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Florence Price
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Listening to Ladies: Pamela Z
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Pamela Z lets us know what a phonolog was, how great the Museum of Jurassic Technology is (about which she co-wrote an opera), and how to ...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #36: Boogie Woogie
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Roots of Rock: Boogie Woogie".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #39: Java Jive
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Java Jive: Jazz About Coffee",

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #38: Favorite LP Cuts
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "My Favorite LP Cuts of the 1950s & 60s.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #37: Chicago Dixieland
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Chicago Dixieland, Credit: Lorie Kellogg - Waterlogg Design
Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Going to Chicago: "Windy City 78s".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #55: A Jazz-O-Rama New Year
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Songs with HAPPY, NEW or YEAR in the Title".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-o-Rama Hour #41: The Battle of the Drums 1
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor:"Papa Jo Jones vs. Philly Joe Jones".

Bought by KMUW, Spokane Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:21
  • Purchases: 3
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #40: A Java Jive Refill
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "A Java Refill: More Coffee Jazz" including Jack Buchanan and Gertrude Lawrence, Car...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #42: The Battle of the Drums 2
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Gene Krupa vs. Buddy Rich".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #43: The Battle of the Drums 3
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Max Roach vs. Art Blakey".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #44: The Battle of the Crooners 1
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Battle of the Crooners 1: Cliff Edwards vs. Parker Gibbs".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #48: Jerry Colonna
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records by and about Jerry Colonna.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #51: A Jazz-O-Rama Valentine
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Lorie Kellogg and her alter ego Mrs. Jazzbo fill in for Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo, to play jazz about love.

Bought by WNMU-FM and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #49: Van Alexander Meets Ella Fitzgerald
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records and Early LP Cuts by Van Alexander and Ella Fitzgerald.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #50: Jazz-O-Rama Goes to Outer Space
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Guest host fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev) once again substitutes for Joe Bevilacqua while he in outer space creating his Comedy-O-Rama...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #54: A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of Christmas 78s & early LP cuts.

Bought by WVAS and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #34: Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
KFAI celebrates Black History Month at T’s Place
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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KFAI celebrates Black History Month at T’s Place with a night of soul-filled performances by musicians from throughout the local African-American c...

  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:24
Blue Note Records (Ep. 13)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Blue Note saxman Sonny Rollins, Credit: Francis Wolff
In this hour, it's the myth and magic of the label that defined mid-century jazz: Blue Note Records.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, WVPE, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
John Coltrane (Ep. 10)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Sax titan John Coltrane
In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 34
Jazz and the Visual Arts (Ep. 9)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: "Out Chorus" by jazz painter Romare Bearden, 1979-1980.
You can't listen to a painting or see a song. But that doesn't mean there aren't really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
Billie Holiday (Ep. 8)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Jazz songbird Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMUW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Kansas City Jazz (Ep. 7)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Mary Lou Williams, Credit: William Gottlieb
In this hour, we go in search of the storied and sordid roots of the famed Kansas City sound.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WCPN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Louis Armstrong (Ep. 4)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Satchmo in 1960.
In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' form...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMUN, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40