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As jazz evolved, musicians began experimenting with improvisation behind the vocalist. Band members wanted their accompaniment to sound as fresh an...
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- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
In the late 1920s Chicago was the broadcast center of America. And, the name Earl Hines became synonymous with jazz. He was the pianist and bandlea...
- Added: May 01, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Scott -- called "The Tomboy of the Air" -- was part of Curtiss' exhibition team, flying upside down and plummeting to the earth in "death dives," ...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 02:21
Rand was even arrested once wearing long underwear and a "censored by the SFPD" sign -- despite the judge's immunity ruling
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:28
Phoebe Ann Moses so fascinated a sharpshooting Irish immigrant named Frank Butler by beating him out of a hundred dollar bet that he married her an...
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:28
Annie Edson Taylor was the first to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel.
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:57
And at twenty-eight years of age, having beaten every challenge life threw her, O'Neil climbed into the seat of a hydrogen peroxide powered rocket ...
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 02:16
