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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 I39: Thelonious Monk In Palo Alto 1968 — After 52 Years, We Can Hear The Concert
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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After fifty-two years, a recording of Thelonious Monk in concert in 1968 at Palo Alto High School in California is available for us to hear

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


  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
WoodSongs 837: Celebration of Muddy Waters with John Primer, Bob Margolin and Paul Oscher
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: John Primer and Bob Margolin have their mojo working.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the music of Muddy Waters with three of his former bandmates and maste...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, Delmarva Public Media, KUAR, KTRL, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
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
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
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
Little Richard-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Little Richard
Celebrating one of the founders of Rock ‘n Roll, Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard with a mix of his music, interviews, covers and ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and KHNS


  • Added: May 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 3
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
EP94 Toronzo Cannon
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A Chicago bus driver has some music to share that will blow you away!

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:22
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
EP108 Jontavious Willis
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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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
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
Blue Dimensions I15: Jazz Is Dead — or is it?
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Jazz Is Dead" - an appealing project of multi-instrumentalist producers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad and guests. Charlie Parker with so...

Bought by KHNS, KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
NL 20-15: Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock In The 1960s, 4/6/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the 1960s Herbie Hancock seemed to be everywhere on the jazz scene, recording both as a leader for Blue Note and as a sideman with Miles Davis a...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Blue Dimensions I07: Pascal Bokar's "Afro Blue Grazz" music on "American Trails"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Afro Blue Grazz" from singer-scholar Pascal Bokar

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


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Blue Dimensions I03: "The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons" from Christian McBride
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from "The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons" by Christian McBride. The work has been issued by Mack Avenue Records. Also, ...

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


  • Added: Jan 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12