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Caption: Lillian "Lil" Hardin Armstrong
This is a tribute to a few of the more influential women who were instrumental in the formation of early jazz.

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WVTF, WNMU-FM, WGTE Public Media, KMUW and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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In the most recent episode of "The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano", Robert and Dean DeLeo, founding members of the Stone Temple Pilots, explain...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:27
Caption: The Jungle Band 78 RPM label
The 1920s & early '30s were years of rapid change. jazz was no exception.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Over some late, late snacks (AKA breakfast) at his Silver Lake, Los Angeles recording studio, Grammy-nominated producer and founder of the group Wa...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 38:45
Caption: Scott Joplin
Ragtime was created some time in the late 1900s. No one knows for sure.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Live concert with the g27 Orchestra and the Matthew Larkin Singers hosted by Keith Horner. With Jennifer Tavener, soprano, Anita Krause, mezzo, Joh...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:27
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Over seafood from C Chicago, indie filmmaker Kris Swanberg sits down for inimtate conversation with host Elysabeth Alfano on The Dinner Party To Go...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 26:39
Caption: Cab Calloway
This program features three artists who could ignite an audience just by walking on stage. Don Redman, Ted Lewis and Cab Calloway. They were all fi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Over a spicey breakfast, author David Baldacci sits down with host of The Dinner Party, Elysabeth Alfano, to talk about his prolific writing rhythm...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 45:06
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Opera diva and cross-over star, Renee Fleming, talks performance gowns, diva desserts and the language of music with host of The Dinner Party, Elys...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 41:23
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"Rookie" Founder and "Yearbook" Editor, Tavi Gevinson, talks feminism, facing your fears and the best pig-out foods with host of The Dinner Party,...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 44:07
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Over food from Master Chef Heather Terhune, William H. Macy sits down with The Dinner Party To Go host, Elysabeth Alfano, to discuss to his long ca...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2015
  • Length: 45:27
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Actor John Mahoney sits down with host of The Dinner Party To Go, Elysabeth Alfano, to talk about his long and varied career, his early beginnings ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
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In the corner of Next Restaurant in Chicago, famed Chef Grant Achatz and host of The Dinner Party To Go podcast, Elysabeth Alfano, discuss his batt...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 50:38
Caption: Irving Mills Orchestra
Here are a few selections from the archives of early jazz representing some of the talented musicians who, for whatever reason, remained in the sha...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Syd Valentine & his Patent Leather Kids
This program features a few of those overlooked musicians who simply didn’t venture very far from their own back yards, or hometowns.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Show Boat
When Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein proposed a broadway production of Edna Farber’s novel, Show Boat, their friends advised against it. It was t...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
Jazz musician Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton was a pioneer of the plunger mute trombone, a creator of vocal sounds from the instrument, and a perfect fit ...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Curtis and Loretta , Credit: Jennifer Bong
They sing many types of traditional songs, they play many instruments, they write songs and their repertoire is a mile wide. But to folksinging due...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 08:25
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"Red Riding Hood" and "Fin McCoul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill"

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:07
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Two powerhouse saxophonists of early jazz are heard in this show: Benny Carter, alto and Coleman Hawkins, tenor.

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maryam Yusafzadeh at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Maryam Yusafzadeh has been involved in many adventurous musical project over the years, and she’s at it again with a new Jazz group that combines m...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Harry Warren
The melody may set the stage, but it’s frequently the lyrics we remember. This show is devoted to those handy wordsmiths, many of them forgotten.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Original Creole Orchestra
The first two decades of jazz witnessed a new dynamic for promotions. Musicians began gathering in the streets of New Orleans in an effort to outsh...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave Graf (l) and Doug Haining (r), Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Merle Knudson was a saxophonist with a distinctive sound who also acted to help young jazz players get going. Phil Nusbaum talks to Doug Haining an...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:00