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Rhythm Makers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
The musicians that helped establish the importance of the rhythm section in jazz were almost entirely self-taught. As drummer Zutty Singleton said,...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Call & Response
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blanche Calloway
There are several ingredients that led to the creation of jazz. Among those juicy spices are improvisation, bluesy influences, lead and counterpart...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Leaders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
Pianist Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton claimed to have invented jazz. You can hear the critics’ rage. Actually, though, that may be partly true. The...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Roseland Ballroom
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Composer Andy Razaf
The doors closed for the last time just shy of celebrating 100 years. Lady Gaga had the honor of the last performance in 2014. The Roseland Ballroo...

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Inventive Notes part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Carter
Indeed, there were a lot of inventive ideas floating around in the earliest years of jazz. Since there were no templets to follow, and no guide boo...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Inventive Notes part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Harry Dial
Some of the most inventive elements of early jazz include improvisation and solo performances. But there is so much more to the parts that weave i...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dreamland Cafe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
The speakeasy opened at the peak of the gangster era. Most of Chicago was controlled by the mob. The café boasted a number of top Black performers,...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Footloose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jazz Dance
The music that became known as jazz swept across America in the teens and early 1920s. To the older population, it appeared to be all elbow and kne...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Mill
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe "Wingy" Mannone
It’s rumored to be the oldest continuously running jazz club in the country. While the outside may be dark and unassuming, stepping inside is somet...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Combo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Combo
In the early 1920s, a small collection of musicians was referred to as a combination rather than an orchestra. In America, though, there’s frequent...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Turn On the Heat
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
Summer. Those three months are loaded with ups and downs. Along with rising temperatures, there’s a remarkable increase in travel – not to mention ...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hubs
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Dumaine's Band
Jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans thanks in part to Congo Square near the French Quarter. That’s where the slaves ...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sunset Cafe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Sunset/Grand Terrace Cafe
When mob boss Al Capone took control of the Sunset Café in Chicago in the mid 1920s, it was already considered to be one of the best performance sh...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Barnacles
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1910 Excursion Steamboat
Rivers throughout America were critical for commerce from the 17th through the early 20th century. Think of the iconic steamboat. Bales of hay and ...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Electrified
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Electical Recording studio
Imagine what traveling would be like if everyone followed different rules of the road. Total chaos. Well, that’s just about the story of the record...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Smalls' Paradise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Smalls Paradise
Ed Smalls, an African American, had the longest running nightclub north of New York City. 1917 to the 1960s. The club Ed opened reached its zenith ...

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  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bees Knees & other slang
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blossom Seeley
Almost as quickly as they arrived, they disappeared from lack of use. Slang from the 1920s and early ‘30s. During their heyday, they were flying ar...

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  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jungle Music
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cab Calloway Orchestra
No one truly knows when the term came into common use. The original intent was for it to be derogatory. Insult the band and the music by calling it...

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  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Sobering Reality
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Tiny Parham & Musicians
It’s not that one brought about the other. Rather, it was a melding of many factors, and during that time, jazz became incredibly popular, as did s...

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  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Material Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Snowmask
Besides having the moniker of “The Roaring Twenties”, not everyone was partying. Creative minds were at a peak coming up with new inventions. Who n...

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  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Connie's Inn, Harlem
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Credit: CBS Studio
The nightlife that blossomed in Chicago and New York in the teens and ‘20s are the thread that laced together audience and music. In earlier years,...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Literature and Art
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Winold Reiss
“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire,” Those words come from F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Influencial Foursome
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe "King" Oliver
It was a lengthy journey from obscurity to international popularity. No one will say it was easy. But, with steadfast perseverance and endless cre...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
European Dance Bands
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bert Ambrose
As traditional jazz evolved through the 1920s, audiences in Europe began gravitating toward larger dance bands. Live performances at dance halls an...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
On the Continent
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hot Club of France
Between 1917 and the early ’30s there is a transformative era for jazz in Europe. While the music gets a foothold in America, it quickly spreads ac...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1