The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno's Ambient Music

Easy Listening Absorbed Psychedelia in the Late 1960's: Host Nate Wilcox welcomes back author Joseph Lanza to discuss his latest book “Easy Listening Acid Trip: An Elevator Ride through Sixties Psychedelic Pop” the surreal landscape where the Beatles met Mantovani. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. by Let It Roll

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Rhythm and Blues Exploded Out of 1940s Los Angeles Led by Nat "King" Cole & Big Jay McNeely: Host Nate Wilcox is joined by R.J. Smith to talk about his book "The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Last African American Renaissance." It was a pivotal place and time in American music history that brought together gospel, jazz and blues and brought forth Rhythm & Blues and modern jazz. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. by Let It Roll

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The Cool: A 20th Century Phenomenon: Host Nate Wilcox talks with Ted Gioia about the birth of "the cool" in the jazz scene of the 1920s and 30s, its explosion into the mass consciousness in the 1950s, its reign through the rock era and its eventual death at the turn of the millennium, drowned in commercial hype. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. by Let It Roll

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