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Caption: Zoot Sims
(Air Dates: Oct 27 - Nov 3) This week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump celebrates the birthday of Zoot Sims and pays tribute to our special gu...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
(Air Dates: Oct 20 - 26) This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Dizzy Gillespie with our special guest, Nate Nall. A session wi...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Oscar Pettiford
(Air Dates: Sept 29 - Oct 5) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Oscar Pettiford with our special guest...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
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(Air Dates: Sept 22 - 28) This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Les McCann with our very own Joe Cartwright. Our resident psyc...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Charlie Parker
(Air Dates: Aug 25 - 31) This archive episode of 12th Street Jump celebrates the birthday of Charlie Parker with our special guest, Dan Thomas. We...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Charlie Parker
(Air Dates: September 1 - 7) This week is the second part of our Charlie Parker celebration, and on this episode we'll feature Charlie Parker's mus...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Pat Metheny
(Air Dates: August 11 - 17) On this week’s archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Pat Metheny with our special guest Dann...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
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A culture has grown up around brewing beer locally and at home. The brewmasters at Champion Brewing Company discuss "shower beer" and beer made wit...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, KEDT, WABE, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
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A culture has grown up around brewing beer locally and at home. The brewmasters at Champion Brewing Company discuss "shower beer" and beer made wit...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KVSC, WKCC, KENW and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Louis Armstrong
(Air Dates: August 4 - 10) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of the great Louis Armstrong with our speci...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Helen Merrill
(Air Dates: July 21-27) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Helen Merrill, with our special guest Ange...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Louis Jordan
Air Dates: July 7 - 13) On week this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Louis Jordan with our special guests,...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Willie Dixon
(Air Dates: June 30 - July 6) This week on 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of bluesman Willie Dixon, with our special guest Tom "Trashm...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
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Tuned to Yesterday #6 Sitcom Broadcasts include, "The Great Gildersleeve" and "Burns and Allen".

Bought by WMUU-LP and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sasquatch skit
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...

Bought by KBEM and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:00:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Vaudeville
This program is devoted to several vaudeville performers who were forced to ply their trade elsewhere when silent movies and Broadway reviews close...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brandon Chase, Britt Aamodt, Heidi Holtan
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:55
Caption: Mississippi Steamboat
In the latter days of the Golden Age of steamboats, many musicians plied their trade with the orchestras traveling the Mississippi. Memphis and St....

Bought by KCBX, Radio New Zealand, and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon
The chance meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon shortly after World War I lead to one of the most successful bands of the 1920s. You could say,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fess Wiliams
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
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
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Phyllis McEwen and Bob Devin-Jones bring to life African-American folktales and songs that Zora Neale Hurston collected in Florida in the 1930s.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 39:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Billy Banks
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
Caption: "Early Western Swing" 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Bob Wills, Bill Boyd and Al Dexter are among the country swing artists who's 78 RPM records are heard on the 26th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama ...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of British Jazz 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket", "The Music Goes Round and Round" and "Run, Rabbit, Run" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 21st ed...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:43
  • Purchases: 3