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Blue Dimensions J09: "Thank You Mr. Mabern" a tribute to the late pianist Harold Mabern from Leon Lee Dorsey - - with Mabern in the band.
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Leon Lee Dorsey's album "Thank You Mr. Mabern" is a tribute to the late pianist Harold Mabern, featuring recordings Dorsey made with Mabern and dru...

Bought by Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, WMOT and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions J08: Force Majeure from Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas from their album "Force Majeure," taken from live-streaming performances from their h...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Judas and the Black Messiah (Film Review)
From: Beandrea July
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A review of the new film Judas and the Black Messiah from Los Angeles Film Critics' Association member Beandrea July.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:49
Blue Dimensions I50: Kat Riggins Cries Out The Blues
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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a new album "Cry Out" — strong new blues songs from singer and songwriter Kat Riggins —and several selections from a great debut album, "Omega," fr...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I47: New Music From Vibraphonist Joel Ross, Cornetist Ron Miles, and Guitarist-Singer George Benson
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from Joel Ross's new album "Who Are You?" with saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Blue Dimensions I41: Saxophonist Teodross Avery Plays The Music Of Thelonious Monk
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist Teodross Avery takes on the music of Thelonious Monk on his album "Harlem Stories: The Music Of Thelonious Monk"

Bought by WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions I35: MONK'estra, Black Art Jazz Collective, Jazz Is Dead 3, and a Jubilant baritone
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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MONK'estra plays music of its leader John Beasley, as well as its namesake Thelonious Monk. Also new music from Black Art Jazz Collective, Jazz Is ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KHNS, KKRN, WMOT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I33: The Vibraphonic Reincarnation of Warren Wolf
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Good vibes! Vibraphonist Warren Wolf's album "Reincarnation," and vibraphonist Steve Yeager's "Vibraharp."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions I32: A Noteworthy Debut From Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the debut album of saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, "Omega" and music from two of his mentors, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist Jason Moran (w...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Sonny Turner: Inspiration Gives You the Catalyst to Fulfill Your Dreams
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sony Turner, Credit: Shefik
Dreams - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:26
Brendon Hamilton: Art Is One of the Ways We Can Express the Human Condition
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Brendon Hamilton, Credit: Shefik
Remorse - Brendon Hamilton has been writing and performing since he was a young child. Influenced by some of rock, pop, and R&B's greatest recordin...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:44
Quindon Tarver: "When Doves Cry" by the Late, Great Legendary Prince
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Quindon Tarver, Credit: Shefik
Birds - Quindon Tarver is an American singer. He is best known for his cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry" for the 1996 film "William Shakespeare's ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
Blue Dimensions I28: Maceo! James Brown's former right-hand man's latest album "Soul Food - Cookin With Maceo"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the new album from saxophonist Maceo Parker, and songs from singer/pianist Dena DeRose

Bought by WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KHNS, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Neddy Smith: It Wasn't About Being a Mechanical Engineer
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
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: 03:02
Neddy Smith: Going Forward Through All the Difficulties
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
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
Sonny Turner: The Lesson in Life You Learn
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Bill...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:19
Sonny Turner: Blood, Sweat, and Tears
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Love - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Ho...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:42
Sonny Turner: The Important Thing Is to Be Identified for One's Ability
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboar...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
M.C. El Bee: Not Changing That for Anyone
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: M.C. El Bee, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:36
Melba Moore: Things Don't Always Happen When You Want Them To
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Melba Moore, Credit: Shefik
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
Blue Dimensions I24: Ambrose Akinmusire's Calloused Moments
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Christian McBride, and bluesmen Joe Louis Walker and Boo Boo Davis, p...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, Raven Radio, WMOT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I23: Frank Bey's Dues Are All Paid Up
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Comeback singer Frank Bey's album "All My Dues Are Paid"

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions I22: Azar Lawrence's "Summer Solstice" and classic music of Erroll Garner
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from the reissue of saxophonist Azar Lawrence's 1975 album "Summer Solstice" and more reissues of pianist Erroll Garner in a continuing series

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
EP136 Marquise Knox
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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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
EP80 Johnny Tucker
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
Caption: Johnny Tucker
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