The Jazz Treasury Podcast

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The Jazz Treasury Podcast is devoted to exhibiting the best of jazz history in the format of an auditory tour of America’s richest indigenous music. Bi-weekly a different aspect of jazz will be presented. It may be a portrait of a musician such as Duke

Rich Sylvester


    • Jun 6, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 90 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from The Jazz Treasury Podcast

    Stompin' at the Savoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 41:54


    Learn a little about Harlem's Savoy Ballroom and DANCE!

    Rex Stewart-#jazz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 38:22


    Learn a little about the late great coronet player, Rex Stewart and listen to some of his music.

    Western Swing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 38:16


    Check out the swinging sounds of Texas and Oklahoma!

    All The Duke's Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 27:45


    Meet some of the great musicians who Duke Ellington introduced to the world of Jazz.

    Roy Eldridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 46:05


    Learn a little about the man and the music of Roy Eldridge. Bonus track from Theo Croker!

    Dizzy Gillespie Replay

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 26:45


    A New Year's Bonus, two episodes of fine jazz to enjoy this month.

    Charlie Christian Replay

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 26:48


    Happy New Year 2019!  Here's a relay of our Charlie Christian episode for your listening pleasure.

    Jazz Clarinet and Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 49:51


    This Episode features the early recordings of jazz greats such as Jimmie Noone, Benny Goodman, Pee Wee Russell, Johnny Dodds and more!

    Lester Young- Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 33:45


    The great Lester Young is featured in this rebroadcast with a little treat at the end.

    The Jazz Piano

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 41:09


    Learn a little bit about the early history of the Jazz Piano, from Scott Joplin, Thelonious Monk and more!

    Benny Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 42:05


    Learn about the great jazz musician Benny Carter and hear a bit of his music.

    Slim Gailllard

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 38:53


    Listen to his music and learn about slim's fascinating life.

    Clarence Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 34:30


    Learn a little bit about the man and the music of Clarence Williams

    Jump Jazz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 37:47


    Check out the honking sound of Jump Jazz from California with Illinois Jacquet, Dinah Washington, Jimmy Witherspoon and MORE!

    Jazz City- Paris

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2019 35:18


    Check out the birth of jazz in Paris with Django Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins and MORE!

    Big Band Voices

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 32:42


    Hear the early music of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and MORE. Learn a little about the evolution of Jazz Singing.

    Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2019 34:30


    Tune into the swing machine of Joe Venuti's violin and Eddie Lang's guitar for a taste of solid swing.

    The Evolution of the Jazz Guitar- Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2019 24:23


    Hear Django, Charlie Christian, Les Paul and MORE!

    Evoluition of the Jazz Guitar Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2019 24:21


    Featuring Charlie Christian, Eddie Lange and More

    Early Be-Bop

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2019 33:33


    Listen to some of the forefathers of Be-Bop Jazz break the chains of swing and make people listen.

    Jazz In Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 36:51


    Listen to the early pioneers of Jazz in Britain and a track from the New Jazz Explosion in Britain.

    Monk & Powell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 30:22


    Learn about the music and lives of Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell

    Muggsy Spanier

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 28:07


    Learn about the music and life of the great cornetist Muggsy Spanier.

    52nd Street Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2018 25:32


    Enjoy the sounds of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and other jhazz Greats as they invade 52nd St. NYC!

    West Coast Jazz

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2018 23:57


    Explore the music of Stan Kenton, Lionel Hampton (with Charles Mingus at 25) and Woody Herman.

    New Orleans Revival

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 29:39


    Learn about the revival of New Orleans traditional jazz in the 1940's.  

    Mildered Bailey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 26:23


    Singing songs that touch the heart, Mildred Bailey never achieved the fame she deserved.

    Earl Hines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018 25:40


    Learn a little about the man and the music of Earl 'Fatha' Hines.

    Duke Ellington Part 2 Encore

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2018 31:01


    Learn about the music and the man in his later years.

    Bix Beiderbecke

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 26:07


    Encore: Duke Ellington-Jazz Royalty

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 25:53


    Learn about Duke Ellington's life and music.  Part I of II

    Jimmie Lunceford

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 26:32


    The life and music of the great Jimmie Lunceford

    The Duke's Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2018 27:45


    Learn a little about four jazz greats, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Rex Stuart and Barney Bigard, all important members of Duke Ellington's Orchestra and great band leaders of their own right.

    Red Alan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2018 27:34


    Listen to the music of Red Allan and learn a little about his life.

    Jazz City- Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2018 26:05


    Learn about the early history of Jazz is the great city of Chicago.

    Count Basie Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 27:32


    Yanks in Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2018 25:28


    Learn a little bit about the history of American Jazz greats playing in Great Britain

    The Dorsey Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 26:12


    Learn a little bit about the life and music of the infamous Dorsey Brothers.

    Bessie Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2018 26:29


    Learn about the life and music of the legendary Bessie Smith.

    Swing Celebration

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2017 25:13


    Get your foot tappin with some great swing for the holidays

    Bob Crosby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 27:14


    Meet Bing's little brother Bob.  He could swing the ragtime band!

    52nd Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2017 25:32


    Take a little journey down 52nd Street in New York City during the late 30's and early 40's.

    Jazz City-Kansas City

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017 28:34


    Learn a little about how the jazz born in Kansas City influenced the evolution of jazz.

    Art Tatum

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 26:02


    Learn a bit about the life and hear the early music of the great Art Tatum.

    Jazz City-New York City

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2017 27:21


    Delve back into the early days of jazz in the Big Apple.

    Fats Waller

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 25:24


    Learn about the man and the music of the great Fats Waller.

    Johnny Dodds

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2017 27:46


    Listen to one of the best Jazz clarinetists of the 1920s and learn about a little about his life.

    Charlie Christian-

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 26:48


    Learn all about one of the first jazz electric guitar players.

    Dizzy Gillespie Take II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2017 27:01


    Swing into the Bebop Era with Dizzy!

    Jack Teagarden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2017 26:45


    Learn a little about the great Texas trombonist and vocalist, Jack Teagarden.  Listen to a few of his best tracks.

    What Is The Jazz Treasury?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2017 0:50


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