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- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 16:47
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 12:02
- Purchases: 1
Thomas “Fats” Waller was known for his comedic style vocals, and his feverish motions of left hand creating a profound pattern of “Stride” piano, b...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Saxophonist Jack Pettis was a pioneer in the introduction of the C-Melody in the early 1920s. According to tenor Bud Freeman, he was the king, and ...
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- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
By Amy Friedman. Bananas: they're rich in potassium, great for creating some slippery hijinks, and, as a result of fruit magnates like Chiquita, ba...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 01:40
Trombonist Miff Mole and trumpeter Red Nichols, two highly talented jazz musicians, met in New York in the early 1920s. Together they prefected wh...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 2
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...
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- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 01, 2012
- Length: 14:06
- 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
California’s influence on early jazz is not a trifling matter. Several musicians emerged from the Golden State to lustrous careers.
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- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
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
Some of the earliest Blue Note recording sessions featured the trumpet of Sidney DeParis, clarinet of Edmund Hall, and piano of Art Hodes. They ca...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 58:52
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
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.
- Added: Aug 10, 2012
- Length: 58:52
Homage to Astor Piazzolla featuring Catherine Wilson and Ensemble Vivant hosted by Keith Horner.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 58:45
Shining shoes to music publishing in a few short years. To Clarence Williams it may have seen much longer. By 1910, he was considered a leading s...
- Added: Jul 26, 2012
- Length: 58:57
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
The origin of his nickname is disputed. Regardless of the reasons, Francis Joseph Julian Spanier was simply known as Muggsy. Before Bix Beiderbeck...
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 58:59
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
They recorded under a variety of other names including Ladd's Black Aces, Jazzbo's Carolina Serenaders, Bailey's Lucky Seven, The Southland Six and...
- Added: Jun 14, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Here is one of the overlooked jazz pianists who, if he's lived beyond his 30-years, would rank with Early Hines and Count Basie. Very little is kn...
- Added: Jun 09, 2012
- Length: 01:01:02
In celebration of May Day, The Artsy Fartsy Show covered art in immigrant communities, activism and the artistic influences within the Occupy Wall ...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 52:11
Whenever bandleader Ed Kirkeby wanted his band to record for another label, he’d tag them with another name. Hence: The Golden Gate Orchestra. An...
- Added: May 18, 2012
- Length: 58:56
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
