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From the Luce Group, Renee Rosnes Quartet, Steve Turré Big Band and Gary Bartz Quartet pay tribute to Joe Henderson, JJ Johnson and Jackie McLean i...
- Added: Nov 23, 2019
- Length: 01:00:45
According to Junious Brickhouse--Urban dance or Piedmont Blues—it’s all artistic legacy
Bought by KZUM, Harford Community Radio, and WMPG
- Added: Nov 14, 2019
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 3
Crys Matthews is a talent whose Americana, country soul, bluesy folk rock creates a style all her own.
- Added: Nov 14, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Your weekly trip to the Delta. This week we vist the life and work of Son House.
- Added: Nov 08, 2019
- Length: 57:00
Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Co...
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
Jamila Davenport of Durham, NC has been a lifelong fan of singer Kenny Loggins. When he comes to perform at the venue she manages, she comes face-t...
- Added: Jul 22, 2019
- Length: 04:21
Both Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong entered the professional music scene in the early 1920s. Both favored traditional jazz with its roots in New O...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 18, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The O'Jays have made their final album, The Last Word, and it's filled with wisdom, love and some choice words about the state of the world.
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSGE, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Apr 11, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
One of the most respected bass guitarists in popular music, Nathan East is also a producer and writer who has collaborated with an all-star caliber...
- Added: Mar 17, 2019
- Length: :45
Blues songs about race relations, floods, hurricanes and fires.
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 01:00:00
Davu Seru is a north Minneapolis composer who has been influenced by experiences in Chicago and Ghana, and it all comes out in his music. Davu lead...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Pianist and bandleader Luis Russell happened to have one of the best bands in the Big Apple by the latter 1920s.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 06, 2019
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
One of the most flamboyant, enigmatic, larger than life personalities in early jazz is Thomas “Fats” Waller: a primary exponent of Stride piano.
- Added: Jan 22, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Poetry and music honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Added: Jan 19, 2019
- Length: 57:58
Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson has penned some of the most notable compositions of the modern jazz era, including “Whisper Not,” “Along Came Betty,...
- Added: Jan 17, 2019
- Length: 59:00
Black opera singers have always contributed to the art form. In this Come As You Are we highlight their performances, featuring famous opera star L...
Bought by 'The Sea'
- Added: Jan 04, 2019
- Length: 01:51:56
- Purchases: 1
Herbie Nichols died in obscurity in 1963, but over the past two decades his luminous compositions have made him a celebrated figure in modern jazz....
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 59:01
Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...
- Added: Nov 16, 2018
- Length: 52:00
A journey to The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard. whose mission is to “facilitate and encourage the pursuit of knowledge, art, cul...
Bought by Royalton Community Radio and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Oct 30, 2018
- Length: 31:22
- Purchases: 2
In appreciation of rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley, Paul Ingles hosts an hour of music from Bo's songbook as well as music from some of the many r...
Bought by KSJE, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF, KGLT and more
- Added: Oct 25, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Debbie Duncan performs in the moment, altering songs as she sings. The award-winning jazz artist reflects on "Full Circle," an album recorded live ...
- Added: Sep 05, 2018
- Length: 03:30
Two of longtime bandleader Gerald Wilson's finest orchestras--his progressive, modernistic 1940s outfit and his 1960s West Coast band.
- Added: Aug 31, 2018
- Length: 59:00
This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.
- Added: Aug 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
