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The Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- Written by: Stephon Alexander
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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More than 50 years ago, John Coltrane drew the 12 musical notes in a circle and connected them with straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane had put physics and geometry at the core of his music. Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander returns the favor, using jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe.
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The Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2016-05-19
- Language: English
- Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander uses jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe....
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American Comics
- A History
- Written by: Jeremy Dauber
- Narrated by: Jeremy Dauber
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through the progress of comics in the 20th century and beyond. Follow the history from the golden age of newspaper comic strips - Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy - to the midcentury superhero boom - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman - and from the moral panic of the Eisenhower era to the underground comix movement; from the grim and gritty Dark Knights to the graphic novel’s rise.
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American Comics
- A History
- Narrated by: Jeremy Dauber
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-30
- Language: English
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Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through comics’ progress in the 20th century and beyond....
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Delta Blues
- The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
- Written by: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
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The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia - the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed The History of Jazz - brings to life the stirring music of the Delta, evoking the legendary figures who shaped its sound and ethos: Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, and others.
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Delta Blues
- The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-16
- Language: English
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Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the 19th century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music....
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Nobody's Girl Friday
- The Women Who Ran Hollywood
- Written by: J. E. Smyth
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style, led their unions, climbed to the top during the war, and fought the blacklist. Based on a decade of archival research, author J. E. Smyth uncovers a formidable generation working within the American film industry and brings their voices back into the history of Hollywood.
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Nobody's Girl Friday
- The Women Who Ran Hollywood
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-31
- Language: English
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The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style....
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The Improv
- An Oral History of the Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up
- Written by: Budd Friedman, Tripp Whetsell, Jay Leno - foreword
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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In 1963, 30-year-old Friedman - who had recently quit his job as a Boston advertising executive and returned to his hometown of New York to become a theatrical producer - opened a coffee house for Broadway performers called the Improvisation. His goal? Simply to make a living, and if all went according to plan, to also make enough professional contacts to be able to mount his first Broadway show within a year's time. Later shortened to the Improv, its first West 44th Street location was in a seedy section of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.
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The Improv
- An Oral History of the Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2017-09-29
- Language: English
- In 1963, 30-year-old Friedman - who had recently quit a job as a Boston advertising executive and came to New York to become a theatrical producer - opened a coffee house for Broadway performers....
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The Story of Motown
- Written by: Peter Benjaminson, Greil Macus - foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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In January 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest Black-owned business in the United States. It also became one of the most productive and influential producers of popular music anywhere in the world. The Story of Motown is the story of Berry Gordy's triumph over powerful, established financial interests, entrenched popular taste, bigotry, and racism.
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Good story sometimes rushed narrative
- By toby snelgrove on 2020-04-12
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The Story of Motown
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-16
- Language: English
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In January 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest Black-owned business in the United States....
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Shout It Out Loud
- The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon
- Written by: James Campion
- Narrated by: Stephen Borne
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
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Shout It Out Loud is a serious examination of the circumstance and serendipity that fused the creation of the band's seminal work, Destroyer - including the band's arduous ascent to the unexpected smash hit Alive!, the ensuing lawsuits between its management and its label, the pursuit of the hot, young producer, a grueling musical "boot camp", the wildly creative studio abandon, the origins behind an iconic cover, the era's most outlandish tour, and the unlikely string of hit singles.
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Get to the point!!!
- By shane sperling on 2021-06-26
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Shout It Out Loud
- The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon
- Narrated by: Stephen Borne
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-26
- Language: English
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Shout It Out Loud is a serious examination of the circumstance and serendipity that fused the creation of the band's seminal work, Destroyer....
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Guitar
- An American Life
- Written by: Tim Brookes
- Narrated by: Tim Brookes
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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What was it about a small, humble folk instrument that allowed it to become an American icon? The guitar represents freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth, lost love, and sexuality. Tim Brookes explores with adoration these ideas and how they became entwined with the history of America.
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Guitar
- An American Life
- Narrated by: Tim Brookes
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2005-06-17
- Language: English
- The guitar represents freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth, lost love, and sexuality....
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A Companion to Martin Scorsese, Revised Edition
- Written by: Aaron Baker - Edited by
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 21 hrs and 9 mins
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A Companion to Martin Scorsese is a comprehensive collection of original essays assessing the career of one of America's most prominent contemporary filmmakers....
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A Companion to Martin Scorsese, Revised Edition
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 21 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2021-08-10
- Language: English
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A Companion to Martin Scorsese is a comprehensive collection of original essays assessing the career of one of America's most prominent contemporary filmmakers....
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All That Jazz
- The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago
- Written by: Ethan Mordden
- Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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As author Ethan Mordden looks back at Chicago's various moving parts - including the original 1926 play that started it all, a sexy silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, a talkie remake with Ginger Rogers, the musical itself, and at last the movie of the musical - we learn how the American theater serves as a kind of alternative news medium, a town crier warning the public about the racy, devious interior contradictions of American society. Opinionated, witty, and rich in backstage anecdotes, All That Jazz brings the American musical to life in all its artistry and excitement.
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All That Jazz
- The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago
- Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-28
- Language: English
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As author Ethan Mordden looks back at Chicago's various moving parts, we learn how the American theater serves as a kind of alternative news medium, a town crier warning the public about the racy, devious interior contradictions of American society....
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Summertime
- George Gershwin's Life in Music
- Written by: Richard Crawford
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins
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New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway, where he fashioned his own brand of American music. He composed a long run of musical comedies, many with his brother Ira as lyricist, but his aspirations reached beyond commercial success.
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Summertime
- George Gershwin's Life in Music
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-03
- Language: English
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New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway, where he fashioned his own brand of American music....
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Wonderful Memories of It's a Wonderful Life
- Written by: Jimmy Hawkins
- Narrated by: Jimmy Hawkins
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Fifty years ago, a little boy was cast in a movie with some of Hollywood's brightest stars. The movie: It's a Wonderful Life; the boy: Jimmy Hawkins; today, he tells his story. Through personal recollection, careful research, and interviews with cast and crew, actor Jimmy Hawkins, who played four-year-old Tommy Bailey, takes you behind the scenes for a first-hand look at the American movie classic It's a Wonderful Life.
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Superb little listen
- By Roberta W on 2021-09-18
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Wonderful Memories of It's a Wonderful Life
- Narrated by: Jimmy Hawkins
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 2005-01-14
- Language: English
- Fifty years ago, a little boy was cast in a movie with some of Hollywood's brightest stars....
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Holler If You Hear Me
- Searching for Tupac Shakur
- Written by: Michael Eric Dyson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971–1996) was an American rap artist, actor, and social activist. More than seventy-five million of his albums have sold worldwide, making him one of the bestselling music artists in the world. Rolling Stone magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.
Shakur also gained notoriety for his conflicts with the law and time spent in prison.
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if you want to hear quote and unquote
- By jadeon rathgeber on 2019-12-22
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Holler If You Hear Me
- Searching for Tupac Shakur
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2011-06-29
- Language: English
- Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971–1996) was an American rap artist, actor, and social activist....
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The Comedians
- Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy
- Written by: Kliph Nesteroff
- Narrated by: Kliph Nesteroff
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over 200 original interviews and extensive archival research, Nesteroff's groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past 100 years.
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More information than you thought you needed.
- By Chip on 2024-01-06
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The Comedians
- Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy
- Narrated by: Kliph Nesteroff
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2017-04-11
- Language: English
- Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts....
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Dilla Time
- The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
- Written by: Dan Charnas, Jeff Peretz - contributor
- Narrated by: Dan Charnas
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of 32, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod: revered by jazz musicians and rap icons from Robert Glasper to Kendrick Lamar; memorialized in symphonies and taught at universities.
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A Great Read
- By Ross on 2024-05-12
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Dilla Time
- The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
- Narrated by: Dan Charnas
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2022-02-01
- Language: English
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He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of 32, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit....
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Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You
- The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s
- Written by: Charles Taylor
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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When we think of '70s cinema, we think of classics like The Godfather and Taxi Driver...but the riches found in the overlooked B-movies of the time, rolled out wherever they might find an audience, unexpectedly tell an eye-opening story about post-Watergate, post-Vietnam America. Revisiting the films that don't make the Academy Award montages, Charles Taylor finds a treasury many of us have forgotten, movies that in fact "unlock the secrets of the times".
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Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You
- The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2017-06-06
- Language: English
- The riches found in the overlooked B-movies of the 1970s unexpectedly tell an eye-opening story about post-Watergate, post-Vietnam America....
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Parking the Moose
- One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots
- Written by: Dave Hill
- Narrated by: Dave Hill
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Dave Hill was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. But his grandfather was from Canada. Inspired by a publisher's payment of several hundred dollars (Canadian) in cash, Dave has traveled all over Canada, reconnecting with his heritage in such places as Montreal, Moose Jaw, Regina, Winnipeg, and Merrickville, meeting a range of Canadians, touching things he probably shouldn't, and having adventures too numerous and rich in detail to be done justice in this blurb. The result, he promises, is "the greatest Canada-based literary thrill ride of your lifetime".
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What was the point?
- By Ann Hemingway on 2019-12-14
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Parking the Moose
- One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots
- Narrated by: Dave Hill
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2019-10-08
- Language: English
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A quarter-Canadian from Cleveland explores his roots - and melts your face with joy....
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The Blues Brothers
- An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
- Written by: Daniel De Visé
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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The saga behind The Blues Brothers, as Daniel de Visé reveals, is epic, encompassing the colorful childhoods of Belushi and Aykroyd; the comedic revolution sparked by Harvard’s Lampoon and Chicago’s Second City; the birth and anecdote-rich, drug-filled early years of Saturday Night Live, where the Blues Brothers were born as an act amidst turmoil and rivalry; and, of course, the indelible behind-the-scenes narrative of how the film was made, scene by memorable scene.
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The Blues Brothers
- An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2024-03-19
- Language: English
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Based on original research and dozens of interviews probing the memories of principals from director John Landis and producer Bob Weiss to Aykroyd himself, The Blues Brothers illuminates an American masterpiece while vividly portraying the creative geniuses behind modern comedy....
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
- Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
- Written by: Michael Azerrad
- Narrated by: Jon Wurster, Merrill Garbus, Fred Armisen, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
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This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan '80s - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith has been recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right.
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Essential Listening
- By Anonymous User on 2020-03-22
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
- Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
- Narrated by: Jon Wurster, Merrill Garbus, Fred Armisen, Sharon Van Etten, Stephin Merritt, Jeff Tweedy, Corey Taylor, Phil Elverum, Michael Azerrad, Dave Longstreth, Jonathan Franzen, Laura Jane Grace, Colin Meloy
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2019-05-21
- Language: English
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This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan '80s - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock....
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- Written by: Penny M. Von Eschen
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism.
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Phenomenal window into US history
- By Penseur on 2022-05-10
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-10
- Language: English
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth....
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