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She was known for her terrific voice. Her ability to shift gears from playfully light to low down growl was unmatched.
But Ethel Waters’ is also k...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 22, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The Gene Kardos Orchestra wasn't know for their hot jazz, but that's not what their bandleader/alto saxophonist had in mind when he brought his gro...
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- Added: Sep 09, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
By the mid 1920s, Chicago had become, not only a hot bed of jazz, but the home of a thriving bootleg business. Hundreds of speakeasy’s sprung up ov...
- Added: Aug 19, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
To say that London was not known as a mecca for early jazz is an understatement, however, Britain adopted America’s music very quickly.
The Savoy ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 01, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The chance meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon shortly after World War I lead to one of the most successful bands of the 1920s. You could say,...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...
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- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Cornetist Thomas Morris is somewhat of an obscure artist from the 1920s, although he was certainly very active recording with Clarence Williams, Si...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Ah, summer, the shortest season of the year. Or, at least it seems that way. This show is devoted to a few really hot bands and vocalists who guar...
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- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Despite the vast popularity of "That Rhythm Man," as Billy Cotton was known, his recognition did not reach the states like the bands lead by Ambros...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Composer Harry Warren is best remembered for the music he wrote for Judy Garland, and the musicals, 42nd Street and The Gold Diggers, however, long...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 1
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
It’s Windy Hear! But, in the late 1920s and early ‘40s, much of that wind was coming from the great horns of musicians like Ruben Reeves and Louis...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
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
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Dec 01, 2011
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 1
Lee Morse & her Blue Grass Boys (All Jazz!)
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 58:57
Interview with the Writer / Director of "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra"
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 30:13
