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Ebony Classics - Fascinating Rhythm
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Lieutenant James Reese Europe, Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lieutenant James Reese Europe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917.
Ebony Classics - A Classic Exposure features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz, Brass and Voices
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This title says it all. This is a program featuring Jazz ensembles accompanied by a choral group or a spiritual setting. This is a good quality J...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:01:33
Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant! is a one hour program highlighting some of the best works of composer Thelonious Monk.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:56
Ebony Classics - Expressionism
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875-1935)
Enjoyable Music from musicians, vocalists, and composers of African Descent of Classical Music. This is a collection of some of the best classical ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 56:21
Ebony Classics - The Language of Music
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Eleanor Alberga, Credit: www.navonarecords.com
"Ebony Classics - The Language of Music" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 56:45
Ebony Classics - A Wonderful Day!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Kathleen Battle
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:38
Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Blind Tom Wiggins, Credit: www.bookforum.com
"Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow" continues displaying the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - A Bright Day
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Robert Nathaniel Dett, Credit: Wikipedia
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 53:21
  • Purchases: 1
Part I: Niketa Calame-Harris
From: Jed Alexander
Series: "Oh! That's Who Did That Part...Huh."
Caption: Niketa Calame-Harris, Credit: Provided by Niketa Calame-Harris
My interview with actor and activist, Niketa Calame-Harris who originated the role of Young Nala in Disney's "The Lion King."

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 16:07
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
The SOUL of Lennon and McCartney
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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The SOUL of Lennon and McCartney is a mix of Funk and Soul interpretations of the compositions of John Lennon, Paul McCartney. This program include...

Bought by WUFT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and WVAS


  • Added: Jan 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:01:01
  • Purchases: 3
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Happy Birthday Dr. King)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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This one hour musical program commemorates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some of the music is rare and this would a splendid program t...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUCB, WORT, Spokane Public Radio, WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:02:29
  • Purchases: 27
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. II
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Price
This is a classical music program highlighting composers and musicians of African descent. This is one part of a limited music series.

Bought by KWAX and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:02:29
  • Purchases: 2
What is Soul? (A Definition of a Music)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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SOUL is a feeling. SOUL is from the root. SOUL is Free. SOUL is Ray Charles. SOUL is James Brown. SOUL is Aretha Franklin. SOUL is Nina Simone. SOU...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WUFT, KISA Digital Studios, KPIP-LP, and WTIP


  • Added: May 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
For Lynda Pt. 4
From: Kendra Dobson
Series: Columbus Myth
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In a future world, we have lost the technology for video/film/picture or recorded image. It is against their religion to draw or be involved with ...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 09:32
The King of the Blues: The Music of B.B. King
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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The great B.B. King passed away on May 14, 2015. He was one of the greatest Blues entertainers of all time. B.B. King’s recording career began in 1...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
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 #45: Satchmo Meets Pops
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Louis Armstrong young and old on Jazz-O-Rama!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev presents an hour of early an late recordings of Louis Armstrong, including: Willie The Weeper; Mack The Knife; Down In Honky Tonk Town...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #47: Funk-O-Rama Fusion
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: An hour of classic 70s jazz-rock fusion., Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev goes back in time to the 1970s for an unusual hour of jazz-rock fusion LP cuts.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WDCB, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
Mississippi Blues Project: Robert Belfour, Robert "Bilbo" Walker and Anthony "Big A" Sherrod
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Robert "Bilbo" Walker and Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, Credit: Mike Lynch
Robert Belfour, and Robert "Bilbo" Walker and Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, in concert in Philadelphia

Bought by WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMUN, WHRV, WMHT and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Mississippi Blues Project: Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and Terry "Harmonica" Bean
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Credit: Mike Lynch
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and Terry "Harmonica" Bean in concert in Philadelphia

Bought by WSLR, WNMU-FM, KMUN, WHRV, WMHT and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Mississippi Blues Project: Cedric Burnside Project; Big George Brock
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Cedric Burnside
The Cedric Burnside Project and Big George Brock, in concert at The Philadelphia Folk Festival

Bought by WNMU-FM, WHRV, WMHT, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mississippi Blues Project: The Homemade Jamz Blues Band and Super Chikan
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Super Chikan, Credit: Mike Lynch
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band and Super Chikan in concert in Philadelphia

Bought by WNMU-FM, WHRV, WMHT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 7
James Brown:The Hardest Working Man in Show Businessl (Live Recordings)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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James Brown is one of the most recognizance and important figures in modern music during our lifetime. During this program we will explore some of ...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIP-LP, Prairie Public, and WJAB


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 4
James Brown: Soul Brother #1 (the 1960s)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: James Brown (1960s)
During the 1960s James Brown was known as Soul Brother #1. This was a title that no one else in Soul music, R& or Pop would or could claim. This p...

Bought by WUFT, CI Dolphin Radio, KPIP-LP, Radio Catskill, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5