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The Silverback Trio Improvises Within a Strong Group Context, January Tuesdays at Palmer’s
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
With its strong emphasis on improvisation, the Silverback Trio of Minneapolis does “outside” well. But it also plays with a strong group feeling. Y...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Folk Salad airing 12-24-2017
From: SCOTT Aycock
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This is our Christmas show. We had some Carolers drop by, Ken Ackley, Jane Lyons and Annie Heartfield and play some Christmas songs live in the st...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
Half Pint
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon was a leading exponent of the blend between Vaudeville and Jazz in the latter 1920s and early ‘30s.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The No Man’s String Band is Coming to the Lake Harriet Band Shell
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: No Man's String Band, Credit: Honu Foto
What’s it like to be a member of the No Man’s String Band? Well, you can be kind of busy playing for one thing. Catch the No Man’s at Lake Harriet ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 07:59
Flip the Switch: Introducing Electricity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1925 electrical cords
1925 was an eventful year for record companies. The electrical process was introduced. Even then it took several record companies a couple of years...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Switching Up Music is What they Do
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Switched at Birth, Credit: Stan Kolapailo
Switched at Birth. The group plays a seemingly an ever-increasing variety of songs on the Bluegrass instruments. They’ve had a lot of fun with this...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:15
Have You Heard That Cartoon?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: A 1930s Cartoon Character
Jazz and cartoons were a perfect match made in ‘toon heaven in the early years of animation.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-Based Guitarist Julian Manzara Gains Momentum
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Julian Manzara, Credit: Jax Ravel
Julian Manzara is a young Twin Cities guitarist whose composing and improvising abilities have started to make a name for himself. He plays solo an...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 06:53
The Quiet Storm (Week of February 6-12, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:22
Reel Discovery: Gimme Danger
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores the world of Iggy Pop and the Stooges with Jim Jarmusch's rock-documentary Gimme Danger.

Bought by KKRN and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Forgotten Writers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fred Ahlert
When you hear about composers of American popular music in the 1920s and early '30s, the names that are remembered are Cole Porter, George and Ira ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Southwest
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Walter Page
It too decades for jazz historians to recognize regional bands for their influence on the music.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Commodore Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Milt Gabler
Long before Milt Gabler became a major record producer, he owned a very small music store in a tumble down building in New York City.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pat Donohue Leads the Prairie All-Stars into the Maplewood Performing Arts Center
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pat Donohue, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Starting with their association on the Prairie Home Companion radio show, former members of Guy’s old Shoe Band have continued playing as Pat Donoh...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Persian Rug
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Merle Johnston
This program can also be titled "Unusual Patterns in Jazz."

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
On Campus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: On Campus
Images of jazz in the 1920s are of raccoon coats, hip flasks, bobbed hair, and cars with rumble seats.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: Miles Ahead
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin goes on an unexpected adventure with jazz legend Miles Davis in Miles Ahead.

Bought by KKRN and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Scat
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cab Calloway
Singing in nonsensical sounds and rhythm sounds like it would be easier than singing the lyrics of songs, but it’s not. Many have tried most have f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Show Stoppers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Broadway 1920s
This is a selection of hits from the Broadway stage and the movies in the 1920s and early ‘30s. But, there's one sleeper

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Networking: The Creation of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Williams
Jazz didn’t emerge from a vacuum. It was an amalgamation of several musical forms including blues, skiffle, the call and response, vaudeville, and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Merry Makers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Blue Rhythm Band
By 1930 Irving Mills had the world on a string. His music publishing business was booming, and he began to expand his control over his musicians.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of The Social Scene
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI'S Folktale of The Social Scene, Credit: Julia Meek
We're traveling footloose & fancy free this episode, to bashes, balls and shindigs around the musical globe! Consider yourself the guest of honor--...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 8
Reel Discovery: Amy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin witnesses the rise and fall of Amy Winehouse in Amy.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sleepers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Crescent City Orchestra
Sleepers: Those wonderfully talented band of the last 1920s who were kept in the dark. Somehow, despite their inventiveness, they never reached a l...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: Soaked in Bleach
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin reopens the investigation into Kurt Cobain's death with the documentary Soaked in Bleach (in limited release ...

Bought by KKRN and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2