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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
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
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
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
Ragtime was created some time in the late 1900s. No one knows for sure.
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
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
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
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...
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- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
This program features a few of those overlooked musicians who simply didn’t venture very far from their own back yards, or hometowns.
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- Added: Nov 23, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
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...
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- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
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 ...
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
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
"Red Riding Hood" and "Fin McCoul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill"
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 28:07
Two powerhouse saxophonists of early jazz are heard in this show: Benny Carter, alto and Coleman Hawkins, tenor.
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
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
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.
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- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 58:59
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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...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
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