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From Cotton Club to South Side: The Blues in Full Swing

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Hour One of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise is a trip back to the crossroads of jazz and blues — […]

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Screamin Jay Hawkins

SWINGIN’ SKELETONS & SCAREDY-CAT JAZZ: THE HAUNTED ORIGINS OF BLUES HALLOWEEN

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Hour One of Blues Before Sunrise’s annual Halloween broadcast dives headlong into the musical graveyard — a ghostly revue where […]

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Jimmy Rushing

THE SOUNDS OF BRONZEVILLE – RUSHING, HUMES & WILSON SWING

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Hour One of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise opens in Chicago’s own Bronzeville—the beating cultural heart of midcentury Black America. […]

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Wild Bill Davis

FROM THE BANDSTAND TO THE BLUES: JAZZ MEETS THE GROOVE

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The first hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise sets the stage with a smooth, swinging blend of jazz and […]

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ERSKINE HAWKINS

SWINGIN’ INTO SUNDAY: BIG BANDS, VOICES, AND VELVET TONES

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i Hour One of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise sets the mood for a night of easy motion and impeccable […]

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Setting the Stage: The Sound Before Sonny

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Hour One of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise eases listeners into the musical world that shaped Sonny Thompson’s piano style—an […]

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Louis Jordan

Rockin’ the Blues: Jump, Swing, and Shout

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Hour 1 of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise sets the tone with a high-energy blast of jump blues, rhythm & […]

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Julia Lee

Prewar and Early Postwar Blues Essentials

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Hour 1 of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise kicks off with a rich selection of prewar and early postwar blues, […]

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Gene Ammons

Swinging Into the Blues: Jazz, Horns, and Early R&B Energy

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Hour 1 of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise set the stage with a vibrant mix of swing, horn-driven jazz, and […]

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Mills Brothers

Swing, Scat, and Early Jazz-Infused Blues

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The opening hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise sets the stage with a lively blend of scat, jazz-inflected blues, […]

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