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The Apex Club was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Just before that fateful day, New Orleans nat...
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 58:57
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 59:01
Bandleader, vocalist, pianist and composer Noble Sissle began his career in 1915 when he joined ragtime-vaudevillian Eubie Blake. Together they wr...
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 58:59
His friends called him "Hoochie Coo," and he was one of the great jazz pianists ... composer of hundreds of songs, but best known for writing the t...
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 03:00
The Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 28:01
