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Caption: Duke Ellington
It seems that jazz developed an affinity for royalty in its earliest years. First the was the “King of the Zulu” and King and Queen of the Mardi Gr...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tomas Barreiro - Mexican Film Composer - BTS
Tomas Barreiro - Mexican Film Composer - Gueros, Museo, The Good Girls, Northern Skies Over Empty Space, The (Almost) Legends

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller
He was the first jazz organist. In many ways, it’s his alter ego. He wanted his legacy to be tied to his serious side. But, he was also the embodim...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: GranTurismo1 - CPJ1 - 1
Colby Parker, Jr. - Film Editor - Friday Night Lights, Ant-Man, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day, Gran Turismo

Bought by KUT and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Featuring new music from Japan's CHAI, the brand new single from New Zealand indie-rockers Yumi Zouma, Norwegian musician Sinikka Langeland + more!

Bought by WYAP and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Don Redman
At first it was thought of as an interesting musical toy. Not really suited to jazz or classical music. During the earliest decades in the formatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: The Cello - TB2 - 1
Tom Bjelic - Sound Designer - Saw series, Orphan Black, Risen, Sun Records, Dark Matter, Wedding Season, Crimes Of The Future, The Cello

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Featuring music from Senegal's Aron & the Jeri Jeri Band feat. Baaba Maal, the new album by Australia's Genesis Owusu, a new collaboration from Bra...

Bought by WYAP and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Carlton Coon & Joe Sanders
1929: For the first ten months of the year, everything seemed to be riding high. It was a great year. That is until that fateful day in October, “T...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
By the late 1920s, jazz dominated popular music. Although there was still a call for the dance bands that toyed with the edges of jazz, a little bi...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Titina - GT1- 1
Gisle Tveito - Norwegian Sound Designer - A Somewhat Gentle Man, Oslo August 31st, Blind, The Innocents, The Worst Person in the World, Titina

Bought by KUT and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sol Hoopii
The first installment of this theme featured music written between 1920 and ’25. So, this edition moves into the following five years for those son...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adelaide Hall
All music has merit, but there are those that become classic. Whether it’s the composition, lyrics, solo, or the ensemble, the song stands out. Thi...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This time on The Children’s Hour we rock on with Esther Crow. She’s an award winning Kindie rockstar, whose music is full of inspirational lyrics a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK, KTNA, KRSC and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Titina - KN1 - 1
Kajsa Naess - Norwegian Animator - Deconstruction Workers, It's Up To You, It Was Mine, Titina

Bought by KUT and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Featuring new music from Anoushka Shankar, a tribute to the music of Niger featuring a brand new song by Bombino, the great Japanese guitarist Ryo ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: J.C. Higginbotham
In the earliest days of jazz, the trombone was a harmony and rhythm instrument. It was background for the trumpet, clarinet or other lead instrumen...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This time on The Children’s Hour we rock on with Esther Crow. She’s an award winning Kindie rockstar, whose music is full of inspirational lyrics a...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Titina - JCF2 - 2
Jens Christian Fodstad - Norwegian Film Editor - A Somewhat Gentle Man, Blind, In Order Of Disappearance, Beware Of Children, The Innocents, Titina...

Bought by KUT and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Aug 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” helps to beat the unprecedented heat with refreshing Jewish music about shade and cool drinks.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Earl Hines
Invent your own composition on the fly, and keep it in a specific number of beats. That is a primary characteristic of jazz and the most demanding....

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sick Of Myself - HS2 - 2
Henrik Svensson - Swedish Production Designer - Midsommar, Cleanse, Sick Of Myself, The Musical Spider, and Massacre Of The Innocents

Bought by KUT and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Don Redman
Musicians and composers are constantly searching for new patterns of expression. Think of the song “There’ll be Some Changes Made.” But I can’t he...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Next Women of Country singer-songwriter Julie Williams plus West Virginia...

Bought by KBRW, KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Radio Bristol, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 41