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Nichols to Pennies
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Red Nichols
Loring Nichols, otherwise known as “Red”, began his professional career when he was a teenager. By the mid 1920s he was among the premier trumpeter...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Welcoming in the New Year
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: New Year's 1925
This program is devoted to those hearty souls who braved the cold to record their music in the New Year. Duke Ellington, Red Nichols, James P. John...

Bought by KGUA, KAAD-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Triangle Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Triangle Club 78 record
The Club McKenzie … The Triangle Club: The program follows the evolution of the Princeton Triangle Jazz Band beginning with its college days to the...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jelly's Keys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Ferdinand “Jelly Roll Morton” LaMothe was among the elite, privileged few of the Creole population of New Orleans. Although the heyday of the city ...

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Stand Back: Eddie Lang Accompaniment
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Lang
Guitarist Eddie Lang is well known for his artistry. He’s credited for bringing the guitar out of the rhythm section, and creating a solo instrumen...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bow Ties
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Winold Riess
When jazz enthusiasts think of early violin performances, they may naturally land upon the name Joe Venuti. Indeed, Joe was one of the earliest, bu...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Swing Street
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Swing Street
The repeal of prohibition helped build 52nd Street in the early 1930s. This two-mile stretch through Manhattan replaced 133rd Street as the place ...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Clicquot Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Harry Reser
They called themselves the Clicquot Club Eskimos. They were sponsored by the soda company specializing in ginger ail. Under the leadership of virtu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
1928
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1928 Flapper
What do frog jumping, transatlantic telephones and sliced bread have in common? 1928. This program is a very brief overview of the music heard duri...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fatha & Satchmo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
When Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines met in 1927, it was immediate bond. A short time later, Louis disbanded his Hot Five group that was formed for ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Tale of Three Cities
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Luis Russell
A native of Panama, Luis Russell moved to New Orleans in 1919 after winning a $3000 lottery. He became a mainstay house pianist. But, in 1925 he mo...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The New Orleans Owls
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The New Orleans Owls
The electrical recording process revolutionized the industry in 1925. Besides improving studio quality recordings, major labels were now capable of...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quality Serenaders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lionel Hampton
Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders should be better known. But, they’re not. Part of the reason is their geographical location: Los Angeles - 1929. A...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Panassie Sessions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hugues Panassie
French historian and jazz promoter came to America with enthusiasm in 1938 for one purpose: to put together a group of New Orleans musicians for a ...

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  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Wild Oats
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Jazz Group
If jazz can be tied to any season, metaphorically speaking, it would be spring.

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Ferdinand's Catalogue
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Fredinand Joseph LaMothe Morton was there when it all began. Although it may be a dubious title to say he created jazz, it is true that he was one ...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Moneywise Speaker Series 2013
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: Alfred Bundy Presents........
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A series of Conference Tour Speaker series helping to unlock the doors to financial success for all. Part 1 of this 4-part streaming series modera...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 19:48
Mamie Smith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mamie Smith
She billed herself as “The Queen of the Blues.” But, technically, she wasn’t a blues singer.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Benny Before Big Band
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Goodman
This program is devoted to Benny Goodman’s earliest years in the recording business. His inventive style is heard with the Ben Pollack Orchestra, H...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Jimmy Blythe - The Enigma
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Alley Rat by Jimmy Blythe
Pianist and composer James Louis Blythe is lost in obscurity today, but during his all too brief career, he was considered among the very best. Bly...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Sizzlin' Strings - Hot Violins
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie South
This program is devoted to the pioneers of jazz violin including Stephane Grappelli, Eddie South, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Clifford Hayes, and many...

Bought by KMUW, WNCU, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
With Strings: Jazz Guitar Pioneers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang, more than any other jazz guitarist, brought the rhythm guitar into the limelight as a solo instrument. Granted, he couldn't have comple...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Duke’s Domain part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
In the 1920s, Ellington performed in nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group that in time grew to a 10-piece ensemble. The nucleus of thi...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Duke's Domain part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and described those who impressed him as "beyond category. "He is widely conside...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Expatriate - Sam Wooding
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sam Wooding Band
Once you hear the music of Sam Wooding and his Chocolate Dandies you, too, will be curious why his work is not as familiar to connoisseurs of early...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1