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Santa Claus Was My Father
From: Margaret Agard
Series: Christmas
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A fire truck in the driveway, 20 at the table for meals and buying by the dozens (the better for sharing) my father believed in being Santa Claus y...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
London Fats
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller
Thomas “Fats” Waller was known for his comedic style vocals, and his feverish motions of left hand creating a profound pattern of “Stride” piano, b...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Pettis & his Pets
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jack Pettis
Saxophonist Jack Pettis was a pioneer in the introduction of the C-Melody in the early 1920s. According to tenor Bud Freeman, he was the king, and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Sounds of Christmas
From: Billy Foster
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A two hour program of Christmas music as played in the jazz tradition by your favorite jazz artists (Cyrus Chestnut, Tony Bennett, Sean Jones, Duke...

Bought by WDCB, WICR, WDCB, WCPN, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:18
  • Purchases: 6
Culturology: Erika Kooda expresses the importance of being involved with Northern Community Radio
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior ye...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Livestrong and the YMCA: Take the Wheel and Control How You Feel about Cancer
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
Cancer, the word terrifies us. When we hear someone we love has cancer, we panic, feel angry and fearful. Having personally had skin cancer, and kn...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 44:44
Dancing it forward
From: KALW
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When it comes to “going out dancing,” most people think of it as a Saturday night type of affair—a chance to get dressed up and show off some sweet...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
Avstry Echo 5 -UCAP
From: J.R. Warmkessel
Series: Aviation Trim
Caption: Jack Jeb and Dave from UCAP, Credit: J.R. Warmkessel
Reflections on 300 episodes of UCAP.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 07:14
Bassy Baritones
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Wolverines with Min Leibrook, sax
In the earliest jazz bands of the 1920s, the baritone and bass saxophones were relegated to the rhythm section, the bass line. But everything bega...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:53
A New Orleans Christmas!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: New Orleans Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Crescent City, NEW ORLEANS! Today, we will serve gumbo Christmas rhythms mixed with Jazz, R&B, Blues an...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WCVE, WICR, WJAB, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 50:49
  • Purchases: 10
"Killing Me Slowly" - The Paul Ryan Ballad
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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The new single "Killing Me Slowly," lovingly dedicated to Paul Ryan.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
Red & the Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
Kids Needing Assistance Find A Helping Paw
From: Brian Bull
Caption: Mario Study with his service dog, Zen., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
An Ohio program recruits prison inmates to train dogs to work with special needs children.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
Latin Jazz for Dancing.
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: ALL Music
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Latin Jazz for dancing.

Bought by WJSU, WCSU-FM, and WSLR


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 3
Latin Jazz plays Jazz
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Special Editions
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As part of the Latin Jazz plays jazz series, this edition focuses on the music of legendary jazz musicians Duke Jordon, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubec...

Bought by WSLR, WJAB, WCSU-FM, KRZA, and WVAS


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Latin Jazz plays John Coltrane
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Special Editions
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As part of the Latin Jazz plays jazz series, this edition focuses on the music of legendary Jazz saxophonist, John Coltrane.

Bought by WJSU and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 2
Latin Jazz plays Charlie Parker.
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Special Editions
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As part of the Latin Jazz plays jazz series, this edition features renditions of jazz legend, saxophonist, Charlie Parker, rendered by latin Jazz a...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Playing for Change: Bringing peace to the world through music
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Playing for Change co-founder and Grammy award winning sound engineer Mark Johnson talks about the project he created to connect people all over th...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 19:58
Calling All Dads: Inspire Your Daughters
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Joe Kelly -- best-selling author, blogger, speaker and primary media source on fathering. In the 1990s co-founde...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 1
Mr. Bass Sax
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adrain Rollini
Adrian Rollini was a renaissance man of jazz. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, he created new ways of performing on existing instruments, inv...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
StoryCorps NTI: Clairene Terry and Raul Bravo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Clairene Terry and her former student Raul Bravo
Raul Bravo tells his former high school automotive teacher, Clairene Terry, how she inspired him to stay in school.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEZU, WTJU, KMUD, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Emotion Roadmap - Learning from each other about feelings
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Leadership Development through Emotional Intelligence
We had five listeners call and share their experiences learning about how to deal with feelings, their own and others. They all got some help with ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 51:46
Say Yes to Unicycle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The extraordinary education of a Maine family

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Overlooked Composer
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sheet Music Cover
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
A Conversation with Jazz Master, Jimmy Owens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Trumpeter and flugelhorn player, composer, arranger, educator, and advocate Jimmy Owens talks about his life in jazz.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 34:25
  • Purchases: 1

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