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James P. Johnson mediated the transition from ragtime to jazz.

 

 NOTES - James P. Johnson's Giant Stride [5:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In pop music, all roads lead to Ron Dante.

Learn more about Jackie Chan, pop singer.

 

 NOTES - Chan's the Man! [4:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Learn more about the music behind the mayhem of Hong Kong’s martial arts cinema.

 

 NOTES - The Music of Hong Kong's Martial Arts Cinema [4:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Joe Meek’s tragic death on February 3, 1967 was sadly predictable to those who knew him.

The Runaways skated the fine line between pioneering and pandering.

 

 NOTES - Kim Fowley, Pt. 2 -- Rock n' Roll Svengali [5:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Coolidge, Zelig, Hoover — Page, Fowley, Plant

No artist’s career transverses so many disparate corners of the rock n’ roll world as Kim Fowley’s does.  From the Argyles to Frank Zappa, Fowley has been there, done that.  Learn more about the amazing Kim Fowley in this episode of NOTES.

 

 NOTES - Kim Fowley, Pt. 1 -- Rock n' Roll Zelig [5:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

One of the most unusual instruments ever conceived was invented by a man whose reward was years of darkness and back-breaking toil. Learn more about the theremin….

Ernest Hogan could never outrace his heritage.

Not even bandleader Billy Tipton’s wives knew his amazing secret.

 

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