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Perseverance - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditiona...
- Added: Jul 07, 2020
- Length: 01:31
Perseverance - American R&B singer and actress Melba Moore is a 4-time Grammy Award nominee and the winner of the 1970 Tony Award for Best Performa...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: :56
A Young bluesman who's passion is keeping the flame of the Blues lit along with the acknowledgment of, and giving credit to, it's ancestral roots.
- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Knowledge, creativity, charisma, and endless energy are just a few qualities that make a good musical leader. If the leader can also arrange and co...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A trip back in history to one of the best Chicago Blues bands in early postwar (WWII) times in the Windy City.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 53:50
Johnny Tucker was a sideman for many bands over the years beofre goinf solo. Now he has another album of his own to share with us today.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:08
A Chicago bus driver has some music to share that will blow you away!
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:22
Mr. Jack shares his personal favorite BB King albums.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 54:46
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has made it to the “big Leagues” of the music industry with his talents. He just released his first major label album o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 57:51
Jontavious Willis is a young musician in his 20s who is a multi-instrumentalist on a mission to keep the blues alive by following in his mentors (T...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:22
A great guitarist of the early electric blues sounds coming out of Chicago, Jody Williams tired of the corruption in the early music business being...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:01
Junior Wells was a large contributor to the "new" sound of the Chicago Blues after WWII. He was a highly sought after harmonica player in the early...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:38
From Blues beginnings to Rock, to Reggae, the Kinsey brothers have been in the music business since their youth inspired by their father Big Daddy ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:57
An active musician in the world of Blues since he was a youth under his father's wings, Bernard Allison is still going strong after some 37 years o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:52
HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Meet?" - Studies show we're all disappointed with our friendships. Is it time to rethink the way we gather? HOUR TWO: "Hip H...
- Added: Feb 28, 2020
- Length: 01:58:59
They’re best remembered for their mastery of the muted trumpet. Bubber Miley and Cootie Williams were standout musicians who performed with the Duk...
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- Added: Jan 24, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Lyricist, composer, vocalist and bandleader Noble Sissle had a very successful 60-year career in jazz and musical theater. He’s best know as the mu...
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- Added: Dec 05, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
instrument was the jug. Clarence Williams was a professional, yet he thoroughly enjoyed a relaxed performing style. Add in a little hokum, and the ...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
One Teacher is short form audio content, each vignette is an interview with a story teller where they describe the 'one teacher' that inspired them...
- Added: Oct 22, 2019
- Length: 02:04
Both Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong entered the professional music scene in the early 1920s. Both favored traditional jazz with its roots in New O...
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- Added: Apr 18, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
One of the most flamboyant, enigmatic, larger than life personalities in early jazz is Thomas “Fats” Waller: a primary exponent of Stride piano.
- Added: Jan 22, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Neo soul plus the move to chemical-free hair.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 55:00
Traditional jazz began its road to sophistication in the mid 1920s with artists like Louie Armstrong, Albert Nicholas, Richard M. Jones, Johnny Dod...
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- Added: Jan 18, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This program visits Chicago's South Side in the latter 1920s to hear three of the leading proponents of jazz clarinet.
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- Added: Jan 04, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A thirty minute tribute to one of the founders of rock & roll- Antoine "Fats" Domino, featuring some of his classic recordings, interviews and actu...
- Added: Oct 27, 2017
- Length: 28:52
