PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging
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In the 1920s, Ellington performed in nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group that in time grew to a 10-piece ensemble. The nucleus of thi...
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- Added: Oct 12, 2013
- Length: 58:57
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Duke Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and described those who impressed him as "beyond category. "He is widely conside...
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- Added: Oct 07, 2013
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Once you hear the music of Sam Wooding and his Chocolate Dandies you, too, will be curious why his work is not as familiar to connoisseurs of early...
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- Added: Sep 23, 2013
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Pioneering blues and jazz guitarist Lonnie Johnson began playing professionally in New Orleans in 1917. He toured Europe with Marion Cook’s Souther...
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- Added: Jul 26, 2013
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When washboard was King. Well, that may be a stretch, but the popularity of that musical instrument, when it was used as such, reached a height in...
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- Added: Jun 24, 2013
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This program is devoted to those pioneers of jazz piano from Scott Joplin to Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller.
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- Added: Jun 07, 2013
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Bandleader Andy Kirk gave up his post office carrier in 1925 to try his hand in music. He showed talent on the saxophone and tuba, but it evolved t...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2012
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