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Caption: Valaida Snow
This one hour program highlights some of the greatest and obscure female jazz musicians of all time. These great ladies are masters of the harp, vi...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 56:08
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Conversations with artists of all kinds doing work in and about the real world. Hour long, magazine format episode of Word of Mouth.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
Caption: Eddie Harris, Credit: Atlantic Records
EDDIE HARRIS was an jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also flu...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a special musical tribute to Eunice Kathleen Waymon, known as the great NINA SIMONE. This special contains some of her biggest hits.

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 55:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: King Curtis
This is a one hour musical program on the legacy of saxophonist KING CURTIS.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:16
Caption: 1995 32 cents Commemorative stamp, Credit: U.S. Postal Stamps
CHARLIE PARKER was one of the most influential improvising soloists in JAZZ, and a central figure in the development of BOP in the 1940s. A legenda...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 50:43
Caption: New Orleans Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Crescent City, NEW ORLEANS! Today, we will serve gumbo Christmas rhythms mixed with Jazz, R&B, Blues an...

Bought by WUIS, KRPS, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 50:49
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Ti-Roro, Master drummer from Haiti
THE TALKING DRUM, is a program which samples the rhythms of the descendants of African slaves brought to the new world of South America and the Car...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 51:29
Caption: Steve & Dee Dee!, Credit: Dee Dee Bridgewater
After months of intermittent phone calls, text messages and emails Dee Dee Bridgewater finally made her debut appearance live in studio on the Ste...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:57
Caption: Art Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), Credit: Blue Note Records
ART BLAKEY known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina was a Jazz drummer and a pioneer of Be-bop and modern Jazz. This one hour program is an introduction...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 52:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Coltrane with Alice Coltrane
This musical introduction to the music of JOHN COLTRANE contains six songs and is one hour in length. It is divided into three segments which allow...

Bought by KSRQ and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 50:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Incredible Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith was instrumental in shifting the Hammond organ into the spotlight in the jazz genre and his many Blue Note albums of the 50s and 60s, i...

Bought by KSRQ and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 27, 2012
  • Length: 50:05
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Steve & Sandro Albert, Credit: Steve Edwards
Sandro Albert's love affair with music began on the streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil. At the age of 14, Sandro bought his first guitar from an ice c...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:14
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This is a music program honoring the history of the African American soldier through song. The program includes three individual sets, and includ...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WVAS


  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 50:18
  • Purchases: 2
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This show is a VALENTINES DAY variety music special featuring romantic Jazz, R&B & Blues classics. This will be a wonderful addition to your spec...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 50:54
Caption: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Roger Lewis at a jazz funeral in 2010., Credit: Kim Welsh
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we go in search of jazz's spiritual side—from the sacred roots of sax titan John Coltrane to the unique New Orle...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNCU, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, WCMU Public Radio, and WEMU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Various Artists: Jingle Bell Jazz (1962), Credit: Columbia Records
Ho Ho Ho! Start out your holiday with fun Christmas Jazz Classics. They are all here in one solid hour. This musical holiday program includes: "Win...

Bought by KAWC, KBBI, WUIS, KPVL, WVAS and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Ashford & Simpson
The musical story of "ASHFORD & SIMPSON", today plus the celebration of the life of NICHOLAS ASHFORD (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011). ASHFORD & SIM...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 56:01
Caption: The Five Stairsteps (1967), Credit: Windy C Records
PART THREE (3rd hour) of Volume ONE of the Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps. Joining Howard Burchette is Clarence Burke, Jr., Clarence Burke, Sr...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 56:13
Caption: Latin Jazz & Afro Cuban Jazz
We have Latin Jazz and Afro Cuban Jazz! One hour of some of the greatest masters from MONGO to the BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB. JAZZ TIME with HOWARD B...

Bought by KPVL and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 56:14
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Credit: http://www.mazemuze.com/
Interview with ROAME, who is a founding member of MAZE featuring Frankie Beverly about the history of the group.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2010
  • Length: 48:21
Caption: The Butlers featuring Frankie Beverly
Interview with ROAME, who is a founding member of MAZE featuring Frankie Beverly about the history of the group.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 54:58
Caption: Love Unlimited
This is a good mixture of music from the Sound of Philadelphia Soul to the funky James Brown sound, to the productions of Barry White and to the so...

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Labelle (Nona Hendrix, Patti Labelle & Sarah Dash)
From The Jackson Five to Labelle. From Quincy Jones to The Soulful Strings. From Jr. Walker & The All-stars to Etta James. This should tell you wh...

Bought by KHSU


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 1