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Ridin' in Rhythm
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
1933 was a pivotal year for jazz. As far as musicians were concerned, the depression closed a lot of doors for lucrative employment, but it also op...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Friday Night Fish Fry: Mardi Gras
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mardi Gras parade
What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras than with New Orleans musicians performing the music of the Festivities.

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Kansas City Kitty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Kansas City was a hotbed of jazz in the 1920s. Their inventive style is heard in works the of Walter Page's Blue Devils, Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds ...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
At Its Zenith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Many jazz historians look at the development of jazz in the 1920s, and highlight 1927 and ’28 as the pinnacle.

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Soundtrack Songs
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council (TFPC)
This program features the music of the 1920s and ‘30s that have been used in films and TV in recent years.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Mystery of Reggie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reginald Foresythe
Reginald Foresythe was an inventive composer and pianist whose originality can still be heard today.

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Swing Before Swing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fletcher Henderson
So why are the terms “Swing Era” and Big Band Era are identified with the 1930s? Jazz big band had been around for over 16-years, and all of the mu...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fats and Satch: Thomas Fats Waller and Louis Satchmo Armstrong.
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fats & Satchmo
Thomas 'Fats' Waller and Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong. In many ways, they were polar opposites.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Centennial Celebration: ODJB
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
February 26, 1917 marks the date of the first recording of jazz. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band had the honor to be the first, but even that was ...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
1927 New Year's Eve Bash
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1927 New Year, Credit: Morton Poster
1927 - What a Year! The world was shrinking faster than anyone predicted.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Dean of Swing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ben Pollack
By the time Ben Pollack appeared as himself in the 1956 film The Benny Goodman Story, he was all but forgotten. Fans of early jazz remember him as ...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Keys to the Green Room
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jimmy Blythe
This program features five pianists who were recognized for their talents, but seldom had the chance to shine on their own (at least in jazz). They...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Three Part Harmony
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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The Harmonizing vocals of The Boswell Sisters and The Mills Brothers were inspired by the turn of the century barbershop quartets.

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Sharing
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Sharing, Credit: Julia Meek
Humanitarian Hervé Kempf suggests: “Consume less; share better.” Hope you can share an hour of your time to hear how it's done!

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Reeds A Plenty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sidney Bechet
Selected clarinetists and saxophonists who furthered the art of jazz improvisation in the 1920s.

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
City Slickers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jimmy Lytell
In the early years of jazz, musicians felt inspired to write about the cities that gave them unique images of the era. After all, each location has...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
radio UNLEASHED #1426
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 56:37
Four is a Crowd
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Edmond Hall
The most common makeup of bands in the 1920s was five pieces: trumpet, trombone, clarinet, bass and drums. But, inventive musicians in later years ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2: Playground Detroit with Paulina Petkoski #62
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Paulina Petkoski
Season 2: Playground Detroit with Paulina Petkoski Romy interviews dynamo Paulina Petkowski, co-owner and co-founder of Playground Detroit! Learn...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 36:21
Folktale of Roots Revival
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Roots Revival, Credit: Julia Meek
As author, Eric Olson noted: "Music is what life sounds like"...and it's the roots of that very soundscape we're exploring this week, on the Folkta...

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


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
Andy & his Friends
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Andy Razaf
If someone in Hollywood were to write an accurate screenplay on the life of composer/lyricist Andy Razaf, few would believe it.

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Personality Plus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Josephine Baker
All that was required to stand out among your peers in the entertainment business was style, charisma, stage presence, phrasing, and, oh yes, perso...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mayyadda Turns Life Experiences into Songs
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mayyadda, Credit: Osaro Obanor
Only recently did Mayyadda make the decision to perform professionally. But she’s come a long way in a short time, playing prestigious clubs such a...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 07:50
Traps
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Barbarin
As jazz began to dominate American popular music in the 1920s, drummers began to experiment with ways to incorporate more elaborate expressions int...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Essentials in Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Edythe Turnham Band
This program hones in on those two critical years 1923 and 24 when jazz began to transition from New Orleans to Chicago Style.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1