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Joined at the Boot - Italy that is.
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe and Eddie
Giuseppe Venuti and Salvatore Massaro, best known as Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang in jazz circles, started a trend that had a large impact on the 1920...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
On the Trail of Bunny
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bunny Berigan
With his talent, he could have written his own ticket. Instead, Roland “Bunny” Berigan had a very wayward life full of bad decisions and numerous m...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Songbirds
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ma Rainey
Featuring those pioneering women of the 1920s who put voice to jazz, from Ma Rainey to Mae West.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
From: New Letters on the Air
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U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (2019-2021) talks about her Native American heritage and reads poetry from her multi-award-winning book IN MAD LOVE AN...

Bought by KBIA, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Louisiana Piano
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Clarence Williams
Two very different styles, but both learned their craft in New Orleans. Clarence Williams preferred the jug and washboard style, while Luis Russell...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Hawk or Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
"The man for whom Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone." That is how Coleman Hawkins was introduced at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival. This program i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Muggsy, Wingy & Red
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Muggsy Spanier
With those names around Chicago in the 1920s, you'd think you were goinmg to hear from members of the mob. This program, features three of the best...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Head Arrangement
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders
The Head Arrangement. Music that isn’t formally arranged is often referred to as a head arrangement. Usually the leader of the group informally ass...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bandleader
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Henry 'Red' Allen, Credit: Spotify
In the earliest days of full orchestra jazz, there was no cookie cutter template Each bandleader used their creative juices to set apart their band...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the late great pianist Hank Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
220219 Beatles and Bonaparte's Retreat, Bands Named "The Monarchs," and James Pagliasotti's book; What It Was; Growing Up When The Music Mattered.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Monarchs
We feature the first rock and roll songs that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because public radio can ignore the overwhelmin...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, WQCS, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 5
Messin' Around
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Chicago, Credit: Getty
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Collaboration
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
This features one of the most creative and traditional jazz changes in musical history: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nichols to Pennies
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Red Nichols
Cornetist Red Nichols was the most prolific recording artist of the latter 1920s. If there was a song, he would record it. Although he became a ver...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #250 ("UP")
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Stardust
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagland Carmichael
One of the more prolific and versatile composers of the 20th century Hoagland “Hoagy” Carmichael is heard in a verity of settings. From his earlies...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
On the Edge of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ted Lewis
We think of the 1920s music as the formation of Traditional jazz, however, there are other factors that are frequently overlooked. The introduction...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
220115 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Jumping Bill Carlisle
The first rock and roll song is centered in the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and ar...

Bought by KCHU, WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 6
Ellington Style
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was one of America's finest and most prolific 20th Century composers and bandleaders Besides his lengthy career at ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
K.C. & the Southwest
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Alphonso Trent Orchestra
Although jazz had roots in the southwest, their talents were ignored for years. All of the focus was on New Orleans. And later, Chicago and New Yor...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
From Trad to Swing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
New Orleans traditional jazz developed swing in its earliest years. Bandleaders wanted to attract ballroom dancers and higher popularity. Why not. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #239
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #238
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #237
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2