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The Gentleman of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bud Freeman
His nickname was ‘Bud’, but pianist Marian McPartland tagged him “The Gentleman of Jazz”. Tenor saxophonist Lawrence ‘Bud’ Freeman.

Bought by WNMU-FM and KCBX


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mr. Trombone
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jack Teagarden
He was a recognized master of his instrument. Weldon Leo 'Jack' Teagarden moved to New York City in 1927, and at the age of 25, began a quest that ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP197 No More Worlds To Conquer
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A new 2022 Blues release from an artist who's known to be associated with Rock.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 1
EP196 Salute to Chicago Blues Masters
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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In the year 2000 Telarc Blues label released a 3-album salute to three Chicago Blues Masters.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 1
Louie & Sid
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet, Credit: Amica record label
These recordings have be come known as the “Armstrong/Bechet” sessions between 1923 and 1925. In reality composer and pianist Clarence Williams put...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP194 Hurricane Ruth
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Hurricane Ruth's LIVE album from 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, Tennesee.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Joined at the Boot - Italy that is.
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe and Eddie
Giuseppe Venuti and Salvatore Massaro, best known as Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang in jazz circles, started a trend that had a large impact on the 1920...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP193 Fathers And Sons
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Fathers And Sons was a classic recording from 1969 from the Chess Records label

  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:00
EP192 Veterans of the Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Both of these veteran artists were born in 1939 and are still performing in 2022.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:02
On the Trail of Bunny
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bunny Berigan
With his talent, he could have written his own ticket. Instead, Roland “Bunny” Berigan had a very wayward life full of bad decisions and numerous m...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Songbirds
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ma Rainey
Featuring those pioneering women of the 1920s who put voice to jazz, from Ma Rainey to Mae West.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Louisiana Piano
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Clarence Williams
Two very different styles, but both learned their craft in New Orleans. Clarence Williams preferred the jug and washboard style, while Luis Russell...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Hawk or Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
"The man for whom Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone." That is how Coleman Hawkins was introduced at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival. This program i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Muggsy, Wingy & Red
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Muggsy Spanier
With those names around Chicago in the 1920s, you'd think you were goinmg to hear from members of the mob. This program, features three of the best...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Head Arrangement
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders
The Head Arrangement. Music that isn’t formally arranged is often referred to as a head arrangement. Usually the leader of the group informally ass...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bandleader
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Henry 'Red' Allen, Credit: Spotify
In the earliest days of full orchestra jazz, there was no cookie cutter template Each bandleader used their creative juices to set apart their band...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP190 Lightnin' Hopkins 1959
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A listen of a recording from 1959 that resurrected the career of Sam Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1
Messin' Around
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Chicago, Credit: Getty
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP189 Tinsley Ellis "Devil May Care"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Tinsley Ellis 20th album "Devil May Care"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 1
Collaboration
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
This features one of the most creative and traditional jazz changes in musical history: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nichols to Pennies
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Red Nichols
Cornetist Red Nichols was the most prolific recording artist of the latter 1920s. If there was a song, he would record it. Although he became a ver...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
KBFT Outdoor Series - Gary Strong2
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Outdoor Series 2021
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In this segment we hear from Bois Forte elder, Gary Strong who talks about hunting, fishing, and ricing Nett Lake MN a long time ago.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 04:05
KBFT Outdoor Series - Gary Strong
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Outdoor Series 2021
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In this segment we hear from Bois Forte elder, Gary Strong who talks about growing up in Strongville - Nett Lake MN.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 06:55
Stardust
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagland Carmichael
One of the more prolific and versatile composers of the 20th century Hoagland “Hoagy” Carmichael is heard in a verity of settings. From his earlies...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
KBFT Outdoor Series - Karen Drift
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Outdoor Series 2021
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In this segment we hear from Bois Forte elder, Karen Drift who shares her stories about the outdoors in Nett Lake the way it was along time ago. Pa...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 09:40

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