PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging
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Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were two very important factors in the formation of jazz in the 1920s. They performed together with the California Ramblers ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Spasm bands, or skiffle bands, (created out of found objects not usually found in musical groups) originated in the streets of New Orleans around 1...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 12, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Although Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller was one of the most prolific recording artists in the 1920s and 1930s, very little of his earlier music is heard.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Half a dozen brothers and sisters, mother, father, and a cousin made up the core of the Brunies family. They were all good musicians. Many of them ...
Bought by Troy Public Radio and KCBX
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
She was known as “The First Lady of Radio.” Vaughn De Leath’s recording career began in 1921, which lead to hundreds of titles over the next decade...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Eddie Condon is one of the liked musicians during the early years of jazz. A Chicago style guitarist, is probably best remembered for his wit, humo...
- Added: Mar 03, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Here is a sampling of some of the bands of the 1920s; most didn’t make it beyond their geographical boarders. By no means does that lesson their ta...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 15, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
The Dixie Stompers were formed for one purpose: to record for a less expensive label for those who couldn’t afford to buy the 75-cent discs.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
When the Original Dixieland Jazz Band visited Great Britain in 1919, the invasion was on. America’s music infiltrated the hearts and minds of young...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Joseph Anthony Livingston, nicknamed “Fud,” played accordion and piano in his youth. But, in his teens, he found the saxophone more to his liking. ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
In the 40s, jazzmen came of age on the stages of dance halls. Pianist Barry Harris and drummer Billy Higgins capture the view from those stages.
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more
- Added: Apr 20, 2012
- Length: 10:44
- Purchases: 6
