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FUNDRAISER (Evergreen): Jazz Vocal Duets
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
Caption: Ella and Louis
In this fundraising special, we turn the spotlight on the art of the jazz vocal duet, including Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby an...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WDCB, and Tri States Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 47:00
  • Purchases: 4
FALL FUNDRAISER: Songs Of The Season
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this fall fundraising edition of Afterglow, we look at songs for the fall season, including "Autumn Leaves," "Autumn In New York," and "Septembe...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio, Tri States Public Radio, and Tri States Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 47:00
  • Purchases: 3
FUNDRAISER (Evergreen): The Harry Warren Songbook
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this fundraising edition of Afterglow, we look at the music of songwriter Harry Warren, known for such diverse songs as "Lullaby of Broadway," "...

Bought by Tri States Public Radio and Tri States Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 47:00
  • Purchases: 2
2018 Night Lights Fall Funder
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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As television rocketed into the entertainment culture of mid-20th-century America, many jazz musicians were called upon to write and/or perform the...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and WDCB


  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 45:40
  • Purchases: 2
Martin Luther King, Jr (A Musical Remembrance)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This one hour musical program commemorates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The play-list consists of some of the world's greatest Jazz mus...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WNMU-FM, WORT, KTEP, KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:05:59
  • Purchases: 18
An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington) is a short history and a musical dedication to Jazz legend Duke Ellington.

Bought by WEAA, WNCU, WNMU-FM, KTXK, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 6
The Jazz Mother of the Piano: Mary Lou Williams
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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She was called "The First Lady of the Piano", "The First Lady of the Jazz Piano" and "The First Lady of Jazz". She was Mary Lou Williams and was a ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WVAS, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 3
Sun Ra: The Celestial Spirit of Music
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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"Sun Ra: The Celestial Spirit of Music" is a one hour program which is an introduction to the vast music of the legendary music ICON Sun Ra. His di...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 56:39
  • Purchases: 1
Back to New Orleans
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Legendary musicians from New Orleans are featured in this program doing what they do best. This program contains the best of the New Orleans sound ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WSLR, WEZU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 55:35
  • Purchases: 4
Jazz-O-Rama #26: "Early Western Swing"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: "Early Western Swing" 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Bob Wills, Bill Boyd and Al Dexter are among the country swing artists who's 78 RPM records are heard on the 26th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama ...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 4
A Jazz-O-Rama New Year
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: HAPPY, NEW or YEAR 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Happy Days Are Here Again", "I Found a New Baby" and "This Year's Kisses" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 25th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz...

Bought by WCBE, WVAS, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #21: "British Dance Bands"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of British Jazz 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket", "The Music Goes Round and Round" and "Run, Rabbit, Run" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 21st ed...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:43
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #20: "Kansas City Swing"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Kansas City swing 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Cherokee", "One O'clock Jump" and "Kansas City Farewell" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 20th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #19: "New Orleans Dixieland"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of 1920s New Orleans Jazz 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Twelfth Street Rag", "New Orleans Stomp" and "Willie the Weeper" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 19th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #14: "Upbeat Heartaches"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Ted Weems & Perry Como 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Somebody Stole My Gal", "My Baby Just Cares For Me", and "Heartaches" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 14th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-R...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #11: "Jumpin, Rockin Jazz"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev plays early Rock 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Tuiti Fruiti," "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Good Rockin; Tonight" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 11th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #9: "Django Reinhardt"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Django Reinhardt 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #8: "Phorgotten Pioneers"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare Jazz 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare 78 RPM recordings of early, forgotten Jazz pioneers.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:38
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #6: "Remastered Rhapsodies"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev remastered 1927 Rhapsody in Blue 78., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of remastered 78s records, including George Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret “Rhapsody in ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #1: "Louder & Funnier"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of the funny side of 78 RPM Jazz, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM Jazz with sense of humor, including Cab Calloway, The Mills Brothers, and Coon Sanders.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #3: "Dueling Clarinets"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Benny Goodman & Artie Shaw 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78RPM records of Benny Goodman & Artie Shaw, both born in May. Can be used as May birthday special.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 55:42
  • Purchases: 4
Jazz-O-Rama #2: "A Jazz Holiday"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM Jazz with "Jazz" in the title., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and Bix Beiderbecke.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 2
Remember the Bird! (The Music of Charlie Parker)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: 1995 32 cents Commemorative stamp, Credit: U.S. Postal Stamps
CHARLIE PARKER was one of the most influential improvising soloists in JAZZ, and a central figure in the development of BOP in the 1940s. A legenda...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 50:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Talking Drum (of the Diaspora)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Rhythms of the Diaspora
Caption: Ti-Roro, Master drummer from Haiti
THE TALKING DRUM, is a program which samples the rhythms of the descendants of African slaves brought to the new world of South America and the Car...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 51:29
Big Band, Bop & Afro Cuban: The Story of Dizzy Gillespie
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993)
This one hour music program is an introduction to DIZZY GILLESPIE and contains nine recordings.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, WVAS, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6