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Ray Barretto and Johnny Pacheco provide Latin starters, we’ve got a tribute to British Ronnie Scott and this day it’s also bassoon with the Austral...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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From southern California this episode, where that classic west coast jazz still seems to be dug, good memories are made by Panamanian singer Ruben ...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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Trumpeter Eddie Henderson drives his red Ferrari to gigs, Gal Costa sings a Brazilian standard. From Michigan State University (where its campus st...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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Phenomenon Phineas Newborn begins with piano trio, a true work of beauty and art is sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Zoot Sims adapts his sax swing to a ve...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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We’re old fashioned and not ashamed, it’s quite possibly a genetic thing. Rodney Kendrick utilizes acoustic piano to re-shape a groove, Jon Hendric...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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Historic Clifford Brown never played a solo under 9 on the 10 scale, he was effective in the ENTIRE trumpet range. In the big band department we he...

Bought by KHNS, KRZA, WOUB, KJZX-Austin, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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A spectacular band backs singer Ms. Andy James for a Latin-arranged standard, a couple piano trios forge ahead beautifully with one nod to a hundre...

Bought by KRZA, WMOT, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
Zeitgeist’s latest work is a composition commissioned to banjoist Paul Elwood, 44 Smokeless. It’s a reimagining of the American Murder ballad, Litt...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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Tonight on The Sound we have Minnesota bluegrass band Barbaro with us to talk about their latest album, “Dressed in Roses”. Dressed in Roses was re...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:52
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The question of this program’s age: Are there any turbo tempos today? As we get thru this incredible collection of recordings, marvel at the smokin...

Bought by KRZA, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WMOT, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Catching it while we still can, it’s still Early Autumn in some parts with Woody Herman, held over to host guitar man Mike Bloomfield three decades...

Bought by KRZA, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMOT and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Canadian bassist Neil Sawinson plays the leadoff and title track of his re-released session of killer horn men of the day (it’s hard to imagine tha...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Everyone has his territory, and Chicago was Joe Segal’s. He ran various incarnations of the Jazz Showcase and one of the Chicago staples he booked ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WYAP, KRZA, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
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Local musicians letters A and a wee bit of B: Now that our library of Arizona Musician’s albums, CDs, tapes and digital files are organized, we are...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Hook and Ladder performance space helps local artists find audiences and serves the broader community. When Chris Mozena of the Hook met with P...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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We’re having a party in-studio as it’s program 1800 in real time. We like reed man Brian Landrus, who feels very west coast like warm beach sand un...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WEJP-LP 107.1, WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 10
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Replacing our past relaxed, bluesy, party jazz is an edgy & frantic swing just to keep up with the world’s fast-changing times. Latin jazz by veter...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WEJP-LP 107.1, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMOT and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 11
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Culture shock from Arizona jazz hosted by Hacksaw Tom, to Arizona Rockabilly hosted by Bacpac. For the first half hour hear mainly pianists, from t...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 57:59
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Being an obsessive collector is now is paying off in a decluttering process with dandy things to share with anyone who wishes to tune-in, a lot not...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WEJP-LP 107.1, WYAP, WOUB, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 10
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Self-isolating with the radio, from down San Diego way come sax man Christopher Hollyday and his trumpeter Gilbert Castellenos. Up the coast Art Pe...

Bought by KHNS, KJZX-Austin, WYAP, WEJP-LP 107.1, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 10
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Who’da thunk hippie band Canned Heat could bring John Lee Hooker’s music such life, but to stay in the mainstream we must have Miles and Coltrane. ...

Bought by KHNS, WEJP-LP 107.1, KMXT, WMOT, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Jesse Whitney, Credit: Olive Thoen
Jesse Whitney creates music on an electronic device known as a synthesizer. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Jesse told of his music creation a...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jesse Whitney, Credit: Olive Thoen
Jesse Whitney creates music on an electronic device known as a synthesizer. His next show is at the Kitty Kat Club in Minneapolis. In a conversatio...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Mankwe Ndosi presents a group of improvisers known as Solar Sistren. Te players take inspiration from their music training, and each other, to crea...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Mankwe Ndosi presents Great Black music December Mondays at 9PM at the Icehouse in Minneapolis. This Monday’s performance is by Solar Sistren. Sola...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 08:00