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This is a look at the various forms of travel in the early part of the 20th century: horseless carriage, boats, rail, and afoot.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
In the latter days of the Golden Age of steamboats, many musicians plied their trade with the orchestras traveling the Mississippi. Memphis and St....
Bought by KCBX, Radio New Zealand, and KCBX
- Added: Jul 28, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The chance meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon shortly after World War I lead to one of the most successful bands of the 1920s. You could say,...
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- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Stanley “Fess” Williams earned his nickname from his six years teaching music. Although he taught early elements of jazz, you can believe he also i...
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- Added: Dec 25, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Under the leadership of guitarist Jack Bland, The Rhythmakers constituted one of the more exciting bands of the 1930s boasting a lineup that includ...
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- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...
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- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...
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- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
There is the Near South Side, The Loop, Uptown, and South Side. The hot spots for finding jazz clubs and speakeasies will to violate prohibition d...
- Added: Feb 20, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
Shining shoes to music publishing in a few short years. To Clarence Williams it may have seen much longer. By 1910, he was considered a leading s...
- Added: Jul 26, 2012
- Length: 58:57
This segment on the early years of jazz is devoted to the small group session between 1924 and 1930. Oh, yes, we also drift over to 1945.
- Added: Mar 14, 2012
- Length: 58:58
Let Little Richard revolutionize your exercise program
- Added: Jun 25, 2006
- Length: 06:06
- Purchases: 2
An hour-long music special on the story of Border Radio. Toe tapping music from hillbilly, western swing, Mexican conjunto and contemporary, rhythm...
Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTIP, KEOS and more
- Added: Feb 03, 2006
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 14
