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Quality in the Performance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Quality Serenaders
Almost completely forgotten today is a little known band based in Los Angeles in 1929 & ’30. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders recorded a dozen titl...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Modern Jetset #108
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we dig into new releases from The Frightnrs, Makaya McCraven, Adrian Quesada … and a song about doing laundry.

Bought by KVSC and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Searching
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reb Spike & his Pods of Pepper
A few musicians made the upper echelons of jazz in the 1920s. But, for every one at the top, there are hundreds of talented performers who only rec...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1054: WoodSongs Kids Night!
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Sisters Reagan and Amelia Brown on the WoodSongs Stage.
It's an entire broadcast of WoodSongs Kids as folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Wyatt Ellis, Phoebe White, Reagan and Amelia Brown and Reese Ca...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, Angelica Community Radio, WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, WVIK and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 44
Modern Jetset #107
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we’ve got new releases from Project Gemini and the Jazz is Dead label, plus we connect the old-school dots with some don’t-miss funk and ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Decade in the Windy City
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Condon
They were a team in 1928 when times were good, and reunited in 1938 at the peak of the depression. They were known as the Footwarmers and the Windy...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Modern Jetset #106
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we dig into the latest from Michael Rault and the Future Dub Orchestra, plus some psych-rock vibes at cruising altitude.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Deeper Voices - Baritone & Bass
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adrian Rollini
When Adrian Rollini introduced the bass saxophone to the front line instruments, several other reed artists were inspired to follow suit. The big d...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alphabet Rockers
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Kids Crew on The Children's Hour are joined by two time Grammy nominees, Alphabet Rockers for a lively discussion about the power of music to c...

Bought by KCHU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Modern Jetset #105
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we serve up new releases from The Frightnrs, Lupe Fiasco and Wax Machine, plus a bevy of vintage Brazilian flair.

Bought by KVSC and WSLR


  • Added: Sep 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Leading Voices in Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adelaide Hall
There was no roadmap to success for the Early instrumentalists and vocalists in jazz. They were in untested waters and out on a limb. Nevertheless,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Modern Jetset #104
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week, we dig into the latest releases from Applesauce Tears, Toro y Moi, and The Diasonics, plus - yes - a single from a star competitive whis...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Clarinets Go Wild
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Senter & his Senterpedes
They were called "gaspipe" clarinetists. Their style was very popular in the 1920s. They emphasized peculiar sounds and startling effects, like, sc...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Modern Jetset #103
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we explore new releases from Anand Wilder, Kishi Bashi, and Spaceface, plus some vintage funk and a couple of surprising covers.

Bought by KVSC and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Latin Jazz Perspective (J-7)
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Hour (weekly)
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A weekly radio show featuring the best in classic and contemporary Latin Jazz music hosted bt 17- year veteran Tony Vasquez.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WICR, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Louis & Louis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell
Two of the finest New Orleans musicians … Armstrong and Russell … brought the birthplace of jazz into the “Big Apple” in the 1920s, and heavily inf...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Latin Jazz Perspective (J-6)
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Hour (weekly)
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A weekly radio show featuring the best in classic and contemporary Latin Jazz Music hosted by 17 - year veteran Tony Vasquez

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WICR, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Modern Jetset #102
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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Featuring fab new releases from Automatic, Biga*Ranx and Charlotte Adigéry, plus vintage tropicalia and a few fun surprises.

Bought by KVSC and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Washboard Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
In 1927 Hoagy Carmichael was a law clerk. One day he happened to hear a sidewalk phonograph playing a recording of his song. He immediately decided...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Modern Jetset #101
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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Featuring tasty new tracks from Harvey Sutherland and the Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, plus old-school classics to fuel those new sounds and a few don'...

Bought by KVSC and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bessie’s Jazzy Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1853 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/04/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Character of action, freedom of spirit characterizes our mood this day. Starting in the collector’s corner, with Monk’s “Brilliant Corners,” worth ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KRZA, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
Culture Caravan (7/24/2022)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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A best of 2022 (so far) edition of Culture Caravan featuring the music of Mali's Oumou Sangare, Japan's Kikagaku Moyo, Welsh singer/songwriter Gwen...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Latin Jazz Perspective (J-4)
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Hour (weekly)
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A weekly radio show featuring he best in classic and comtemporary Latin Jazz Music hosted by 17 - year veteran Tony Vasquez.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WICR, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Sweet Harmony, Hot Rhythm
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mills Brothers
There were several vocal groups in the 1920s that specialized in three-part harmony, but it was The Boswell Sisters and The Mills Brothers set the ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1