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American icon Cole Porter learned piano and violin at age six. He became very good at both, but he disliked the violin's harsh sound and so his ene...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
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
In the earliest jazz bands of the 1920s, the baritone and bass saxophones were relegated to the rhythm section, the bass line. But everything bega...
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 58:53
Ellis was first a jazz pianist and later jazz vocalist who recorded numerous sides with the Dorsey Brothers, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, and many other...
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 58:54
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 58:55
Homage to Astor Piazzolla featuring Catherine Wilson and Ensemble Vivant hosted by Keith Horner.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 58:45
Give a listen to some of those very hot bands of the 1920s. You may not recognize many of the names, but that doesn't lessen their impact.
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 58:58
In the Erotic Memoir Novel LAURA MEETS JEFFREY written from two perspectives - Jeffrey Michaelson and Laura Bradley detail their lives during the N...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 11:42
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 59:01
This segment on the early years of jazz is devoted to the small group session between 1924 and 1930. Oh, yes, we also drift over to 1945.
- Added: Mar 14, 2012
- Length: 58:58
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
This program features an evening of music and interviews with Los Lobos-Acoustic En Vivo. This performance was recorded live at the Historic Rialto...
Bought by KUPR low power FM, Prairie Public, KRZA, KZYX, KGOU and more
- Added: Jul 30, 2009
- Length: 58:26
- Purchases: 6
An Evening of Music and Interviews with Big Head Todd & the Monsters, recorded live at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.
Bought by Prairie Public and KGOU
- Added: Jul 30, 2009
- Length: 58:23
- Purchases: 2
The show features another hour of Music and Interviews with Big Head Todd & the Monsters, recorded live at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe,...
- Added: Jul 30, 2009
- Length: 58:59
An Hour of Funk, Jam and Soul Music with Soulive with Special Guest Vocalist Toussant, recorded live in August of 2006 at the Telluride Jazz Celebr...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Jul 29, 2009
- Length: 58:24
- Purchases: 1
An hour of Music & Interviews with Dave Alvin and The Guilty Men, recorded live at the 2006 Thirsty Ear Festival in Santa Fe, NM.
Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and NPR Illinois
- Added: Jul 23, 2009
- Length: 58:29
- Purchases: 3
An hour of music and interviews with Joe King Carrasco recorded live at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM in 2007.
Bought by Prairie Public and KGOU
- Added: Jul 23, 2009
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
An hour of music and interviews with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers recorded live at the Rialto Theater in Tucson Arizona in 2006
- Added: Jul 01, 2009
- Length: 59:00
