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Several new releases, plus musical tributes to Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra.

  • Added: May 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:01:31
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The Kids Crew learn about voice acting from the Epic Voice Guy himself, Jon Bailey. We also hear about a butterfly that is on the road to recovery ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:00

  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 5
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Lisa talks with a friend about their personality test results

  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
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Lisa talks about her most embarrassing moments

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
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The Kids Crew gets puzzled with the world's most syndicated puzzle maker, David L. Hoyt, author of the Jumble puzzle found in more than 600 newspap...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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Jazz vocals all about the glass being half-full.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:03:05
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
A little levity from talented and inventive musicians can go a long way to putting some pep in your step. Fats Waller could hardly keep from adding...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ted Lewis
You might say he didn’t take his music seriously. On the other hand, bandleader and clarinetist Ted Lewis is one of the best known performers of th...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joel Shaw & his Orchestra
In 1925, pianist Joel Shaw became vast friends with bandleader Gene Kardos. They clicked. Their style had elements of jazz, society dance band and ...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness host Alan Wartes spoke with the new managing director of Start-Up Colorado.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Wilkinson James, Credit: David Tanner
The band Wilkinson James has had quite an evolution over it’s 10 years together, both as a duet and as a full band. Phil Nusbaum talked with foundi...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Wilkinson James, Credit: David Tanner
Local band Wilkinson James has had quite an evolution over its 10 years together. The group celebrates its decade of music making together 9-11 Fri...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: 1920s Prohabitionists
During prohibition train fare to Canada was considerably cheaper than dealing with the mob syndicate that controlled liquor distribution. Not only ...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Gene Austin
In the latter 1920s the art of crooning became very popular. Male vocalists began performing their songs in a romantic, intimate, just-for-you styl...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A 1920s Broken Heart
Poets and troubadours have been writing and singing about it for centuries. The music of the 1920s is no different. This program features a selecti...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Silverback Trio, Credit: Sara Horishnyk
With its strong emphasis on improvisation, the Silverback Trio of Minneapolis does “outside” well. But it also plays with a strong group feeling. Y...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
With its strong emphasis on improvisation, the Silverback Trio of Minneapolis does “outside” well. But it also plays with a strong group feeling. P...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: 1920s Entertainment
Since there were no rules about where jazz fit into the scheme of popular music in the 1920s, every imaginable fell into the grand experiment. Basi...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joe Tarto
He was known as "The Titan of the Tuba," and by any measure he was beyond the standard rhythm section player.

Bought by KMUW, KCBX, and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Prohibition raid
Many jazz enthusiasts feel that Prohibition jump-started “The Jazz Age.”

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Touring Car
The dawn of the 20th century ushered in an era of innovation never seen before. By the 1920s it seemed that everything and everyone was in motion.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Blanch Calloway
There is a myriad of possible themes in musical circles, but among the most common is the love theme. Finding love, being in love, or losing love. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tin Pan Alley
The Alley of Song and America’s popular music of the 1920s, jazz, crossed over in 1917. It wasn’t long before musicians began to revive compositi...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Winold Reiss
When there's a movie chase scene, more often than not, the accompanying music is jazz.

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1