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Mamie Smith

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

She billed herself as “The Queen of the Blues.” But, technically, she wasn’t a blues singer.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 12, 2014
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Paquita Williams and Laura Lane

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Paquita Williams (L) and Laura Lane (R)

New York City Subway Conductor Paquita Williams talks to one of her passengers, Laura Lane, about her job.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WEZU, and KMUD

Added: Nov 15, 2013
Length: 01:51
Purchases: 3

Joe Robichaux & his New Orleans Boys

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

On the one had, you can say that pianist and arranger Joe Robichaux was a New Orleans musician, on the other, his unique sound set him apart from h...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Oct 24, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

Duke’s Domain part 2

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

In the 1920s, Ellington performed in nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group that in time grew to a 10-piece ensemble. The nucleus of thi...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Oct 12, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

Duke's Domain part 1

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Duke Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and described those who impressed him as "beyond category. "He is widely conside...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Oct 07, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

The Expatriate - Sam Wooding

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Once you hear the music of Sam Wooding and his Chocolate Dandies you, too, will be curious why his work is not as familiar to connoisseurs of early...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 23, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

The Folly of Fats part 2

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Here’s another look at the extraordinary talents of Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, with more humorous stories from behind the scenes.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 13, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

The Folly of Fats part 1

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Thomas Wright ‘Fats’ Waller is one of the few who can be called a legend during his lifetime, even though it was all too short: 39 years. Here he ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 08, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

Johnny Dodds Tribute part 1

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Johnny Dodds was one of the greatest clarinetist of the 1920's. Although both Jimmy Noone and Sidney Bechet had better technique, Dodds had a very ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 23, 2013
Length: 58:56
Purchases: 1

36: Bambaataa's Open Archive

From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds

Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix

Added: Aug 22, 2013
Length: 12:04
Purchases: 2

Lonnie's League

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Pioneering blues and jazz guitarist Lonnie Johnson began playing professionally in New Orleans in 1917. He toured Europe with Marion Cook’s Souther...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jul 26, 2013
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 1

Rhythm Kings

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

When washboard was King. Well, that may be a stretch, but the popularity of that musical instrument, when it was used as such, reached a height in...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 24, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

Exploring the Keys

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

This program is devoted to those pioneers of jazz piano from Scott Joplin to Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 07, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

St. Louis Shuffle

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

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

The Kid

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...

Bought by KCBX

Added: May 06, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

The Hawk: 40-years with Coleman Hawkins

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

He is considered the first great tenor saxophonist in jazz. The first signs of Coleman Hawkins’ potential began to show when he was still a child.

Bought by KCBX, KMUW, and KCBX

Added: Apr 30, 2013
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 3

StoryCorps: Herman and Sidney Blake

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Herman Blake and his brother Sidney remember their childhood during the 1940s

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and WITF

Added: Apr 26, 2013
Length: 02:20
Purchases: 3

The Sound of Early America

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Caption: Towns in the southern colonies had many residents who were slaves or free blacks., Credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...

Bought by KENW and Radio Newark

Added: Mar 22, 2013
Length: 02:30
Purchases: 2

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KUOW

Added: Feb 18, 2013
Length: 02:40
Purchases: 4

Edna the Engineer: Who Gets to be a Scientist?

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

You know the stereotype: white guy in a lab coat with crazy hair and an experiment gone awry. But the picture of science is changing. In this episo...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Feb 18, 2013
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

It's About Eubie

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The music of american legend James Hubert "Eubie" Blake. Pianist, composer, vocalist, and a man who could reinvent himself as times demanded.

Bought by KMUW, WVIA, KCBX, and KCBX

Added: Feb 13, 2013
Length: 58:56
Purchases: 4

Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

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

Jabbo

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

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...

Bought by WNCU and KCBX