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The Pugilist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jimmy McPartland
When Cornetist Jimmy McPartland was growing up in west side Chicago, He was constantly finding he was at odds with the law. He says, if it wasn’t f...

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Marcia Ratliff of Engage Winona
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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This Thursday on Culture Clique KQAL’s Jiovani Bermudez visits with Marcia Ratliff, the Executive Director of Engage Winona. Engage Winona is a loc...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 22:01
Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ma Rainey
Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya is the title of a 1920s song written by Ma Rainey. It is also a book by Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro that tells stories from t...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quoting in Rhythm
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Zutty Singleton
One way to truly enjoy the earliest days of jazz is to hear directly from the musicians themselves. Only they can tell the story as it really was.

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Francis Adams – "Are We Still Racists?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Alienable Rights: The Exclusion of African Americans in a White Man’s Land, 1619 to 2000 “Alienable Rights: The Exclusion of African Americans in ...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 1
EP218 "From the Cradle" Eric Clapton
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at Eric Clapton's 1994 album "From the Cradle"

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Lost Chords part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bunny Berigan
The first glimmer that there was something new in the world of music became apparent in the deep south. It was long before Louis Armstrong and Bix ...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas with the Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Christmas Wish
Despite being one hundred years old, this is a very similar scene to what we experience today. In her research, author Betty Owens discovered that ...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
EP216 Hubert Sumlin
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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He was ranked as #43 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time. That is a great legacy to leave behind.

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
Jack Gantos – "How Prison Affected One Man’s Life"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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A Hole In My Life Have you ever been incarcerated? Locked in a prison cell for a number of years? That is what happened to Jack Gantos for being ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
The Jazz Dance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Dance
In the 1920s, dozens of new dances were introduced to a dance hungry public. From America to Europe, people were feeling the rhythm in their feet.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
New Orleans part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Freddie Keppard
The early Crescent City cornets set the standard for the decade of the 1920s. This program is a followup recognizing those creative artists who gen...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP213 Magic Slim
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Magic Slim and the Teardrops stayed true to the sound of Chicago Blues

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
EP212 Luther Allison
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Luther Allison took Blues to a new level, yet stayed true to it's roots.

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
New Orleans Horns
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Buddy Bolden
The tradition of Crescent City cornetists and trumpeters begins with Buddy Bolden and ends with Henry “Red” Allen. It’s well documented on record t...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sizzling Syncopators
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Noble Sissle
He joined his first society orchestra in 1916, helped organize a regimental band during WWI, teamed up with rag time pianist Eubie Blake, and forme...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jed Barahal– "Cellist Extraordinaire"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition of Radio Curious, we take a look at the cello, the kind of musical instrument it is and the sounds it makes. My guest is Jed Baraha...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
The Big Band
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington Orchesrtra
Long before the age of the “Big Band Era”, bandleaders were creating swing in their orchestras. Nineteen-twenty-seven to 1936 was a decade of expe...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
KC Gems
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Moton Orchestra
Kansas City developed a unique style of jazz in the 1920s. Musicians borrowed heavily from blues and ragtime. In the process, the band leaders deve...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Songster
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
Before there can be a singer there has to be a lyricist. Fortunately, the 1920s were rich in the number of creative wordsmiths. Not to mention the...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lines of Color
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Edythe Turnham's Band
: Jazz emphasized improvisation and individual expression. It became a symbol of freedom and rebellion. Especially for the young. The fact that it...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
EP209 Charlie Musselwhite "Mississippi Son"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Charlie Musselwhite has been playing the blues for over 60 years. His latest project takes him back to his roots in Mississippi.

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Handful of Riffs
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lang & Johnson
One entry into the field of jazz that is frequently overlooked is the guitar. It belonged in the rhythm section. That is until Eddie Lang and a few...

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hanging Out with Royalty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: WRK
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...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Quality in the Performance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Quality Serenaders
Almost completely forgotten today is a little known band based in Los Angeles in 1929 & ’30. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders recorded a dozen titl...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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