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Mr. Blues, Hank Crawford, the sax man from the Ray Charles band, starts our show from the 1990s and a particularly poignant singer named Rene Marie...

Bought by KMXT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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On this week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, there’s loads of instrumental funk from all over the planet, with plenty to go round, like ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:56:30
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Creed Taylor, who passed away earlier this year at age 93, was one of the most influential jazz record producers of the 20th century. This week, we...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Reb Spike & his Pods of Pepper
A few musicians made the upper echelons of jazz in the 1920s. But, for every one at the top, there are hundreds of talented performers who only rec...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we are celebrating the saxophone with some more “Second Helpings”, wonderful musical gems from our shows that were r...

Bought by WLPR , GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Folk Salad visits New Orleans tonight on this airing. We will be serving up music tonight Louisianna style. There will definitely be some Polk in...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Eddie Condon
They were a team in 1928 when times were good, and reunited in 1938 at the peak of the depression. They were known as the Footwarmers and the Windy...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we’re celebrating stringed instruments in another installment of “Second Helpings” – hidden treats from our concerts...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Adrian Rollini
When Adrian Rollini introduced the bass saxophone to the front line instruments, several other reed artists were inspired to follow suit. The big d...

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, it’s a roll call of first names in the Great American Songbook, including “Nancy With The Laughing Face,” “Happiness Is A Thing Ca...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Adelaide Hall
There was no roadmap to success for the Early instrumentalists and vocalists in jazz. They were in untested waters and out on a limb. Nevertheless,...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Robert B. Jones shares a story about music, and the second episode of "Quentin Manning: Detective for Justice" is featured.

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  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
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Our voice activation and metadata is when we crack the mike and back announce a record. B3 organ starts this tour, all the pleasures of life hittin...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Senter & his Senterpedes
They were called "gaspipe" clarinetists. Their style was very popular in the 1920s. They emphasized peculiar sounds and startling effects, like, sc...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Maryann Sullivan, Credit: Emily Jane Davis
Maryanne Sullivan has teamed up with the Twin Cities Seven to perform some of the highlights of the swing era. Catch the Group at Crooner’s Supper ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we are celebrating the piano in an episode of musical "Second Helpings", wonderful hidden gems from our live perform...

Bought by WDCB and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell
Two of the finest New Orleans musicians … Armstrong and Russell … brought the birthplace of jazz into the “Big Apple” in the 1920s, and heavily inf...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we're celebrating the trumpet with some more “Second Helpings”, wonderful musical moments from our shows that were r...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Featuring music released on the excellent UK-based Sounway Records including tracks by Sai Galaxy, Argentina's La Yegros, South Africa's Hot Soul S...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
In 1927 Hoagy Carmichael was a law clerk. One day he happened to hear a sidewalk phonograph playing a recording of his song. He immediately decided...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we pay tribute to vocal jazz Annie Ross. I’ll chronicle her solo work as well as her time with the groundbreaking jazz group Lambert, He...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Giving away in order to keep, sharing our music is the thing. We hit all decades ’50s thru now this episode, we’ve got the big and small groups, vo...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 8
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we explore “Second Helpings”, wonderful musical moments from our shows that were recorded but never broadcast becaus...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Aug 06, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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50 Years of Country is a blend of legendary country artists and traditional Country music from the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. We have coined the phr...

Bought by WPCA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:01:53
  • Purchases: 2