21/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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It may be nearing the Christmas season, but don’t pour the hot cocoa just yet! This week on Harmonia, we’re going outside-- not into the snow, but ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
You Should Know Justin Townes Earle: An Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Justin Townes Earle (1982 - 2020)
Critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle is celebrated in an hour long retrospective of his musical journey, including comments f...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, KMSU, KHNS, KSRQ, KUHF and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
NL 20-25: The Juneteenth Jazz Jamboree, 6/15/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A jazz tribute to Juneteenth, the African-American holiday marking the end of slavery, with music from Paul Robeson and Count Basie, John Coltrane,...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Musician Raul Midón on Creative Adaptation During Covid-19
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Grammy-nominated musician Raul Midón has never fit neatly into any category. A skillful singer-songwriter and guitarist, he melds African and Latin...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Father's Day Special
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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The definitive expression of Father's Day songs from the genres of bluegrass, jazz and that which sonically connects the two along the new acoustic...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Emergence of John Prine (1 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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John Prine passed away Tuesday evening, April 7, 2020 from complications of the corona virus. This 1-Hour version of a documentary music special s...

Bought by KSFR, WNMU-FM, WRKF, Troy Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Emergence of John Prine (2 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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The 2-Hour version of a documentary music special spotlighting the early career and on-going musical journey of the beloved songwriter and performe...

Bought by WCBE, Morehead State Public Radio, WAMU, Kansas Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 28