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Polygamy used to be a central aspect in Mormon beliefs. However, it has not been for over 100 years now, due partly to considerable effort by Ann E...
- Added: Sep 20, 2024
- Length: 29:00
The musicians that helped establish the importance of the rhythm section in jazz were almost entirely self-taught. As drummer Zutty Singleton said,...
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- Added: Sep 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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On the bluffs of the Village of Mendocino, overlooking the Pacific Ocean about 155 miles north of San Francisco, California, the sounds of the Mend...
- Added: Sep 13, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Front Line: typically consisting of trumpet (or cornet), clarinet, and trombone, was arguably the most influential aspect of early jazz for several...
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- Added: Sep 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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There are several ingredients that led to the creation of jazz. Among those juicy spices are improvisation, bluesy influences, lead and counterpart...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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The issue of sexual orientation plagues people in many different ways — political upheaval that sometimes include religious or physical violence. B...
- Added: Aug 30, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Pianist Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton claimed to have invented jazz. You can hear the critics’ rage. Actually, though, that may be partly true. The...
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- Added: Aug 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Dr. Dan Gottlieb is a practicing psychologist living and working near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has experienced quadriplegia for approximately...
- Added: Aug 27, 2024
- Length: 29:00
The doors closed for the last time just shy of celebrating 100 years. Lady Gaga had the honor of the last performance in 2014. The Roseland Ballroo...
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- Added: Aug 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Indeed, there were a lot of inventive ideas floating around in the earliest years of jazz. Since there were no templets to follow, and no guide boo...
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- Added: Aug 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Ukiah, California, a small vibrant community, approximately 100 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge is the home to the Ukiah Players Theater. An ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Some of the most inventive elements of early jazz include improvisation and solo performances. But there is so much more to the parts that weave i...
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- Added: Aug 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Sex, something that all creatures seek to achieve in one form or another, is often more than discreet among humans. In this discussion with science...
- Added: Aug 08, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Reinforcement of desired behavior is the key to animal training. As humans, we are subject to the same way of learning. Amy Sutherland, author of, ...
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- Added: Aug 01, 2024
- Length: 29:00
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The speakeasy opened at the peak of the gangster era. Most of Chicago was controlled by the mob. The café boasted a number of top Black performers,...
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- Added: Aug 01, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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The music that became known as jazz swept across America in the teens and early 1920s. To the older population, it appeared to be all elbow and kne...
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- Added: Jul 26, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Few people in Mendocino County who are not elected officials have created as much enmity and as many disruptive relationships as has Richard W. Joh...
- Added: Jul 26, 2024
- Length: 29:00
There is a lot of discussion about hope in this time of the pending election for president. Francis Moore Lappe, author of, “Diet for a Small Plane...
- Added: Jul 19, 2024
- Length: 29:00
It’s rumored to be the oldest continuously running jazz club in the country. While the outside may be dark and unassuming, stepping inside is somet...
- Added: Jul 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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In the early 1920s, a small collection of musicians was referred to as a combination rather than an orchestra. In America, though, there’s frequent...
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- Added: Jul 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community? It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, Californi...
- Added: Jul 12, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Summer. Those three months are loaded with ups and downs. Along with rising temperatures, there’s a remarkable increase in travel – not to mention ...
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- Added: Jul 05, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community? It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, Californi...
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- Added: Jul 05, 2024
- Length: 29:00
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Of two people, William Shakespeare and Edward De Vere, whose lives overlapped, De Vere had many of the experiences described in the literary works ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans thanks in part to Congo Square near the French Quarter. That’s where the slaves ...
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- Added: Jun 27, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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