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Composer and lyricist Jerome Kern summed up the life and work of Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) when he said, “Irving Berlin has no place in America...
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- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 58:59
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This week from the WWOZ studio, music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. 1950s to 70 Americana music from when race and popula...
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 03:52:16
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...
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- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 58:57
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He is considered the first great tenor saxophonist in jazz. The first signs of Coleman Hawkins’ potential began to show when he was still a child.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 3
This week on Culture Queue, pull a show from the archives in which we focus on codes and the keys to cracking them. We start with producers Noel Cl...
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- Added: Apr 28, 2013
- Length: 31:34
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Despite the vast popularity of "That Rhythm Man," as Billy Cotton was known, his recognition did not reach the states like the bands lead by Ambros...
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 58:57
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 10:16
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 15:49
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 18:01
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 17:37
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 17:25
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 21:17
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- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 18:49
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The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...
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- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 58:57
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Sidney Bechet was one of the early jazz virtuosos. Born in New Orleans, he began his professional career long before jazz was put to wax. Then the...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 58:57
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Laughter is the best medicine. But, it feels that today's musicians may be taking themselves too seriously. Here are selections from the 1920s to t...
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- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
by Meagan Nouis. If you asked most music appreciators who their favorite artists are, a few names would pop in their heads almost instantly. For ne...
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 01:30
This program features those wonderfully talented lyricists of the 1920s who created such memorial songs as "Margie," "You Took Advantage of Me," "T...
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- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 58:57
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- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 21:31
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- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 14:59
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- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 09:25
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- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 09:55
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- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 16:44
- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 13:26
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- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 19:26
- Purchases: 1
