Guy Rathbun

- Username: guyrathbun
- Part-time Instructor
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Guy Rathbun

Three of the Best
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From: Guy Rathbun
Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, and Ben Webster. Each left an indelible mark on jazz, with their distinct styles and contributions to the development of the saxophone.

A Bite of the Big Apple
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From: Guy Rathbun
It was one of the most infamous times in the history of New York. The city became the hub of a new emerging music: jazz, and the Big Apple was the entertainment capital of ...

Chicago Rarities
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From: Guy Rathbun
When the New Orleans community of Storyville was shuttered in 1917, musicians began traveling north to find work. No one could have been prepared for the eventual influential ...

The Musical Review
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From: Guy Rathbun
At the turn of the century, 1900, entertainment promoters discovered the value of staging musical reviews for introducing musical scores. In order to bring the music to the ...

The Jam Session
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From: Guy Rathbun
The Jam Session: It’s the proving ground for a musician. That’s where you test your chops. Your creativity. For 1920s jazz performers, these sessions played a central role in ...

Satchmo & Duke
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From: Guy Rathbun
They could not have been more opposite in their approach to jazz. Yet, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had identical goals. Provide the best music to the widest possible ...

Syncopated Ladies
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From: Guy Rathbun
Women have made vast contributions to the history of early jazz. Not only as vocalists, but as musicians, bandleaders, composers and lyricists. Unfortunately, they are ...

They Played 'till Dawn
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From: Guy Rathbun
Harlem Stride piano, boogie and skiffle were all created by the house rent party. Hosts opened up their apartments for a night, charging a fee to guests in return for live ...

Poetic Notions
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From: Guy Rathbun
Tin Pan Alley songsters were quick to pick up on the popularity of jazz in the 1920s. And, the lyricists, like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and Hoagy Carmichael, were ...
