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This week, we’re continuing our exploration of songs from the Roaring 20s with a look at 1921, a year that spawned songs like “Ain’t We Got Fun,” “...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by KMSU, WNMU-FM, WRFA-LP, WDSE, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Courtney Burton, Credit: Tera Gerardin
Vocalist Courtney Burton and the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra perform distinctive holiday shows. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Courtney ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Courtney Burton, Credit: Tera Gerardin
Vocalist Courtney Burton leads the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra in four holiday shows this season. Catch the act at 7pm Thursday December 21 at...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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The turntable must first be warmed up, so we start with saxophonist Paul Desmond, flutist Clifford Jordan and singer Dakota Staton. Next, New Moon ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WMOT, KHNS, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: KBEM logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kenne Thomas has a new CD called Yesterdays. Kenne is a drummer. But his major reference point is the saxophone sound he heard as a kid growing up ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Kenne Thomas, Credit: Diane Thomas
Kenne Thomas has a new CD called Yesterdays. The CD release event takes place at the Dakota in Minneapolis, Tuesday November 9 at 7PM. Kenne is a d...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Alan Jesperson, Credit: Craig Evans
The annual Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival, held 1-7 PM on Labor Day at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis presents the best of local bluegrass, plu...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we’re going back to our archives to welcome vocalist Christy Bennett and her Fumée Gypsy Project, featuring Art Davi...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Leonard Slatkin, Credit: Nico Rodamel
Leonard talks about origins

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:52
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Judy Collins hosts the second in a series of hour-long specials for the holidays. The program features musical takes on the holiday season from fol...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, and KSJE


  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Singing legend Judy Collins headlines the third in a series of hour-long holiday specials featuring musicians from around the country performing or...

Bought by KSJE, RadioStPete Florida, KSJE, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
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This week on Chicago Jazz Live we celebrate the 1963 recording, "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" with saxophonist and vocalist, Bill Overton and ...

Bought by WDCB and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome Christy Bennett’s Fumée Gypsy Project, with Art Davis, Don Stiernberg, Don Stille, and Christian Dillingh...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A weekly two hour vintage country music program

Bought by Raven Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:30
  • Purchases: 2
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While it is true none are immune to passage of time, customs and traditions remain whether style or region. Newer players with changing mentality k...

Bought by WMOT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WYAP, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
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More jazz eulogies for departed jazz musicians, in honor of Memorial Day weekend.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Cedar Avenue Big Band, Credit: Jim Richards
The Cedar Avenue Big Band. After 25 years they still love playing big band music, big band fans love what they do. Currently, the group plays secon...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
What does a jazz orchestra want to do? It wants to play for dancers, that’s what. We go on location to one of the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra’s monthl...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
What does a jazz orchestra want to do? It wants to play for dancers, that’s what. We go on location next to one of the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra’s m...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Matthew Mahaffey with Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Connie Shaver
Next Saturday night at the Ordway in Saint Paul, The Oratorio Society of Minnesota presents The Greatest Generation. The production is a tribute to...

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome Libby York, a lovely person with a lovely voice, joined by a great band: Jeremy Kahn on piano, Mike Allem...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Tricky syncopations are key for beginnings, ringleader Phil Woods also hosts Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter and Leo Wright, followed by John Coltrane....

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
Caption: Cedar Avenue Big Band, Credit: Jim Richards
The Cedar Avenue Big Band. After 25 years, it’s still a leading Twin Cities Big Band. Why do they do it? They just love playing big band music, and...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 08:00