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The music of american legend James Hubert "Eubie" Blake. Pianist, composer, vocalist, and a man who could reinvent himself as times demanded.
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 4
Singer, songwriter, pianist, singer and vaudeville and minstrel performer Perry Bradford, forever changed the sound of American popular music by co...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 1
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 13, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
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...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
A founding father of bebop and modern jazz, wife Nellie called his style "Melodius Thunk."
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jan 17, 2011
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
His friends called him "Hoochie Coo," and he was one of the great jazz pianists ... composer of hundreds of songs, but best known for writing the t...
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 03:00
Part 3 of 3 focuses on changes to the face of black American entertainment in the early 20th century and what that can tell us about contemporary t...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Apr 01, 2008
- Length: 18:27
- Purchases: 2
Part 2 of 3 focuses on how early African American recordings planted the seeds for several uniquely American music styles and for social equality.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Apr 01, 2008
- Length: 18:30
- Purchases: 2
Part 1 of 3 focuses on the techniques and content of the very earliest commercial recordings.
Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Apr 01, 2008
- Length: 12:27
- Purchases: 3
Chance encounters of love with singer Nora York, renown chef Vertamae Grosvenor and a reading of Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2007
- Length: 58:34
- Purchases: 4
