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The sounds of classic remastered early LP cuts fill the air when the music of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey is presented on the 29th edit...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 58:58
Early Bebop fills the air when the remastered 78 RPM records of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis,Tadd Dameron and Dexter Gordon are hea...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 58:51
"Happy Days Are Here Again", "I Found a New Baby" and "This Year's Kisses" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 25th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz...
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 57:45
"The Sheik of Araby", "Don't Fence Me In" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 24th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O...
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 57:11
"In the Mood", "Begin the Beguine" and "Stompin' At The Savoy" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 23th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 57:35
"I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "Christopher Columbus" will be among the 78 RPM records are heard on the 22th edition of Joe Be...
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 56:27
"When people get two trumpet players it becomes very competitive...It
was [Booker Little], Lee Morgan and myself at the time. We we're the
young ...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 11:41
- Purchases: 1
"Cherokee", "One O'clock Jump" and "Kansas City Farewell" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 20th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 57:31
The hilarious and heartfelt saga of a childless godparent.
Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKRN, KWMR-FM and more
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 01:57:58
- Purchases: 9
Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
Songs and my rants about the heart and soul of New Orleans plus the usual (unusual?) music you never heard by musicians you've never heard of.
- Added: Jan 27, 2013
- Length: 02:40:52
Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 12:53
- Purchases: 1
Andrew White may very well be the most famous jazz legend... you've never heard of.
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 07:00
He was a master ”Tickler”. Stride piano is the term attached later to a specific rhythmic style where the left hand follows the pattern of the rig...
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 58:54
Sean Hill is a poet who grew up in Georgia and lives in Bemidji, Minnesota. His first book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor has been compared to first ...
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 02:12
One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...
Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
How do you turn a family weekend into a disaster?
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KWMR-FM, KKRN, Nevada Public Radio, KMUN and more
- Added: Jun 11, 2012
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 7
The wildly diverse and compelling continent of Africa is our focus on this program from December 2009. Discussion centers on WiderNet and the eGra...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 01:37:56
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent.
On this program today...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 53:05
In this Cutting Edge Special, some of the work of late poet Louis Reyes is highlighted through live performances at WBAI and his show "Perspective"
- Added: Apr 25, 2012
- Length: 01:00:03
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 59:01
Pianist and 2011 National medal of Arts Recipient, André Watts remembers the early years of his career. [39:41]
- Added: Feb 29, 2012
- Length: 39:41
Sidney Bechet and Josephine Baker were the most recognizable expatriates on the Parisian seen in the 1920s. If you've seen the movie "Midnight in P...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 58:59
This week on the show, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Lo...
Bought by KZYX, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNCU, WCMU Public Radio, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station and more
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
It was a special time for jazz in the Bay Area. For most of the ‘70s and the early ‘80s, a small club called Keystone Korner presented a dazzling a...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 10:00
