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Charmed lives lack for something. If you’re born in a state of nirvana or somehow privileged as a member of the elect, what’s the point? It’s only ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2022
- Length: 52:04
Thierry Rautureau, aka The Chef in the Hat, is a James Beard award-winning celebrity chef in Seattle. He talks about life as a professional chef an...
- Added: Jul 24, 2015
- Length: 01:01:51
A six square mile area of New York City became the hotspot for jazz in the late 1920s. Duke Ellington called it, “The world’s most glamorous atmos...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Ah, summer, the shortest season of the year. Or, at least it seems that way. This show is devoted to a few really hot bands and vocalists who guar...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Largely forgotten, bandleader Sam Lanin is possibly the most prolific recording artist of the 1920s. No one really knows just how many records he ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Thomas “Fats” Waller was known for his comedic style vocals, and his feverish motions of left hand creating a profound pattern of “Stride” piano, b...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Saxophonist Jack Pettis was a pioneer in the introduction of the C-Melody in the early 1920s. According to tenor Bud Freeman, he was the king, and ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
Adrian Rollini was a renaissance man of jazz. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, he created new ways of performing on existing instruments, inv...
- Added: Mar 30, 2012
- Length: 59:00
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 59:00
Major cities like Boston and New York are known for their theater, comedy and improv troupes. But further north, Maine also has a thriving improv ...
Bought by WMPG
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 1
George Edwards tells the story of when his boat sank.
- Added: Mar 05, 2005
- Length: 06:45
