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Buzz translates to rumor, and if Chicago was anything in the 1920s jazz and rumor were the glue. There was constant buss around political intrigue,...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KCBX
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...
- Added: Mar 04, 2021
- Length: 29:00
The first electric Blues artist to use a Fender Stratocaster given to him by Leo Fender himself.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Mar 02, 2021
- Length: 59:14
- Purchases: 1
This program features a cross section of musicians … with paraphrases from Bill Crow’s book “Jazz Anecdotes”. Humorous stories about by Louis Armst...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Quite a number of jazz musicians who were too young to take part in traditional jazz of the 1920s, joined the Revivalist era of the 1940s. To them ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 18, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The number of Black-owned farms has drastically declined since the 1920s, and now make up less than two percent of total U.S. farmland. In this epi...
Bought by WFIU
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 21:23
- Purchases: 1
Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann) was a young guitar player who loved the sounds and style of musics from a time long past.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 59:55
- Purchases: 1
Recorded at Decca Studios late one night into the early morning hours in 1947, three Chicago musicians reminisced their former times in early 20th ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 01:52:28
You’d be hard press to find more enthusiastic musicians who anticipated and relished every beat. McKinney’s Cotton Pickers were a young group who a...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 11, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
In the earliest years of jazz, the process of recording wasn’t close to being perfected. Microphones didn’t exist. Vocalists had to belt out their ...
- Added: Feb 04, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
An album of related topics which address the issues of the year 2020.
- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 59:58
An eclectic collection of songs with a familiar theme in their lyrical content. The debut album from 'Moanin' Jack Webb', '2020 Pandemic of Fear'
- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 59:58
Jeff Healey was well known for his Blues/Rock, but his true love and passion was for American Jazz.
- Added: Jan 26, 2021
- Length: 59:56
Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet is among the giants of early jazz. An equal of Louis Armstrong. Yet, he is not that well remembered. Part of the ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 21, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A recording reunion for two musicians in the Blues world.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 01:00:01
A long overdue tribute to a great musician and contributor to the world of Blues Music, Debbie Davies.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 59:28
Some historical recordings from another era.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 58:58
A revisit to a great album by Buddy Guy recorded in 2001.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 59:54
Remembering one who introduced Blues to a new generation.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 01:00:02
A new compilation record of a great modern day slide player.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 59:51
Blues music has been his world most of his life.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 57:23
A Bluesman who plays gospel as well as blues.
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 59:58
Master and pupil, James P. Johnson and Thomas “Fats” Waller. James P. created stride. He and Fats popularized it. Their work in the 1920s influenc...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 15, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Although the isn’t as well known today, Red Allen was favorably compared with Louis Armstrong in the 1920s and ‘30s. He managed to perform with som...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 07, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
By the mid 1920s, Harlem had completed its renaissance in art and literature. Now it was time for the music to complete the circle. At its height, ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 30, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
