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EP206 Jessie Mae Hemphill
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Jessie Mae Hemphill was a 4th generation Mississippi musician who learned how to play music from her granddaddy (as she called him).

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
EP205 A.C. Reed
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Aaron Corthen was more commonly known in the Blues music world as A.C. Reed and was heard on countless recordings as a contributing saxophone player.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - Clarence Penn Part Two- 795
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Acclaimed drummer, composer and band leader Clarence Penn joins host John Floridis and special guest Montana drummer and percussionist Ed Stalling ...

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight - Clarence Penn Part One- 794
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Acclaimed drummer, composer and band leader Clarence Penn joins host John Floridis and special guest Montana drummer and percussionist Ed Stalling ...

Bought by KMUW, RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
Blues America 101 - Jimmy Duck Holmes
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is the embodiment of raw country blues. He is a celebrated and award winning country blues musician who is regarded as the last...

Bought by Public Radio East, WEAA, Public Radio East, WTJU, KRPS and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Blues America 22 - The Jerry Lawson Legacy Project 2
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Jerry Lawson documents his early days in New York and discusses songs from the Persuasions first album, Acappella (1970, Reprise/Straight Records).

Bought by Public Radio East, GCR (Global Community Radio), KDLG, KPIP-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:20
  • Purchases: 5
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
Moten to Basie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Moten
Benny Moten led the Kansas City Orchestra in the 1920s, arguably the most influential big bands of the era. His arrangements helped to create what...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Robin Kelley's Transcendental Thelonious Monk
From: Open Source
Caption: Robin Kelley
Christopher Lydon is in conversation hour with Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. His superb biog...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, KFOK-LPFM, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5