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Singer, songwriter, pianist, singer and vaudeville and minstrel performer Perry Bradford, forever changed the sound of American popular music by co...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 1
In this hour, it's the myth and magic of the label that defined mid-century jazz: Blue Note Records.
Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KDRP Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 12
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're movin' and groovin' to the sounds of the Hammond B3 organ. Popular in Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, and Gospel,...
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
In 1980, the good folks at Yazoo Records issued a box set of 36 trading cards called "The Heroes of the Blues," with drawings by legendary illustra...
- Added: Jan 11, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
The myth and magic of the American road is one of the defining themes in American life. This week we hit the road in search of the highways and byw...
Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KDRP Community Radio, KMUN, 90.5 WSNC and more
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
In 1980, the good folks at Yazoo Records issued a box set of 36 trading cards called "The Heroes of the Blues," with drawings by legendary illustra...
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
Benny Moten led the Kansas City Orchestra in the 1920s, arguably the most influential big bands of the era. His arrangements helped to create what...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 28, 2012
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 1
In 1980, the good folks at Yazoo Records issued a box set of 36 trading cards called "The Heroes of the Blues," with drawings by legendary illustra...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Dec 23, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we count our way down through the biggest #1 R&B hits of the late 1940s. It was a period dominated by Blues shouters, wailing saxes, and...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Dec 16, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 13, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Jazz was born in New Orleans, right? Well it depends on who you ask. This week on the show, we get to the bottom of that question and tour the site...
Bought by WRGY, WNCU, WCAI / WNAN, KMUN, KPVL and more
- Added: Dec 10, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
Join us as we take a look at yet another handful of iconic, world famous blues songs, and trace their roots back through time to their original ver...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Dec 10, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we explore the legendary field recordings of George Mitchell from the Lower Chattahoochee River Valley of southwestern Georgia and south...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Dec 01, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' form...
- Added: Nov 26, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Join us for a tribute to the life and extraordinary music of Son House. His recordings from 1930 and the early 1940s not only helped define the ver...
- Added: Nov 25, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
You can't listen to a painting or see a song. But that doesn't mean there aren't really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap...
- Added: Nov 20, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Join us as we dust off some of our favorite Holiday-themed Blues and R&B Christmas classics. From Lightnin' Hopkins, Freddie King, and Sonny Boy Wi...
- Added: Nov 18, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we profile some mid-1960s Chicago Blues classics. We'll be hearing selections from "Chicago/The Blues/Today!," rare LP-only tracks off o...
- Added: Nov 10, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we profile some mid-1960s Chicago Blues classics. We'll be hearing selections from "Chicago/The Blues/Today!," rare LP-only tracks off o...
- Added: Nov 03, 2012
- Length: 01:59:01
- Purchases: 3
In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...
- Added: Oct 29, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 10
Join us as we profile some mid-1960s Chicago Blues classics. We'll be hearing selections from "Chicago/The Blues/Today!," rare LP-only tracks off o...
- Added: Oct 28, 2012
- Length: 01:59:01
- Purchases: 3
The Apex Club was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Just before that fateful day, New Orleans nat...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Bandleader Andy Kirk gave up his post office carrier in 1925 to try his hand in music. He showed talent on the saxophone and tuba, but it evolved t...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Remember when you were growing up and your mom told you not to play with your food? Well, we're tossing that advice out the window, as we play with...
- Added: Oct 20, 2012
- Length: 01:59:01
- Purchases: 5
