Big Band Bash

Too many times the wonderful world of the big band is compressed to just a decade known as “The Swing Era”(1935 to 1945). And even beyond that, only a handful of bands are usually heard to represent that magical time. Join host Loren Schoenberg for the best of the swinging big bands, going back to the 1920s, and going way beyond 1945. You’ll hear a band’s you’ve never heard of, and you’ll hear great music by the bands, you have heard of that you’ve never heard before!

Previously broadcasted programs. Click on the program description in the table to hear the audio…

October 31st at 2 PM Hour
	2:55 PM	Humphrey Littleton Big Band with Jimmy Rushing	“Somebody Stole My Gal” — BBC Jazz Club - Autumn 1958	BUY
	2:52 PM	Dizzy Gillespie	“Lullaby Of The Leaves” — 1949-1950	BUY
	2:46 PM	Gerry Mullian Concert Jazz Band	“Manoir De Mes Reves (Django's Castle) ” — In Concert	BUY
	2:43 PM	Tommy Dorsey	“Lullaby Of Broadway ” — N/A	BUY
	2:40 PM	Billie Holiday	“Everybody's Laughing ” — Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)	BUY
	2:38 PM	Sarah Vaughan	“Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk” — Sings Broadway: Great Songs From Hit Shows	BUY
	2:34 PM	Various	“Inevitable ” — A Jazz Version Of "Kean" / The Soul Of Hollywood	BUY
	2:30 PM	Bennie Moten	“Somebody Stole My Gal” — 1929-1932 · Band Box Shuffle	BUY
	2:24 PM	Kyle Athayde	“Mr. Sandman ” — Kyle Athayde Dance Party: Blue Album	BUY
	2:18 PM	John Goldsby/WDR Big Band	“Sonatinita ” — Big Band Bass	BUY
	2:11 PM	Orrin Evans/Captain Black Big Band	“Inheritance” — Captain Black Big Band	BUY
	2:07 PM	Helen Sung	“Peace” — Oracles	BUY
	2:01 PM	Ulysses Owens, Jr. Big Band	“Giant Steps” — Soul. Conversations	BUY
October 31st at 1 PM Hour
	1:53 PM	Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington	“Mack The Knife ” — Ella & Duke At The Côte D'Azur	BUY
	1:50 PM	Glenn Miller	“High On A Windy Hill” — Limited Edition Volume 2: The Historic Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade Broadcasts 1940-1942	BUY
	1:47 PM	Artie Shaw	“El Rancho Grande ” — In The Blue Room / In The Café Rouge	BUY
	1:43 PM	Ray Charles and Betty Carter	“Baby, It's Cold Outside” — Ray Charles and Betty Carter	BUY
	1:39 PM	Teri Thornton	“Seems Like Old Times” — Teri Thornton Sings Open Highway (The Theme From "Route 66")	BUY
	1:36 PM	Al Hibbler	“Don't Take Your Love From Me” — Sings The Blues/Monday Every Day	BUY
	1:33 PM	Nat King Cole	“I Just Found Out About Love” — This Is Nat "King" Cole	BUY
	1:30 PM	Mildred Bailey	“Faithful Forever” — The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey	BUY
	1:24 PM	Stan Kenton	“Intermission Riff” — Kenton in Hi Fi	BUY
	1:20 PM	Frank Sinatra	“I Got It Bad” — A Swingin' Affair!	BUY
	1:17 PM	Urbie Green	“With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair” — All About Urbie Green His Quintet And Big Band	BUY
	1:14 PM	Count Basie	“Volcano” — 1939 Vol. 2	BUY
	1:11 PM	Bix Beiderbecke/Paul Whiteman	“Dardanella” — 1927-28	BUY
	1:02 PM	Jim McNeely & The Spare Parts Orchestra	“Mel ” — n/a	BUY
October 17th at 2 PM Hour
	2:51 PM	Terry Gibbs	“The Fat Man ” — The Sundown Sessions, Vol. 2	BUY
	2:46 PM	Terry Gibbs	“You Don't Know What Love Is” — Main Stem, Vol. 4	BUY
	2:42 PM	Terry Gibbs	“Too Close For Comfort” — Main Stem, Vol. 4	BUY

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