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September 13, 2012

 

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Gennett Days: Hot Jazz From The Heartland

In the 1920s hot jazz swept Indiana's campuses—and a Richmond record label introduced the world to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Hoagy Carmichael.

October 5, 2011

 

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The Big Speakeasy: Jazz And Prohibition

America in the 1920s: Wall Street was on the rise, cops were on the take, jazz was in the air, and alcohol had been banished—but it certainly hadn’t vanished.

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Afterglow Plays Cole Porter

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Afterglow is WFIU's weekly program of jazz and American popular song hosted by David Brent Johnson.

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