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AG 24-04: 2024 Grammy Award Preview, 1/22/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Get a preview of some of the Vocal Jazz and traditional pop Grammy Nominees before the February 4th ceremony, including artists like Cecile McLorin...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Culture Caravan (11/12/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Scottish singer/songwriter King Creosote, Denmark's ML Buch, Argentinian great Gato Barbieri + more!

Bought by WYAP and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
New Jazz Group is Inspired by Nat King Cole
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
One of the most popular jazz acts ever was the Nat King Cole trio. Cole’s widespread popularity began in the 1940s, and he still commands the atten...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
New Group Inspired by Nat King Cole Hits the Stage at Icehouse this Friday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
One of the most popular jazz acts ever was the Nat King Cole trio. Cole’s widespread popularity began in the 1940s, and he still commands the atten...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
New Year's Eve at the Cafe Carlyle
From: PJ Ewing
Series: Lester the Nightfly
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An hour of magic with the late (and beyond great!) Bobby Short. An evening at the fanciest of fancy Carlyle Hotel on 72nd Street (right near Madiso...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra Show at the Chart House Show Spotlights Songs of Ella Fitzgerald
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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The show by the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra at the Chart House in Lakeville has been rescheduled for Tuesday December 27 at 7pm. The performan...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
The 17-Piece Genesis Jazz Orchestra Welcomes Spring This Sunday in Rosemount
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Genesis Jazz Orchestra, Credit: Shirley Miska
The Genesis Jazz Orchestra is ready for its Big Show welcoming spring, this Sunday. It will be in the Rosemount Community Center at 4PM. Genesis of...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Christmas Eve 1920s
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Christmas
Jazz with popular Christmas songs and trivia.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Industry
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Brunswick record label
With the public's thirst for jazz, the number of record producers increased very quickly in the 1920s. Sounds good. But most of those new comers we...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Canvas Orchestra | Iris DeMent | Greg Brown (TSR21-8)
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Blue Canvas Orchestra | Iris Dement | Greg Brown (TSR21-8)

Bought by KFCF FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOJB, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Speakeasy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Prohibionists
The fixture of the 1920s and early ‘30s was a result of the Volstead Act that introduced America to prohibition, and fostered the nightclubs that s...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A McKenzie Christmas
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Christmas
Secular Christmas music had been around for decades before jazz began to incorporate the season into their music. When they finally did in the mid ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Geography
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jazzy
In spite of their multiple talents, most jazz musicians in the 1920s didn’t travel to the major cities to record. Part of the reason was the limite...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Georgia Peach
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Although Atlanta isn’t thought of as a hub for early jazz, nevertheless, it was a hive of musical activity in the 1920s. There were enough venues, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Two Of A Kind Miniconcert
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: Two Of A Kind in Sunspot Studio With The Children's Hour, Credit: Vanessa Vassar
Award winning children's duo Two Of A Kind play a mini concert for The Children's Hour

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 14, 2019
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 5
Café Accordion’s Show Midnight in Paris is One of the Group’s Biggest Hits
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Cafe Accordion Orchestra, Credit: Jim Dryden
Café Accordion Orchestra performs a show called Midnight in Paris, where the group performs some of it’s finest French music. The show frequently s...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Café Accordion Presents Midnight in Paris June 18 at Crooners
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Cafe Accordion Orchestra, Credit: Jim Dryden
Café Accordion Orchestra performs a show called Midnight in Paris, featuring the group’s finest French music. The show comes to Crooners in Fridley...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Teacher & Student
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: James P. Johnson
Music from the father of Stride piano, James P. Johnson, and his prize student, Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller - 1928-1934.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Beasley’s Big Band Swings Hard for All Occasions
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Beasley's Big Band, Credit: Patrick O'Laughlin
Beasley’s Big Band got started over twenty years ago. The group plays for weddings, civic occasions, and in clubs. The band is named for the late C...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Beasley’s Big Band Swings Hard at the Wabasha Caves in Saint Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Beasley's Big Band, Credit: Patrick O'Laughlin
Beasley’s Big Band got started over twenty years ago. The group plays for weddings, civic occasions, and in clubs. One great way to see the band is...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Boundaries Please
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Traveling Musician
So many musicians with loads of talent seldom ventured beyond their own boundaries. Here's a sampling of the riches of the 1920s.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lucky Lindy (Flyin' High)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Flagpole sitting
There was a convergence of major events in the late 1920s that sets the time apart from any other decade.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
American Standard Time
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jan Garber
Popular music of the 1920s was jazz.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Apollo Theater
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Apollo Theater
The neo-classically designed Apollo with it’s plush interior opened for business in 1913. At first it was a burlesque venue. Later featuring vaudev...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Play It Again Sam
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Irving Berlin
Here is a selection of songs from the early years of jazz that had longevity. Their popularity lasted for decades.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1