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Muggsy, Wingy & Red
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Muggsy Spanier
With those names around Chicago in the 1920s, you'd think you were goinmg to hear from members of the mob. This program, features three of the best...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Head Arrangement
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders
The Head Arrangement. Music that isn’t formally arranged is often referred to as a head arrangement. Usually the leader of the group informally ass...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220226 FM Radio Challenges AM Radio's Orthodoxy
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Norman Thrasher of the Royal Serenaders Cuts Loose
We feature the very first rock and roll songs but only those you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because by removing the overwhel...

Bought by KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:06
  • Purchases: 5
The Bandleader
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Henry 'Red' Allen, Credit: Spotify
In the earliest days of full orchestra jazz, there was no cookie cutter template Each bandleader used their creative juices to set apart their band...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Messin' Around
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Chicago, Credit: Getty
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A wide-ranging talk with 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Donald Harrison, Credit: Courtesy of Donald Harrison
Saxophonist, cultural activist, educator and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison talks about jazz's rich diversity and its roots in New Orleans' ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Collaboration
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
This features one of the most creative and traditional jazz changes in musical history: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nichols to Pennies
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Red Nichols
Cornetist Red Nichols was the most prolific recording artist of the latter 1920s. If there was a song, he would record it. Although he became a ver...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stardust
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagland Carmichael
One of the more prolific and versatile composers of the 20th century Hoagland “Hoagy” Carmichael is heard in a verity of settings. From his earlies...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
On the Edge of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ted Lewis
We think of the 1920s music as the formation of Traditional jazz, however, there are other factors that are frequently overlooked. The introduction...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ellington Style
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Piece image
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was one of America's finest and most prolific 20th Century composers and bandleaders Besides his lengthy career at ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220108 First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Rudy Ray Moore kneeling
These are songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of so this is a deep dig into the non-commercial arts instead of pop music as de...

Bought by KCHU, KFCF FM, KPRG, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:11
  • Purchases: 4
220101 First Rock and Roll Song (and Audio Pizza!)
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Original Checkmates
These are songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of so this is not a "hits" or "oldies" presentation. It's purposely not the ...

Bought by WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, and KPRG


  • Added: Dec 24, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 5
Christmas Eve 1920s
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Christmas
Jazz with popular Christmas songs and trivia.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
K.C. & the Southwest
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Alphonso Trent Orchestra
Although jazz had roots in the southwest, their talents were ignored for years. All of the focus was on New Orleans. And later, Chicago and New Yor...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Descending to Alphorns
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
Piece image
A postcard about a group of Alphorn players in the Sierra Nevada.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
From Trad to Swing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
New Orleans traditional jazz developed swing in its earliest years. Bandleaders wanted to attract ballroom dancers and higher popularity. Why not. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Tough Guys & High Society
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Confiscated
Jazz was present long before the Volstead Act that came into effect in January 1919. You’d think the federal law restricting liquor would have ver...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fess, Fats & Fletch
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Williams
Two of these early jazz musicians were among the shrewdest businessmen in music. The middleman of this unusual trio unsold his worth, and even gave...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jabbo Smith
With the burgeoning of jazz in the 1920s, the skills of the virtuoso became more important. After all, the majority of the public wouldn’t have min...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Niyati Dhokai--creating community art with veterans
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ukulele workshop for veterans and military families at Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University. , Credit: Dr. Niyati Dhokai
Program Director of the Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University Niyati Dhokai talks about creating an intergenerational communi...

Bought by WMPG, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 3
The Virtuoso - part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jimmy Harrison
An individual who possesses outstanding talent and rises above the crowd. You’ll hear all of the expected names … with one exception. He didn’t get...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Louie Pérez from Los Lobos
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louie Pérez, Credit: Hypothetical
Louie Pérez the co-founder, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for 2021 National Heritage Fellow Award-winning band Los Lobos talks about keepin...

Bought by WMPG and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
It's Totally Albanian!
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Albanian Band
The First of November Albanian Mix, discovering where do songs come from with Norman Rose, tributes to Leslie Bricusse, Paddy Moloney, and Mikis Th...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:55:54
On the Road
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Motor Lodge
Flat tires and mechanical failures are expected. In order to make a living in the 1920s, musicians had to travel. Frequently, it was one-night stan...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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