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
As New Orleans musicians began to migrate north following the closure of Storyville (the red light district near the navy base), it was only natura...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
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
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
- Added: Nov 02, 2008
- Length: 06:51