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By 1930 Irving Mills had the world on a string. His music publishing business was booming, and he began to expand his control over his musicians.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
Read by Carlee K. from Thomas Peacock's book: The Good Path
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 10:38
Native American Animal Stories from Joseph Bruchac's book....
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 05:16
Sleepers: Those wonderfully talented band of the last 1920s who were kept in the dark. Somehow, despite their inventiveness, they never reached a l...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 24, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
An unusual request for vinyl from management, we can do that. The most famous jazzman on record, Duke Ellington, begins a tour of blues, acid and s...
- Added: Apr 28, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 3
Chicago was a muddy, windy town in the mid 1800s, but in 1893 (World's Fair) it had come of age. By 1920, if you couldn’t find the jazz you liked i...
Bought by WDCB, Radio New Zealand, and KCBX
- Added: Apr 07, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 3
One of the best ways to get new music to the public in the 1920s and ‘30s, was to present it on stage first. Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, Eddie C...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Dec 15, 2014
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
To say that Wilton Crawley had a unique sound would be an understatement. He used every technique in the book in the ‘20s, and created much of his ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 20, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Frankie Trumbauer’s spend his early career with the Jean Goldkette Orchestra, a small experimental group consisting of Bix Beiderbecke and Bill Ran...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A magical community radio hour. Late Saturday night, musicians from around the globe and New Orleans drop in for a jam session as part of their tr...
- Added: Aug 21, 2014
- Length: 01:58:48
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were two very important factors in the formation of jazz in the 1920s. They performed together with the California Ramblers ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Spasm bands, or skiffle bands, (created out of found objects not usually found in musical groups) originated in the streets of New Orleans around 1...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 12, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
WWOZ - an outlet for JazzFest music heads to hear the golden era of New Orleans music (the 1950s to 1970s). Tonight, "New Orleans music you've nev...
- Added: May 04, 2014
- Length: 02:55:07
Although Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller was one of the most prolific recording artists in the 1920s and 1930s, very little of his earlier music is heard.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The review, Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1928, opened at the Liberty Theatre on 42nd Street in May of that year.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 16, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Half a dozen brothers and sisters, mother, father, and a cousin made up the core of the Brunies family. They were all good musicians. Many of them ...
Bought by Troy Public Radio and KCBX
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
She was known as “The First Lady of Radio.” Vaughn De Leath’s recording career began in 1921, which lead to hundreds of titles over the next decade...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Eddie Condon is one of the liked musicians during the early years of jazz. A Chicago style guitarist, is probably best remembered for his wit, humo...
- Added: Mar 03, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Here is a sampling of some of the bands of the 1920s; most didn’t make it beyond their geographical boarders. By no means does that lesson their ta...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 15, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
The Dixie Stompers were formed for one purpose: to record for a less expensive label for those who couldn’t afford to buy the 75-cent discs.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
From: Andy Moore
Episode 10 is dedicated to Andy's favorite film festival in San Francisco, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. You’ll hear his conversations wi...
- Added: Jan 22, 2014
- Length: 45:42
Collectors music from the era just before rock and roll established a formulaic sound. "Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard o...
- Added: Jan 12, 2014
- Length: 02:55:15
More music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Tonight, sets of music about bubble gum (very different from bubble gum music) a...
- Added: Jan 05, 2014
- Length: 02:53:56
Very few musicians had the artful phrasing that Weldon Leo “Jack” Teagarden had. Whether he was playing trombone, or singing, he seemed to adopt so...
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
Stanley “Fess” Williams earned his nickname from his six years teaching music. Although he taught early elements of jazz, you can believe he also i...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 25, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
