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The "Juke In The Back" is loaded this week with records by one of R&B's greatest and most underrated bandleaders, Lucky Millinder. He worked with v...
Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, Delmarva Public Media, WOUB and more
- Added: Feb 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Single-59-minute file - (this version for APR ONLY) - Big Band Show 2024-001
(This 59-minute file is complete - breaks pre-installed within the fil...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 01:00:00
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...
- Added: Feb 07, 2024
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 7
The Salt Lick Sessions is a weekly showcase of music and interviews with your favorite and soon-to-be-favorite artists. In this episode, host Beane...
- Added: Nov 29, 2023
- Length: 59:00
In this hour, we will explore female singers who bridged the gap between being a popular entertainer that was just a pretty face in front of a larg...
Bought by KHNS, WLPR , KJZX-Austin, WETF, KRPS and more
- Added: Aug 19, 2023
- Length: 57:59
- Purchases: 8
This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the Metropolitan Jazz Octet with vocalist Dee Alexander (and a string section!) to honor the 108th birthd...
- Added: May 16, 2023
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 3
This title says it all. This is a program featuring Jazz ensembles accompanied by a choral group or a spiritual setting.
This is a good quality J...
- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 01:01:33
We usually think of Billie Holiday as a small-group singer, but she also worked with several big bands. This week on Afterglow, we’ll hear Holiday’...
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
This episode of Tent Show Radio features the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. After the legendary composer's death in 1944, the band re-formed ...
Bought by KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, and WNMU-FM
- Added: Dec 29, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant! is a one hour program highlighting some of the best works of composer Thelonious Monk.
- Added: Dec 27, 2021
- Length: 01:06:56
This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we’re going back to our archives to welcome the Metropolitan Jazz Octet – with a string section – featuring vocalist...
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 2
On this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM a look at the legendary AMATEUR NIGHT IN HARLEM at the Apollo Theatre in NY with some great history, stories, ...
- Added: Aug 04, 2021
- Length: 58:01
On this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM - A band that the senior set listened to, listener emails, songs from some legendary British bandleaders.
- Added: Jul 26, 2021
- Length: 58:02
This week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM looks at the origin of song names, songs that sound the same, movie and Broadway musicals, and songs from the l...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 58:01
This week's BALLROOM takes a look at the unique Metronome All-Star Band
- Added: Jun 23, 2021
- Length: 58:03
This week's BALLROOM looks at the Downbeat Magazine's favorite performers from 1936-1945
- Added: Jun 23, 2021
- Length: 58:00
This week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM features a look at some of the Big Band theme songs from the era.
- Added: Jun 07, 2021
- Length: 58:00
This week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM looks at some of the reasons for the demise of the big band and swing era.
- Added: May 10, 2021
- Length: 59:00
On today's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM we look at the origins of Gold Records, the Your Hit Parade, and Billboard weekly song charts plus a trivia contes...
- Added: May 03, 2021
- Length: 58:00
This week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM features a special program about SOUNDIES. MTV did not invent the concepts of music videos. They were wildly popu...
- Added: Apr 05, 2021
- Length: 58:01
This edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM takes a look at the music and stories of big band vocal ensemble groups.
- Added: Mar 29, 2021
- Length: 58:02
Join us for another selection of hits from the 1930s and 1940s and the stories behind the records. Jeff Bressler hosts and follows the traditions o...
- Added: Mar 22, 2021
- Length: 58:00
After several episodes of specials and tribute shows this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM is back with our usual potpourri of grand music and stories ...
- Added: Feb 22, 2021
- Length: 57:57
This week's show pays tribute to Jimmy Durante who would have celebrated his 127th birthday in February of 2021.
- Added: Feb 15, 2021
- Length: 58:00
Join Jeff Bressler for this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM as he pays tribute to RCA Victor's budget label, Bluebird records.
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 58:04