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Caption: Marvin Gaye's 1964 album of standards "When I'm Alone I Cry"
Soul singer Marvin Gaye was a reluctant R&B star. Gaye wanted to be a ballad singer, and he recorded the music of the Great American songbook mostl...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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When we listen to the world around us, we can hear rhythms, harmonies, and melodies. Life really is filled with music. Join host Jay Daniels for "l...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
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
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A great combination is Tito Puente’s hot Latin jazz playing a Freddie Hubbard tune, format is pared down for Ray Brown and Jimmy Rowles. Mr. Brown ...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Blues and Bossa by design this time, from Joe Turner to Basie to the Brothers Vaughan. New Orleans, Detroit and Kansas City are visited, then jazz ...

Bought by WYAP, KPVL, WVBI-LP, and WOUB


  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 4
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Feels as good as when we first heard the stuff, from forward to swing to '70s fusion & overproduced blues from the '80s. Perfect for radio, fantas...

Bought by KPVL, WOUB, WVBI-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 4
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Wake up with swinging Latino, ease into convention and go forward but not out (yet). Blues, dark & sinister, and a brass odyssey. A Big Band char...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Although he appeared on stage and in more than 20 motion pictures, Dooley Wilson won immortality for his role as "Sam" in the 1942 film Casablanca....

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00