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Lil Hardin Armstrong

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Lil Hardin helped introduce America to jazz music. She was a dedicated jazz pianist, who established a reputation as "Hot Miss Lil," one of the few female band ensemble members of the 1920’s. She played on many of the first jazz recordings ever made and she wrote many of the early songs of the jazz era. Though she might be identified in the jazz world as the wife of Louis Armstrong, she was much more than that. Lil Armstrong was born Lillian Beatrice Hardin on February 3, 1898. Her grandmother, Priscilla Thompson, was born into slavery in 1850 in Lafayette County near Oxford, Mississippi. Her parents separated when Armstrong was very young

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, Doug Webb & More

Read "Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, Doug Webb & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Emmaline, Joan Watson-Jones, Doug Webb, Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, with birthday shoutouts to Rosetta Reitz (founder of Rosetta Records), Marlena Shaw, Julie London (100!), Rebecca Kilgore, Norma Winstone, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Classic Jazz From Vinyl, including Herbie Hancock and Dinah Washington, and new music from Betty Bryant and Soulive

Read "Classic Jazz From Vinyl, including Herbie Hancock and Dinah Washington, and new music from Betty Bryant and Soulive" reviewed by David W. Daniels

by David W. Daniels

Classic jazz--vinyl from Herbie Hancock, Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine, and all-digital from Bobby Hutcherson and Gene Ammons. New music from Rules and Gregory Porter, Betty Bryant, Joe Magnarelli, Soulive, and others. Recognizing birthdays this week for Stan Getz, Joe Sample, Eubie Blake, Vinnie Colaiuta, and others. Playlist Horace Silver “The Outlaw" from Further ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Alyssa Allgood, Michael Dease, Lena Bloch, The Sistering (Lois Deloatch, Nnenna Freelon, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Kate McGarry)

Read "Alyssa Allgood, Michael Dease, Lena Bloch, The Sistering (Lois Deloatch, Nnenna Freelon, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Kate McGarry)" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes fundraising for the station, new music from Alyssa Allgood, Michael Dease, Lena Bloch and a single from The Sistering (Lois Deloatch, Nnenna Freelon, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Kate McGarry), with birthday shoutouts to Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jutta Hipp, Jeanne Lee, Dolly Parton, Caili O'Doherty, Lena Bloch, Lucy Yeghiazaryan, Kaisa Maensivu and Teri Roiger, among ...

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Article: Interview

Alisa Clancy Served Cheer and Empathy with Her Morning Cup of Jazz During COVID, Then Signed Off

Read "Alisa Clancy Served Cheer and Empathy with Her Morning Cup of Jazz During COVID, Then Signed Off" reviewed by Joan Merrill

by Joan Merrill

Bay Area jazz lovers were shocked to learn that “the voice of jazz" would no longer help them greet the day with her blend of jazz and good humor in a voice like no other. After 35 years as KCSM's premiere host, Alisa Clancy announced her retirement after almost single-handedly keeping the radio station ...

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Article: Backstories

The Brief Reign of King Oliver

Read "The Brief Reign of King Oliver" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. However, ...

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Article: Album Review

Caili O'Doherty: Bluer Than Blue

Read "Bluer Than Blue" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

Pianist and arranger Caili O'Doherty has carved out a niche as both an incisive interpreter of the jazz tradition and an innovator unafraid to reshape it. With Bluer Than Blue, she turns her keen musical intellect toward the underappreciated Lil Hardin Armstrong, a trailblazing composer, pianist, and bandleader whose influence has long lingered in the shadows ...

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Article: Backstories

The Legacy of Lillian Hardin Armstrong

Read "The Legacy of Lillian Hardin Armstrong" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. However, ...

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Article: Book Review

Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong

Read "Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong" reviewed by Keith Hatschek

by Keith Hatschek

Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong Ricky Riccardi 466 Pages ISBN: # 978-0-19-761448-8 Oxford University Press 2025 Louis Armstrong's undeniable influence on jazz and popular culture has been the subject of many books, essays, and articles throughout the years, so one wonders will another biography ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Arturo O'Farrill's Homage To Carla Bley, Julia Hűlsmann, Vocalists Holly Cole, Aubrey Logan, Lili Anel, Liz Cole & More

Read "Arturo O'Farrill's Homage To Carla Bley, Julia Hűlsmann, Vocalists Holly Cole, Aubrey Logan, Lili Anel, Liz Cole & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new releases including Arturo O'Farrill's Carla Bley tribute, the Julia Hűlsmann Quartet, plus vocalists Aubrey Logan, Holly Cole, Liz Cole and Lili Anel, with birthday shoutouts to jazz foremother Lil Hardin Armstrong, Caili O'Doherty, vocalists CeCe Gable, Rosemary Loar, Eugenie Jones, Aubrey Logan, and Melody Gardot. Happy listening and please support the artists ...


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