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Reluctant Genius Of Jazz: Artie Shaw This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Reluctant Genius Of Jazz: Artie Shaw This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

Artie Shaw was one of the top-grossing stars of the 1930s and the only serious rival Benny Goodman had to his title as “The King of Swing." To celebrate the Shaw legacy, Riverwalk's David Holt talks with Tom Nolan, the author of a new biography, Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw. Nolan drew on extended interviews he conducted with Shaw in his home between 1990 and 2004. Also on our broadcast salute to Artie Shaw, clips ...

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Swinging Duos At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Swinging Duos At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we're pairing up some of our favorite jazz artists in a broadcast of swinging duos. On their own, each one of these musicians lights up the stage, but together, they’re off the charts. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Two jny: ...

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Sophisticated Ladies & Red Hot Mommas This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Sophisticated Ladies & Red Hot Mommas This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

Heartbreakers, man-takers, vamps, tramps and the girl next door—through the decades they've all shown up in song. Songwriters are forever trying to decipher the feminine mystique, and singers never tire of crooning about the many aspects of the female spirit. In the spotlight this week on Riverwalk Jazz, New Orleans' Topsy Chapman joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band at The Landing to separate 'sophisticated ladies' from 'red-hot mommas.' And it takes a versatile artist like Topsy to cover a range ...

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Cornet Master Bob Barnard This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Cornet Master Bob Barnard This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Australian cornet master Bob Barnard joins the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on the bandstand. Together they play classic tunes made famous by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and other originals by Australian composers and Bob himself. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International (check your local listings). You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. An Appreciation By Don Mopsick Over almost ...

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Legends At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Legends At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

Jazz Appreciation Month brings out our appreciation for three legends of jazz as we welcome our first inductees into the Riverwalk Jazz Hall of Fame. Our Most Valued Players are trumpeter Doc Cheatham, bassist and composer Bob Haggart and vocalist Joe Williams. Adophus “Doc" Cheatham (1905-1997) was a walking encyclopedia of jazz history. He rubbed shoulders in Chicago with King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton||. He played behind blues queens {{Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and toured with Cab Calloway. ...

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Summer Jazz BBQ This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Summer Jazz BBQ This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

This week, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band swings their way through some of your favorite warm-weather tunes. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Jim and the Band light up the sky with a number Louis Armstrong recorded with his Hot Five in Chicago in 1928. “Fireworks” has multiple strains and is played in two keys, making it ...

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Class Of '29 This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Class Of '29 This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, to Hollywood movies and jazz recordings. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. In 1929, jazz was making its way into mainstream America, moving from Chicago to New York, blossoming in Harlem nightclubs, on the Broadway stage and in New ...

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The Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

The Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

This week our radio show explores the Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions. Joining The Jim Cullum Jazz Band are master pianist Dick Hyman and Portland-based vocalist Rebecca Kilgore. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller earned his reputation in the 1920s as one of the greatest of the ‘stride’ pianists. He became widely respected as the ...

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Songs Of Jimmy McHugh This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Songs Of Jimmy McHugh This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

Jimmy McHugh’s songs entered the jazz pantheon through recordings by Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and many, many more. Today McHugh’s songs remain among the most popular jazz standards recorded by both mainstream and traditional jazz artists. In this week’s Riverwalk Jazz broadcast devoted to McHugh's songs, tap master Savion Glover pays tribute to Bojangles’ legendary performance of “Doin’ the New Lowdown,” and singers Nina Ferro, Topsy Chapman and Rebecca Kilgore interpret McHugh classics “I've Got My Fingers Crossed," ...

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Harold Arlen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Harold Arlen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, in rare archival interview clips, Harold Arlen speaks about his career and how he wrote some of his most enduring songs, performed by the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests: Nina Ferro, Dick Hyman, Rebecca Kilgore and Carol Woods. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Critic Alec Wilder wrote of Harold ...

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