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Stravinsky spills his scotch

That time Stravinsky heard Charlie Parker play and spilled his drink.

Dec 3 • 

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November 2025

"In a Mist": Classical Fingerprints

Jazz expanded its world with classical music in the 1920s-40s borrowing attributes, techniques and sometimes the music itself.

Nov 29 • 

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October 2025

Halloween Jazz

Music to make ghosts dance

Oct 30 • 

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The Henderson Style

The Architect of Swing

Oct 20 • 

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Unusual Instruments

Unusual instruments in early jazz — the outliers that turned heads in their day, some that stayed exotic, and others that eventually joined the…

Oct 8 • 

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59:00

September 2025

AJBB Extra! Jelly Roll Morton - 60 min.

More tunes! More details! More Jelly Roll!

Sep 22 • 

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Review: Omar Sosa Trio at the Cleveland Museum of Art, September 10

By Kevin McLaughlin

Sep 16 • 

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Jelly Roll Morton

Stomping Ground

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

Talent Scout

John Hammond produced, championed many jazz greats, and was an early advocate for racial integration and for the acceptance of jazz as a mainstream…

Aug 6 • 

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Transcript - John Hammond, Talent Scout

A slightly expanded version of the most recent episode (John Hammond, Talent Scout) as a transcript. This is an "extra" (for paid subscribers), but free…

Aug 5 • 

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July 2025

John Hammond interview, pts. 1-2

Radio interview with record producer John Hammond by Dan McClosky, 1970. The two talk and play Bessie Smith, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, among…

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

EXTRA: Jimmy Blanton and Duke Ellington jam, 1940

Mr. J.B. Blues, Body and Soul (recorded 1940)

Jun 27 • 

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