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- Added: Jun 05, 2023
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 1
When the New Orleans community of Storyville was shuttered in 1917, musicians began traveling north to find work. No one could have been prepared f...
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- Added: May 26, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
They could not have been more opposite in their approach to jazz. Yet, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had identical goals. Provide the best mus...
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- Added: May 04, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 14, 2023
- Length: 59:57
- Purchases: 1
The group went by quite a number of different names, but the one they were best know for was The Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were, by far, the mos...
- Added: Oct 06, 2022
- Length: 59:29
- Purchases: 2
"Hard Times" is the title of this 2022 album by veteran Bluesman John Primer and is aptly named for our current time.
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- Added: Sep 24, 2022
- Length: 57:58
- Purchases: 1
Two of the finest New Orleans musicians … Armstrong and Russell … brought the birthplace of jazz into the “Big Apple” in the 1920s, and heavily inf...
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- Added: Aug 18, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...
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- Added: Aug 04, 2022
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...
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- Added: Feb 10, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
"Holler If You Hear Me" is the sixth album from this band.
- Added: Nov 18, 2021
- Length: 59:59
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...
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- Added: Jul 02, 2021
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
A diverse artist, Kevin Moore (Keb' Mo') is a true star in the world of music.
- Added: Jul 17, 2020
- Length: 59:57
Knowledge, creativity, charisma, and endless energy are just a few qualities that make a good musical leader. If the leader can also arrange and co...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Mr. Jack shares his personal favorite BB King albums.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 54:46
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has made it to the “big Leagues” of the music industry with his talents. He just released his first major label album o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 57:51
A great guitarist of the early electric blues sounds coming out of Chicago, Jody Williams tired of the corruption in the early music business being...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:01
Junior Wells was a large contributor to the "new" sound of the Chicago Blues after WWII. He was a highly sought after harmonica player in the early...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:38
From Blues beginnings to Rock, to Reggae, the Kinsey brothers have been in the music business since their youth inspired by their father Big Daddy ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:57
An active musician in the world of Blues since he was a youth under his father's wings, Bernard Allison is still going strong after some 37 years o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:52
They’re best remembered for their mastery of the muted trumpet. Bubber Miley and Cootie Williams were standout musicians who performed with the Duk...
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- Added: Jan 24, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Lyricist, composer, vocalist and bandleader Noble Sissle had a very successful 60-year career in jazz and musical theater. He’s best know as the mu...
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- Added: Dec 05, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
instrument was the jug. Clarence Williams was a professional, yet he thoroughly enjoyed a relaxed performing style. Add in a little hokum, and the ...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Both Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong entered the professional music scene in the early 1920s. Both favored traditional jazz with its roots in New O...
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- Added: Apr 18, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
One of the most flamboyant, enigmatic, larger than life personalities in early jazz is Thomas “Fats” Waller: a primary exponent of Stride piano.
- Added: Jan 22, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Traditional jazz began its road to sophistication in the mid 1920s with artists like Louie Armstrong, Albert Nicholas, Richard M. Jones, Johnny Dod...
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- Added: Jan 18, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
