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Caption: Johnny Dedroit's Band, Credit: c. 1926
In jazz of the 1920s, melody is defined by improvisation and the blue notes. Rhythm is characterized by syncopation and provided a dynamic foundati...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This is not about opera. Instead, it’s the early history of three pioneering saxophonists 1920s and ‘30s that had a major impact on the future of j...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Earl Hines
During the first half of the 1920s, Chicago took center stage in the world of jazz. This era proved to be a highly innovative time for young musici...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WDCB, and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Originally Broadcast: November 8, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experienc...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: British Biscuit Tin c.1920
Jazz and Christmas were not really considered well suited in the early 1920s. Eventually, as jazz became more popular, a perfect partnership evolve...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experienc...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Victoria Spivey
The 1920s was a time when traditional gender roles were deeply ingrained in society. Women were expected to conform to certain standards of behavio...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A tribute and recognition to a renowned blues bass player whose solo album came out after he had passed at age 65.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballo...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andy Kirk
On the previous program, the time was spent with the three primary “schools” of jazz: New Orleans, Chicago and New York. It’ now time to spend with...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Although it’s understood that Jazz was born in New Orleans, its siblings did not stay in the Crescent City. First, they migrated to Chicago. Then i...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: September 6, 2006 Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair Since I was young, I have been intrigued by the work of Upton Sinclair. I...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Spirits of Rhythm
An often times ignored facet of jazz is its hidden language … or “jazz speak”. The music wasn't just about the notes on the page but the language ...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: August 9, 2006 Errors and Omissions Who owns the rights to a play, a song, or a work of art? How important and fragile is t...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: '20s Chicago
Guitarist Eddie Condon is quoted as saying that there was so much music in Chicago’s South Side in the 1920s, “you could hold a musical instrument ...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: August 30, 2006 Walking Tractor And Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley Stories of the days that no longer exist in rural ar...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Miff Mole
In 1917, New York became a hub of jazz activity. At the center of that universe sits Reisenweber’s Restaurant and nightclub at the intersection of ...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: June 28, 2006 and July 5, 2006 The Culture Code, An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around The World Live and Buy As T...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 23:43
Caption: Perry Bradford
When the aging jazz artist was hospitalized, his doctors thought they should get some background information on his life, and he told them that he ...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Count Basie
He was one of the all-time greats in early jazz. Bandleader, composer, pianist, who got his start in vaudeville. He became the first African Americ...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This interview with Dr. Steven H. Miles was recorded in mid July 2006. The silence of doctors, nurses and medics in cases of torture and physical ...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Duke Ellington
It seems that jazz developed an affinity for royalty in its earliest years. First the was the “King of the Zulu” and King and Queen of the Mardi Gr...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller
He was the first jazz organist. In many ways, it’s his alter ego. He wanted his legacy to be tied to his serious side. But, he was also the embodim...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Don Redman
At first it was thought of as an interesting musical toy. Not really suited to jazz or classical music. During the earliest decades in the formatio...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Carlton Coon & Joe Sanders
1929: For the first ten months of the year, everything seemed to be riding high. It was a great year. That is until that fateful day in October, “T...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1