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When the aging jazz artist was hospitalized, his doctors thought they should get some background information on his life, and he told them that he ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 10, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Pianist and bandleader Luis Russell happened to have one of the best bands in the Big Apple by the latter 1920s.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 06, 2019
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Little Walter, “Honeyboy” Edwards, Muddy Waters, and J....
- Added: Jul 14, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Ruth Brown, one of the biggest R&B singers of the 1950s, who first hit the top of the Billboard charts, this week in 1950.
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile The Howlin’ Wolf, who made his debut on the Billboard R&B charts in 1951.
- Added: Apr 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who first recorded with an electric guitar, this week in 1941.
- Added: Apr 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Professor Longhair, who first recorded a beloved Mardi Gras classic, this week in 1949.
- Added: Apr 14, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Henry Thomas, whose two dozen recordings for Vocalion, made in the late 1920s, hark back to a time before the blues.
- Added: Apr 10, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile harmonica ace Junior Wells — who was in the studio laying down some classic tracks for Delmark Records, this week in 1965.
- Added: Apr 08, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Little Richard and Specialty Records owner Art Rupe, who, at first anyway, wasn’t too impressed by Little Richard.
- Added: Apr 06, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile blues piano mystery man, Black Bob — who was in the studio this week with Memphis Minnie, in 1935.
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Wynonie Harris, who hit the top of the Billboard Rhythm & Blues charts with "Good Rockin' Tonight," this week in 1948.
- Added: Mar 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Woodrow Adams, who made his recording debut in Memphis, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Wilbert Harrison, who landed at the top of the R&B charts in 1959 — but created a headache for producer Bobby Robinson.
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile harmonica wizard Little Walter, who cut "the national anthem of blues harmonica," this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we take a look at one historic day of recording — May 5th, 1937 — that changed the course of blues history.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Lightnin' Hopkins, who, in 1954, laid down some hard rocking sides for Herald Records.
- Added: Mar 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Etta James, who landed at the top of the Billboard R&B charts this week in 1955, with "The Wallflower."
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Elmore James, who was in a recording studio in Chicago, this week in 1953.
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 03:29
In the 1920s, Ellington performed in nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group that in time grew to a 10-piece ensemble. The nucleus of thi...
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- Added: Oct 12, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
As New Orleans musicians began to migrate north following the closure of Storyville (the red light district near the navy base), it was only natura...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
The music of american legend James Hubert "Eubie" Blake. Pianist, composer, vocalist, and a man who could reinvent himself as times demanded.
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 4
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
Isaac L. “Banjo Ikey” Robinson was a multi instrumentalist jazz musician who specialized on banjo. Even when most musicians had stuffed their banjo...
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- Added: Jan 15, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.
- Added: Aug 10, 2012
- Length: 58:52
