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Half Pint
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon was a leading exponent of the blend between Vaudeville and Jazz in the latter 1920s and early ‘30s.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
171125 Music You've Never Heard
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:56:51
171125 California Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: That's me, compliments of Andy Kerr
Substituting for California girl, Peggy Lou, so just songs about the idea fo "California."

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:35
170909 Songs About Shorty plus "Uncle Bud - The Radio Musical"
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Long sets of Louisiana music and music about names like "Bud, Shorty and Irma. Bud as in "Uncle Bud" the dirty ditty that is based on Froggy Goes ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:52:04
Flip the Switch: Introducing Electricity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1925 electrical cords
1925 was an eventful year for record companies. The electrical process was introduced. Even then it took several record companies a couple of years...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Have You Heard That Cartoon?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: A 1930s Cartoon Character
Jazz and cartoons were a perfect match made in ‘toon heaven in the early years of animation.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Working Tapes: Phone Operator
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 4
Helen's Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Helen Kane & Betty Boop
Helen Kane's name went up in lights in the in the 1920. She became one of the recording industries biggest stars.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Pianist, Dick Hyman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn some cool facts about one of the best piano innovators of all time, NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
Forgotten Writers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fred Ahlert
When you hear about composers of American popular music in the 1920s and early '30s, the names that are remembered are Cole Porter, George and Ira ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Southwest
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Walter Page
It too decades for jazz historians to recognize regional bands for their influence on the music.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Commodore Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Milt Gabler
Long before Milt Gabler became a major record producer, he owned a very small music store in a tumble down building in New York City.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jack and Frankie: Trombone & C-melody
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Trumbauer
After performing together in small groups, both formed big bands in the late 1920s. Jack with his tasteful trombone, and Frankie with his distincti...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Comedians
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Cantor
This program brings in those talents who saw the humor in their musical forays.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: The Winona Municipal Band July 13, 2016
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed we bring you The Winona Municipal Band and their 2016 season. You will hear selections such as The Pink Panther by...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 52:36
Persian Rug
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Merle Johnston
This program can also be titled "Unusual Patterns in Jazz."

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
On Campus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: On Campus
Images of jazz in the 1920s are of raccoon coats, hip flasks, bobbed hair, and cars with rumble seats.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 1
Another Hundred People; Broadway in the 1970's
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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The decade of the 1970's; the music almost died. But there were a few highlights from "Company" and "A Little Night Music" to "Jesus Christ Superstar"

Bought by KVNF and WRR


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Scat
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cab Calloway
Singing in nonsensical sounds and rhythm sounds like it would be easier than singing the lyrics of songs, but it’s not. Many have tried most have f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hawaiian breeze Volume Two
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Hawaiian Breeze
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Hawaiian Breeze is a 13 volume collection of popular Hawaiian songs. Each volume averages 15 minutes in length.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 14:36
150912 "Rock Music You've Never Heard
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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By musicians you've never heard of..." Collectors music without the burdens of the music's provenance. Good music just works.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:16
Show Stoppers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Broadway 1920s
This is a selection of hits from the Broadway stage and the movies in the 1920s and early ‘30s. But, there's one sleeper

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Networking: The Creation of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Williams
Jazz didn’t emerge from a vacuum. It was an amalgamation of several musical forms including blues, skiffle, the call and response, vaudeville, and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Pinto Pete - Goodbye My Lover Goodbye
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Pinto Pete and His Ranch Hands
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Pinto Pete and His Ranch Hands is an old time radio cowboy music show. Songs in this episode are Goodbye My Lover Goodbye, Accordian Instrumental, ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 12:29