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Blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto came to StoryCorps with Jim Moore, her manager of 50 years, to talk about her start on the stage and her legacy.
- Added: May 06, 2024
- Length: 02:53
Last week, "Sounds Jewish" featured music by Jewish power trios. Tune in this week for Jewish music and comedy by duos.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jul 14, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A six square mile area of New York City became the hotspot for jazz in the late 1920s. Duke Ellington called it, “The world’s most glamorous atmos...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Thomas “Fats” Waller was known for his comedic style vocals, and his feverish motions of left hand creating a profound pattern of “Stride” piano, b...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Saxophonist Jack Pettis was a pioneer in the introduction of the C-Melody in the early 1920s. According to tenor Bud Freeman, he was the king, and ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
Adrian Rollini was a renaissance man of jazz. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, he created new ways of performing on existing instruments, inv...
- Added: Mar 30, 2012
- Length: 59:00
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 59:00
