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Jazz-O-Rama #11: "Jumpin, Rockin Jazz"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev plays early Rock 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Tuiti Fruiti," "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Good Rockin; Tonight" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 11th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #6: "Remastered Rhapsodies"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev remastered 1927 Rhapsody in Blue 78., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of remastered 78s records, including George Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret “Rhapsody in ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 3
SITPE # 1303
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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A few unexpected turns.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KHNS, KEOS and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Centerstage Minnesota: Scott Macdonald and Rob Graber of Arcwelder join Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Arcwelder, Credit: Jesse Keenan
This week's feature is a conversation Charlie Pulkrabek recently had with two members of the mainstay Twin Cities punk/hard rock band Arcwelder, Sc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Butterbeans & Susie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Carol Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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George Bizet used an old Provencal carol to open his L’Arlesienne Suite. A British hymn writer borrowed the tune from a now-forgotten work by Felix...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WUAL, WUFT, KRPS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Art Hodes & Friends
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Art Hodes
Some of the earliest Blue Note recording sessions featured the trumpet of Sidney DeParis, clarinet of Edmund Hall, and piano of Art Hodes. They ca...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
The Colors of Claude Debussy - 150th Birthday Celebration
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: (L to R) Kenneth Radnofsky; Marc-André Hamelin; Richard Stoltzman , Credit: Melinda Gordon
Classical New England celebrates the revolutionary French composer, with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, saxophonist Ken...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:31
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Texas Music History: Gale Storm
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of June (6/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer who was a real force of nature.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Blues City 2: Chicago I
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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It's a first taste of sweet home Chicago from the early years to the musical rivalry of the 50's between Muddy Water's and Howlin' Wolf.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRZA, KHNS, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Blues City 4: Missouri
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Going to Missouri: in St. Louis with Jelly Roll Anderson and Albert King; and then KC for the likes of Sonny Kenner and Big Joe Turner.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRZA, KHNS, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blues City 5: Arkansas
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Heading to Arkansas, home legendary blues artists like Big Bill Broonzy and Sonny Boy Williamson, and the King Biscuit Time radio blues show. Inclu...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRZA, KHNS, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blues City 6: Texas
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Time for Texas with Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker, the Vaughan brothers, and ZZ Top.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KMUW, KRZA, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blues City 7: California
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Surf's up for the Blues as we tool out to southern California for T-Bone Walker, Juke Boy Bonner, and Jesse Fuller, as well as a few surprises.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRZA, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Blues City 8: New York
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Now for the Big Apple for WC Handy and Duke Ellington to start. Then, this where the urban, jazz scene took on a raw southern sound.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRZA, KRZA, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Blues City 9: Britain
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Taking a ride across the Pond for British Blues by Cream, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin.

Bought by KRZA, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Blues City 10: Delta
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Return to the Delta for Robert Johnson, Son House, Charlie Patton and Lead Belly.

Bought by KRZA, KPVL, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Beatles Play R&B Covers
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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This is a show featuring cover versions of American R&B recorded by The Beatles!

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 26:11
Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Lambert Hendricks & Ross
This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WVAS, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:53
  • Purchases: 4
The Three Majors
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Condon
New Orleans, Chicago and New York were the primary hubs for jazz by the mid 1920s. The influences from each location enriched the result. Musicians...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Harlem Goes Brit:
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: London of the 1920s
Jazz Historian Albert McCarthy writes in his book, Big Band Jazz (Exeter Books, NY 1974), “When jazz and dance music began to dominate American pop...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/Chuck Leavell Back To The Woods Feature
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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A deep listen to Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell's new release, Back To The Woods. The disc is a heartfelt and upbeat tribute to blues piano pion...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Mar 08, 2012
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 1
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/ New Release:Hampton '81
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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An hour long feature on the recently released concert from Hampton, VA on 12/18/81. Show is the latest release from the Stones Archives.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette, Part II
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The 2012 Jazz Master discusses his approach to music.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, and KMUW


  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 3
Henry "Red" Allen
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Red Allen
New Orleans musician who's work had a profound effect on the early development of jazz.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 58:59