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Rhythm Makers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
The musicians that helped establish the importance of the rhythm section in jazz were almost entirely self-taught. As drummer Zutty Singleton said,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mais Que Nada
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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A tribute to Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:59
Call & Response
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blanche Calloway
There are several ingredients that led to the creation of jazz. Among those juicy spices are improvisation, bluesy influences, lead and counterpart...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Leaders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
Pianist Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton claimed to have invented jazz. You can hear the critics’ rage. Actually, though, that may be partly true. The...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doc Watson (Part 1)
From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts
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North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
The Roseland Ballroom
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Composer Andy Razaf
The doors closed for the last time just shy of celebrating 100 years. Lady Gaga had the honor of the last performance in 2014. The Roseland Ballroo...

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The New Beatles Blue 1967-70 Part 2 A.I. Edition
From: WMKV
Series: The Fobiano Music Series -Series #1
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The Beatles Red and Blue LP sets were released in 1973 and 50 years later in 2023 with the last original Beatles song "Now and Then" which was comp...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 55:26
Inventive Notes part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Carter
Indeed, there were a lot of inventive ideas floating around in the earliest years of jazz. Since there were no templets to follow, and no guide boo...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rhythms of Resilience: Bril Barrett on Tap, Tradition, and Resistance
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bril Barrett, Credit: Maia Rosenfeld
2024 National Heritage Fellow Bril Barrett reflects on the enduring power of tap to connect past, present, and future and how his teaching philosop...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Inventive Notes part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Harry Dial
Some of the most inventive elements of early jazz include improvisation and solo performances. But there is so much more to the parts that weave i...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dreamland Cafe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
The speakeasy opened at the peak of the gangster era. Most of Chicago was controlled by the mob. The café boasted a number of top Black performers,...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Spanish Hour 2431: Ocultos a plena vista: Julián Orbón y Joan Manén
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Catalan violinist and composer Joan Manén
Almost unknown gems by Cuba's Julián Orbón and Catalonia's Joan Manén.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNO, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSJE, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 27
Footloose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jazz Dance
The music that became known as jazz swept across America in the teens and early 1920s. To the older population, it appeared to be all elbow and kne...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Mill
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe "Wingy" Mannone
It’s rumored to be the oldest continuously running jazz club in the country. While the outside may be dark and unassuming, stepping inside is somet...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Creating Conversations Through Art: The Vision of Charleston's Gaillard Center
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Lissa Frenkel CEO of the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, discusses this cultural cornerstone which presents vibrant art, honors loc...

Bought by WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 5
Combo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Combo
In the early 1920s, a small collection of musicians was referred to as a combination rather than an orchestra. In America, though, there’s frequent...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Turn On the Heat
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
Summer. Those three months are loaded with ups and downs. Along with rising temperatures, there’s a remarkable increase in travel – not to mention ...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hubs
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Dumaine's Band
Jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans thanks in part to Congo Square near the French Quarter. That’s where the slaves ...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sunset Cafe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Sunset/Grand Terrace Cafe
When mob boss Al Capone took control of the Sunset Café in Chicago in the mid 1920s, it was already considered to be one of the best performance sh...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Barnacles
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1910 Excursion Steamboat
Rivers throughout America were critical for commerce from the 17th through the early 20th century. Think of the iconic steamboat. Bales of hay and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Electrified
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Electical Recording studio
Imagine what traveling would be like if everyone followed different rules of the road. Total chaos. Well, that’s just about the story of the record...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Blues Musician Phil Wiggins (1954-2024)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
A heartfelt remembrance of blues harmonica master and 2017 National Heritage Fellow the late Phil Wiggins

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Smalls' Paradise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Smalls Paradise
Ed Smalls, an African American, had the longest running nightclub north of New York City. 1917 to the 1960s. The club Ed opened reached its zenith ...

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  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Transforming Lives Through Music: Shanna Lin and the Paterson Music Project
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Director of Education and Violin/Viola Teaching Artist at the Paterson Music Project (PMP) Shanna Lin discusses the program and its impact.

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KECG and more


  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 6
The Bees Knees & other slang
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blossom Seeley
Almost as quickly as they arrived, they disappeared from lack of use. Slang from the 1920s and early ‘30s. During their heyday, they were flying ar...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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