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EP225 Howard and the White Boys
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A top-notch respected and loved Chicago band that has been established since 1988

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Rarities
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lovie Austin
When the New Orleans community of Storyville was shuttered in 1917, musicians began traveling north to find work. No one could have been prepared f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Satchmo & Duke
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Armstrong & Ellington
They could not have been more opposite in their approach to jazz. Yet, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had identical goals. Provide the best mus...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP219 Katie Webster
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at the "Swamp Boogie Queen"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
Hanging Out with Royalty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: WRK
The group went by quite a number of different names, but the one they were best know for was The Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were, by far, the mos...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
EP204 John Primer Hard Times
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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"Hard Times" is the title of this 2022 album by veteran Bluesman John Primer and is aptly named for our current time.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
Louis & Louis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell
Two of the finest New Orleans musicians … Armstrong and Russell … brought the birthplace of jazz into the “Big Apple” in the 1920s, and heavily inf...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bessie’s Jazzy Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the late great pianist Hank Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
Messin' Around
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Chicago, Credit: Getty
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP186 Jimi Hendrix Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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This compilation album from 1994 showcases the Blues of Jimi Hendrix.

Bought by WLPR and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
EP180 Altered Five Blues Band
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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"Holler If You Hear Me" is the sixth album from this band.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:59
Blue Orleans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Congo Square
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Professor Longhair's Legacy
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
How Sweet It Is - The Music of Marvin Gaye
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Music Lecture
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A musical history of the "Prince of Motown Marvin" Gaye is the subject of this program.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:04
  • Purchases: 1
EP144 Keb' Mo'
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A diverse artist, Kevin Moore (Keb' Mo') is a true star in the world of music.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:57
The Leaders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
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...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP82 Buddy Guy
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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"The Blues is Alive and Well"- Buddy Guy

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:52
EP97 BB King
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Mr. Jack shares his personal favorite BB King albums.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:46
EP105 Christone Kingfish
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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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
EP129 Jody Williams
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
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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
EP126 Hoo Doo Man Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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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
EP124 The Kinsey Report
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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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
EP122 Bernard Allison
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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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
Bubber & Cootie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bubber Miley, left
They’re best remembered for their mastery of the muted trumpet. Bubber Miley and Cootie Williams were standout musicians who performed with the Duk...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1