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Tramos

Description: Recording of Eduardo Bértola's Tramos for tape. The piece was made from two sound sources: radio broadcasts and direct recordings of popular events. These materials were structured by simple juxtaposition excluding the mixes and any kind of development of the original sound. It is therefor a purely horizontal structure in which we note the union of fragments of hard edge, perfectly delimited, similar to that used in some works of North American Pop Art. In this way, Bértola expresses his own po… more
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Date: 1975
Duration: 16 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Bértola, Eduardo, 1939-1996
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Jim Cullum Jazz Band - San Antonio - W.C. Handy, 1993 August 14

Description: Recording of the program "Riverwalk: Live from the Landing" from American Public Radio and Texas Public Radio. This performance features the Jim Cullum Jazz Band at the Landing Jazz Club in San Antonio, Texas and honors W.C. Handy on August 14, 1993. William Orfield and Linda Hopkins are also part of the performance.
Date: August 14, 1993
Duration: 56 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Jim Cullum in NYC, via KNTU, 1995 May 5

Description: Recording of the radio program "Riverwalk: Live at the Landing" from American Public Radio. This program features the Jim Cullum Jazz Band in New York City for the 5th Anniversary Bash and All-Star Jam. Leon Breeden recorded this program off the radio via KNTU.
Date: May 5, 1995
Duration: 51 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra - John Giordano - Rule Beasley's new composition premiere, 1995 October 9

Description: Recording of a radio broadcast of the inaugural concert of the 1995 season for the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra. This broadcast was taped by Breeden from an earlier date. Francis Poulenc's "Sinfonetta" was also a part of this broadcast, but it is not included in this recording.
Date: October 9, 1995
Duration: 47 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Cowtown, USA - 1998 October 12

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden's "Cowtown, USA." This recording begins with a radio broadcast of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown, USA" when Breeden was bandmaster of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony. This first performance is assumed to be recorded from an older broadcast (1948) and potentially the premiere performance of "Cowtown, USA." The second performance is from October 12, 1998 and is the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown… more
Date: {1948,1998-10-12}
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Jim Cullum Jazz Band with John and Bucky Pizzarelli, undated. Jim Cullum Jazz Band - Early New Orleans, 2002 May 8

Description: Recording of the radio program "Riverwalk Jazz," produced by Pacific Vista Productions for Texas Public Radio on Public Radio International. Two programs are documented on this cassette. The first program features John and Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, and the title of the second program is "Brass Band and Jazz Funerals: Scenes from Danny Barker's Old New Orleans."
Date: May 8, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Jim Cullum, 2006 July 15

Description: Recording of the radio program, "Riverwalk Jazz Starring the Jim Cullum Jazz Band." This radio program was recorded at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, California. This program features the music of Benny Goodman and his sextet. It seems that Leon Breeden may have accidentally recorded over an existing recording on this tape.
Date: July 15, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Thomas E. Dewey, November 1, 1944; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, November 4, 1944

Description: Side 1 contains a presidential campaign speech by Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey, introduced by Ford Bond for a paid program on the Mutual network. Side 2 contains a presidential campaign speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Boston, in his final major appearance before Election Day.
Date: {1944-11-01,1944-11-04}
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 & Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Lester Young, Voice of America, 1978 February 11. "Water for L.B.", undated

Description: Recording of the February 11, 1978 program of the "Voice of America", an undated recording of "Water for L.B.", a piano piece, and a short recording focusing on a simple heart procedure with music closing the recording. The "Voice of America" broadcast is hosted by Willis Conover and features jazz musician Lester Young. "Water for L.B." is a short piano piece with an unknown pianist. It is assumed that "Water for L.B." was written for Leon Breeden. Towards the end of the second track, a short … more
Date: February 11, 1978
Duration: 52 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #24

Description: The twenty-fourth and final program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1948 and 1949, with discussion of the musicals Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific.
Date: 197X
Duration: 50 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library

[Let's Hear From a Lady KUZU 92.9 poster]

Description: Poster advertising the radio show, Let's Hear From a Lady, live every Friday from 10-11 a.m. on KUZU 92.9, Denton, Texas. Black and white poster features informational text underneath a circular logo image of a silhouetted female figure with one fist raised and speaking into a megaphone. Text indicates that the show launched July 8. The radio show, hosted by DJ Emily White, aired on KUZU 92.9, Denton's low-power-FM community radio station.
Date: 2018
Partner: UNT Music Library
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EnBee Jamboree, June 14, 1947; labor dispute arbitration

Description: On side 1, Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Record Sales, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Roy Milton's "Camille's Boogie"; Duke Ellington, "Minnehaha Part 2"; Reverend Utah Smith, "God's Mighty Hand;" and Herb Jeffries, "When I Write My Song." Side 2 contains a labor arbitration hearing between the Bakery and Confectionary Union Local 350 AFL, an employer (Mr. C), and a former employee (… more
Date: June 14, 1947
Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Big Band Chronicles Cassette 2A

Description: Part A of the second cassette of a condensed version of John Gilliland’s 1940s Big Band Chronicles, originally produced in the early 1970s. This segment emphasizes the time of the Second World War, with musical excerpts and commentary from performers and other music industry figures. Excerpted selections include "Skylark," "All or Nothing At All," "Pistol Packin' Mama," and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore."
Date: 1994
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #20

Description: The twentieth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1947 and 1948, with discussion of Disney movies and their songs, nostalgia, and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) recording ban of 1948.
Date: 197X
Duration: 50 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #9

Description: The ninth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1943, with discussion of wartime movies.
Date: 1972
Duration: 54 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #8

Description: The eighth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1942 and 1943, with discussion of Frank Sinatra, and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma.
Date: 1972
Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Big Band Chronicles Cassette 1A

Description: Part A of the first cassette of a condensed version of John Gilliland’s 1940s Big Band Chronicles, originally produced in the early 1970s. This segment emphasizes the pre-war years through the early years of the Second World War, with musical excerpts and commentary from performers and other music industry figures. Excerpted selections include "The Last Time I Saw Paris," "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," and "I'll Walk Alone."
Date: 1994
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #22

Description: The twenty-second program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1948 and 1949, with discussion of politics, travel-related songs, and the end of the AFM recording ban.
Date: 197X
Duration: 50 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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