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1929

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

1929: For the first ten months of the year, everything seemed to be riding high. It was a great year. That is until that fateful day in October, “T...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 07, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

The Collectors Corner part 3

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

By the late 1920s, jazz dominated popular music. Although there was still a call for the dance bands that toyed with the edges of jazz, a little bi...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 01, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

The Collectors Corner part 2

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The first installment of this theme featured music written between 1920 and ’25. So, this edition moves into the following five years for those son...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 24, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

The Collectors Corner part 1

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

All music has merit, but there are those that become classic. Whether it’s the composition, lyrics, solo, or the ensemble, the song stands out. Thi...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 17, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Tailgate to Swing

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

In the earliest days of jazz, the trombone was a harmony and rhythm instrument. It was background for the trumpet, clarinet or other lead instrumen...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 10, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Improvisation

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Invent your own composition on the fly, and keep it in a specific number of beats. That is a primary characteristic of jazz and the most demanding....

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 03, 2023
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

Transitions

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Musicians and composers are constantly searching for new patterns of expression. Think of the song “There’ll be Some Changes Made.” But I can’t he...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KCBX

Added: Jul 27, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

The Side Man

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

He was destined to become the greatest cornetist in America before 1960. Yet, he was humble and unassuming. Today, it is difficult to think of him ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jul 13, 2023
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

Three of the Best

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, and Ben Webster. Each left an indelible mark on jazz, with their distinct styles and contributions to the developmen...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 07, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Poetic Notions

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Tin Pan Alley songsters were quick to pick up on the popularity of jazz in the 1920s. And, the lyricists, like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and Hoag...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 14, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

220219 Beatles and Bonaparte's Retreat, Bands Named "The Monarchs," and James Pagliasotti's book; What It Was; Growing Up When The Music Mattered.

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)

We feature the first rock and roll songs that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because public radio can ignore the overwhelmin...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, WQCS, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

Added: Feb 14, 2022
Length: 02:57:01
Purchases: 5

10,000 GOOD SONGS - #250 ("UP")

From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs

Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT

Added: Jan 24, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

220115 The First Rock and Roll Song

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)

The first rock and roll song is centered in the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and ar...

Bought by KCHU, WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

Added: Jan 10, 2022
Length: 02:57:02
Purchases: 6

10,000 GOOD SONGS - #239

From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs

Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT

Added: Dec 08, 2021
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

10,000 GOOD SONGS - #237

From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs

Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT

Added: Dec 08, 2021
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

High Waters

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

She began as a blues singer. Then turned to popular song with a jazz flavor. She was a movie star for her next recreation. And, finally, a gospel s...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX

Added: Jun 24, 2021
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 2

The Next Generation

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Quite a number of jazz musicians who were too young to take part in traditional jazz of the 1920s, joined the Revivalist era of the 1940s. To them ...

Bought by KCBX