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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort
- Added: Jan 21, 2014
- Length: 01:35
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 19, 2014
- Length: 01:40
Stanley “Fess” Williams earned his nickname from his six years teaching music. Although he taught early elements of jazz, you can believe he also i...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 25, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Under the leadership of guitarist Jack Bland, The Rhythmakers constituted one of the more exciting bands of the 1930s boasting a lineup that includ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:09
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:14
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:28
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:13
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:30
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:27
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:10
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:25
When the Original Dixieland Jazz Band visited Great Britain in 1919, the invasion was on. America’s music infiltrated the hearts and minds of young...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
As New Orleans musicians began to migrate north following the closure of Storyville (the red light district near the navy base), it was only natura...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
Largely forgotten, bandleader Sam Lanin is possibly the most prolific recording artist of the 1920s. No one really knows just how many records he ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Composer and lyricist Jerome Kern summed up the life and work of Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) when he said, “Irving Berlin has no place in America...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Sidney Bechet was one of the early jazz virtuosos. Born in New Orleans, he began his professional career long before jazz was put to wax. Then the...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
"Happy Days Are Here Again", "I Found a New Baby" and "This Year's Kisses" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 25th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz...
Bought by WCBE, WVAS, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 57:45
- Purchases: 3
Joseph Anthony Livingston, nicknamed “Fud,” played accordion and piano in his youth. But, in his teens, he found the saxophone more to his liking. ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
There is the Near South Side, The Loop, Uptown, and South Side. The hot spots for finding jazz clubs and speakeasies will to violate prohibition d...
- Added: Feb 20, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of The Mills Brothers & The Boswell Sisters:
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WEZU, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 57:41
- Purchases: 4
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 58:57
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 59:01
The Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 28:01
