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The Panassie Sessions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hugues Panassie
French historian and jazz promoter came to America with enthusiasm in 1938 for one purpose: to put together a group of New Orleans musicians for a ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Christine Ebersole
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Tony Award-winning actress/vocalist Christine Ebersole has been a stage and screen presence for more than 30 years. Her resume includes the musical...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Blackbirds of 1928
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blackbirds Sheet Music
The review, Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1928, opened at the Liberty Theatre on 42nd Street in May of that year.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Wild Oats
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Jazz Group
If jazz can be tied to any season, metaphorically speaking, it would be spring.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Connie's Hot Chocolates
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fats Waller
Connie’s Hot Chocolates opened at the Hudson Theater, 44th Street east of Broadway, on June 20, 1929. It was a slice of Harlem nightlife.

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Ferdinand's Catalogue
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Fredinand Joseph LaMothe Morton was there when it all began. Although it may be a dubious title to say he created jazz, it is true that he was one ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Bryan Ferry on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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Ex-Roxy Music front man Bryan Ferry talks with us about his new project of re-interpreting his music into a 1920's Jazz style.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRNC-LP, KRCB 104.9, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Alan Doyle on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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Songwriter and frontman for the Canadian band Great Big Sea talks with us about his first solo CD - Boy On A Bridge.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WRNC-LP, KRCB 104.9, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mamie Smith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mamie Smith
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
Benny Before Big Band
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Goodman
This program is devoted to Benny Goodman’s earliest years in the recording business. His inventive style is heard with the Ben Pollack Orchestra, H...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Farrar on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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Jay talked with us about his new CD with Son Volt, Honky Tonk.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WRNC-LP, KFOK-LPFM, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ali Eskandarian on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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This is a re-broadcast of our interview with Ali from a couple of years ago as a memorial to Ali who was murdered a few weeks ago at his apartment ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Delta College Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sizzlin' Strings - Hot Violins
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie South
This program is devoted to the pioneers of jazz violin including Stephane Grappelli, Eddie South, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Clifford Hayes, and many...

Bought by KMUW, WNCU, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
With Strings: Jazz Guitar Pioneers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang, more than any other jazz guitarist, brought the rhythm guitar into the limelight as a solo instrument. Granted, he couldn't have comple...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Tony Furtado on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We met up with Tony Furtado at the Moab Folk Festival and got a chance to interview him in front of a live audience.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Duke's Domain part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
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
Caption: Sam Wooding Band
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
Johnny Dodds Tribute part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Johnny Dodds
A tribute to New Orleans clarinetist Johnny Dodds continues.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
All the King's Men
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jimmy Dorsey
In the latter 1920s, bandleader Paul Whiteman began incorporating jazz elements into his band. In doing so, he hired quite a number of hot jazz art...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Hunter Hayes
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Rising country star Hunter Hayes performed as a four-year old with Hank Williams, Jr., and played at the White House at just seven. On his debut al...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Lonnie's League
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lonnie Johnson
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
Rebecca Martin on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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Jazzy singer/songwriter Rebecca Martin talks with us about her musical life.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRNC-LP, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
C-Melody - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Trumbauer
Few musicians can claim the accolades given to Frankie Trumbauer during the 1920s and 1930s. Unfortunately, he’s largely overlooked today; his infl...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
C-Melody
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Trumbauer
Reed artist Frankie Trumbauer contributions to early jazz have been overshadowed by the role he played in Bix Beiderbecke's career.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Hidden Harlem
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Harlem dancers
A six square mile area of New York City became the hotspot for jazz in the late 1920s. Duke Ellington called it, “The world’s most glamorous atmos...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1