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A salute to talk-show host and jazz advocate Steve Allen, who also played piano and wrote numerous songs such as “This Could Be the Start of Someth...
- Added: Jun 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Singer Thelma Carpenter’s career extended from the swing era to The Wiz and The Cosby Show. We’ll hear her with Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Coleman ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2024
- Length: 59:04
Renaissance and Baroque weddings of the rich and famous were accompanied by entire orchestras. Horse ballet, mock naval-battles, operas, sculptures...
- Added: Jun 11, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The sounds of American radio from D-Day on June 6, 1944.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: May 30, 2024
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 1
We’ll wrap up Stevie Wonder Month on Soulsations!
We celebrate the legendary musician who turned 74 on May 13th. Wonder’s childhood friend, John ...
Bought by WGZS, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, KSLU, KHNS and more
- Added: May 23, 2024
- Length: 59:27
- Purchases: 6
A tribute to the pianist featuring his recordings with Stan Getz, Blue Mitchell, Miles Davis, and as a leader in the 1960s.
- Added: May 21, 2024
- Length: 59:02
Trumper Fats Navarro was one of the leading lights of the emerging 1940s bebop movement before dying at the age of 26. We’ll hear some of the most ...
- Added: May 21, 2024
- Length: 59:01
Exploring the brief but profound musical relationship between trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Bill Evans that resulted in the landmark album Kind...
- Added: May 21, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Join us this week on Harmonia as we explore how generations of musicians adapted existing music for their instruments through the art of intabulati...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 59:02
In the spring of 1945 Duke Ellington undertook a weekly Saturday broadcast to support the war-bond drive. We’ll hear music from these programs as ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 59:02
This week on Harmonia, we're collecting music named after specific people. These eponymous tunes have namesakes ranging from tragic to notorious a...
- Added: May 16, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Put on a sweater, because this week on Harmonia, we’re touring the Nordic countries. Often left out of the discussion when it comes to early music,...
- Added: May 16, 2024
- Length: 58:59
In the late 1970s the Columbia label was home to an array of talented jazz musicians, including Woody Shaw, Arthur Blythe, Dexter Gordon, and Weath...
- Added: May 09, 2024
- Length: 59:04
The rise of big bands in the 1930s and 40s played a key role in the popularization of jazz, and provided a soundtrack for Americans navigating a ch...
Bought by WHRV
- Added: May 06, 2024
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 1
In the early 1970s trumpeter Freddie Hubbard made a series of records for the CTI label that combined hardbop, funk, modality, and 70s groove.
- Added: May 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...
- Added: May 02, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Though Nat King Cole is remembered today for his popular vocal recordings, this show celebrates his unsung prowess as a modernistic pianist.
- Added: Apr 25, 2024
- Length: 59:01
When Christian IV of Denmark visited his brother-in-law James Stuart in England, they threw some raucous, wild parties, so not surprisingly King Ch...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 59:00
A centennial tribute to the composer focusing on the jazzy music that he wrote for films and TV shows such as Touch Of Evil and Peter Gunn.
- Added: Apr 14, 2024
- Length: 59:04
First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...
- Added: Apr 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
In 1957 Curtis Fuller arrived in New York City at the age of 22 and preceded to record with Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, and John Coltrane, as well as ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 59:02
A centennial tribute to singer Sarah Vaughan focuses on her early recordings with Billy Eckstine’s big band and as a rising solo star with Charlie ...
- Added: Mar 24, 2024
- Length: 59:02
First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...
- Added: Mar 21, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Radio show aired 3/13/24 on KZCT 89.5 FM Vallejo, CA (Ozcatradio.com) . This show for some reason features women performers on 100% of the songs. I...
- Added: Mar 16, 2024
- Length: 02:01:12
Exploring a legendary 1950s New York City jazz club with musician David Amram, who frequented it as both a musician and a listener.
- Added: Mar 14, 2024
- Length: 59:01