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The Commodore Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Milt Gabler
Long before Milt Gabler became a major record producer, he owned a very small music store in a tumble down building in New York City.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pat Donohue Leads the Prairie All-Stars into the Maplewood Performing Arts Center
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pat Donohue, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Starting with their association on the Prairie Home Companion radio show, former members of Guy’s old Shoe Band have continued playing as Pat Donoh...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
The Roadhouse PRX 016
From: Tony Steidler-Dennison
Series: The Roadhouse
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There’s blues enough to get you going in this edition of The Roadhouse. I’ve got The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Sammy Kershaw, Luther Dickinson, The Re...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WJAB, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 3
Jack and Frankie: Trombone & C-melody
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Trumbauer
After performing together in small groups, both formed big bands in the late 1920s. Jack with his tasteful trombone, and Frankie with his distincti...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Recreation
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Recreation, Credit: Julia Meek
As most folks know, play time is serious business! For a musical assessment of maximizing the fun in YOUR life, please join us for the Folktale of ...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Musical Comedians
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Cantor
This program brings in those talents who saw the humor in their musical forays.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
radio UNLEASHED #1405
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 55:37
radio UNLEASHED #1403
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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radio UNLEASHED runs wild through a beautiful field of tuneage. Our nose is always to the ground searching for the best new music, under-appreciate...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 54:07
January 1 through December 31
From: WCWP
Series: This Day in Music
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A one minute music history for each day of the year!

  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 06:08:46
A Change of Tune
From: Ellery Lamm
Caption: Sarah Swain, Credit: Organic Photography
Sarah Swain was about to make it big in LA…playing music she didn’t like. So she quit. It wasn’t until she came to Cape Cod that she really found h...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Persian Rug
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Merle Johnston
This program can also be titled "Unusual Patterns in Jazz."

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Count
From: David Sloan
Series: The Count
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Top Ten songs for the week of May 7, 2016

  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 56:00
The Count
From: David Sloan
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Triple A Countdown Show

  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
25th Annual Free Festival of Big Band Jazz Comes to Staring lake in Eden Prairie
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Gerry Swanberg, Credit: Jan Swanberg
Next Sunday there’s a free festival where everybody can enjoy performances by six of our area’s finest big bands. It’s the 25th annual Festival of ...

  • Added: May 15, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Beats to a New Drum
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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The realm of South Korean pop music is now not only popular among fans in South Korea but also among those in the United States. Listen to its fier...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:56
On Campus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: On Campus
Images of jazz in the 1920s are of raccoon coats, hip flasks, bobbed hair, and cars with rumble seats.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: Miles Ahead
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin goes on an unexpected adventure with jazz legend Miles Davis in Miles Ahead.

Bought by KKRN and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Scat
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cab Calloway
Singing in nonsensical sounds and rhythm sounds like it would be easier than singing the lyrics of songs, but it’s not. Many have tried most have f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1509 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/31/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Really happening Columbus Ohio organ trio Tony Monaco smokes into vintage Goodman, the peculiar Bob Dorough waxes poetic end Elvin Jones and Sun Ra...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Speed of Sound: Lisa Loeb
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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So you say you haven’t been paying attention to Lisa Loeb since the 90s? Why not? She’s kept things interesting with her own TV shows, her own li...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
Chicago Jazz Live: Holiday Special
From: Steve Rashid
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As an introduction to our weekly series, we are offering this Holiday Special! Chicago Jazz Live brings you small-group jazz from the City of Big S...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WICR, KRPS, KRPS, WLPR and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 8
Show Stoppers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Broadway 1920s
This is a selection of hits from the Broadway stage and the movies in the 1920s and early ‘30s. But, there's one sleeper

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Networking: The Creation of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Williams
Jazz didn’t emerge from a vacuum. It was an amalgamation of several musical forms including blues, skiffle, the call and response, vaudeville, and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Travel Lodging
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Travel Lodging, Credit: Julia Meek
Where to lay one's weary head while 'on the road' is something to think about, and we're adding it to this Folktale's musical itinerary! Make your ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6