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Schools Too
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Andy Kirk
On the previous program, the time was spent with the three primary “schools” of jazz: New Orleans, Chicago and New York. It’ now time to spend with...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Schools of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Although it’s understood that Jazz was born in New Orleans, its siblings did not stay in the Crescent City. First, they migrated to Chicago. Then i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blues, Talk, & Plenty of Nothing
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Putting It Together
The Blues, Too Much Talk and other Things That Stop You Dreaming with music mixed into another blend of alternative reality and produced by Peter B...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:40
Language of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Spirits of Rhythm
An often times ignored facet of jazz is its hidden language … or “jazz speak”. The music wasn't just about the notes on the page but the language ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dream as Oracle with Scott Mason
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Scott Mason recently went through a serious health crisis during which he had a profound, life-changing dream. Scott gives a riveting description o...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:58
Rock, Roll 'n Shout
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: He Digs Rock and Roll
"Reelin' and Rockin " with some of the founders of Rock and celebrating artists that have continued making this music still vibrant & vital after y...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:18
Stones & Beatles-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Bright Musical Acts!
An incredible gathering of new music from the original British Invasion Bands and celebrations of essential musicians and artists that have left us...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:29
  • Purchases: 1
What’s it like at an electic car race?
From: Possibly
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What happens when a car racing fan and the host of Possibly try to find an event that appeals to both of them? Enter Formula E.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Too Soon? The First Family 60 Years On
From: Mike Flanagan
Caption: The First Family, Credit: Courtesy Cadence Records
A 60th Anniversary review of the funniest album of the Kennedy era. The Grammy Award winning Album of the Year that was ultimately withdrawn from c...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
Windy City Decendants
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: '20s Chicago
Guitarist Eddie Condon is quoted as saying that there was so much music in Chicago’s South Side in the 1920s, “you could hold a musical instrument ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Hot Chamber Music
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Miff Mole
In 1917, New York became a hub of jazz activity. At the center of that universe sits Reisenweber’s Restaurant and nightclub at the intersection of ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Behind the Scenes with Actors Sylvia Kwan and Jacob Yeh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Actors Sylvia Kwan and Jacob Yeh discuss their many roles in Lauren Yee's play "The King of the Yees."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 4
The Count
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Count Basie
He was one of the all-time greats in early jazz. Bandleader, composer, pianist, who got his start in vaudeville. He became the first African Americ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Theatre du Mississippi: Return Engagement
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Theatre du Mississippi is pleased to kick-off its 25th anniversary season with “Return Engagement,” a work by local playwright Kathleen Kenney-Pete...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 25:02
Do You Remember
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Remembering Then
Remembering David McCallum and Larry Chance from The Earls with songs and music, combining memories of The 1964 World's Fair with "The Triumph of M...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:19
The Good Life
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: The Good Life, Credit: The Bones of J Jones
It's Dylan vs The Beatles & Bob Barker vs Happy Gilmore as the Good Times Roll on with music from Harry Nilsson, Blue Mother Tupelo, Eva Cassidy, J...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:33
All Mixed Up-Covers
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Richard Davis
Uncorking some sparkling covers of Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, Tom Petty, Joe Jackson, Phil Ochs, Cyndi Lauper, The Butterfield Blues Band, Johnny Kidd ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:34
The Organ Maestro
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller
He was the first jazz organist. In many ways, it’s his alter ego. He wanted his legacy to be tied to his serious side. But, he was also the embodim...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Naming Names!
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Name That Tune?
Playing "The Name Game" with places, faces and numbers featuring music from a variety of folks you probably can't remember...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:37
All Mixed Up-Seasons
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Last Gas Before Fall, Credit: Edward Hopper
End of the Summer, back to school mix with a seasonal theme and well blended music...a final September Song

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:14
The Saxophone Breakthrough
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
At first it was thought of as an interesting musical toy. Not really suited to jazz or classical music. During the earliest decades in the formatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Two People Who Make Performing Art Happen
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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What Inspires a philanthropist and an arts presenter? Interviews with philanthropist Adrienne Arsht and Debbie Shapiro--artistic director of the Ma...

Bought by KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
1929
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Carlton Coon & Joe Sanders
1929: For the first ten months of the year, everything seemed to be riding high. It was a great year. That is until that fateful day in October, “T...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Collectors Corner part 3
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
By the late 1920s, jazz dominated popular music. Although there was still a call for the dance bands that toyed with the edges of jazz, a little bi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Collectors Corner part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sol Hoopii
The first installment of this theme featured music written between 1920 and ’25. So, this edition moves into the following five years for those son...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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