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…

September 12th at 2 PM Hour
	2:55 PM	Bob Zurke	“Everybody Step” — Honky Tonk Train Blues	BUY
	2:49 PM	Billy Eckstine	“The Jitney Man ” — 1946-47	BUY
	2:42 PM	Gerald Wilson	“Blues For Yna-Yna” — You Better Believe It!	BUY
	2:40 PM	Joe Venuti	“Ode To A Camera ” — n/a	BUY
	2:38 PM	United States Military Band	“Maple Leaf Rag ” — YouTube	BUY
	2:33 PM	Claude Thornhill	“Arabian Dance” — Live From Glen Island Casino June/Sept 1947	BUY
	2:19 PM	Maria Schneider	“Dança Ilusória” — Concert In The Garden	BUY
	2:15 PM	Don Redman	“For Europeans Only” — For Europeans Only	BUY
	2:11 PM	Tito Puente	“Ritual Fire Dance” — And His Concert Orchestra	BUY
	2:08 PM	Sy Oliver	“House Party” — 1949-52	BUY
	2:05 PM	Ray Noble	“Brighter Than The Sun” — The HMV Sessions 1930- 34 (Volume Four)	BUY
	2:01 PM	Christian McBride	“In A Hurry” — The Good Feeling	BUY
September 12th at 1 PM Hour
	1:53 PM	Jimmie Lunceford	“The Morning After” — Live 1939 At The "Earle Theatre", Philadelphia	BUY
	1:50 PM	Andy Kirk	“Mary's Idea” — 1929-31	BUY
	1:44 PM	Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	“Willow Weep For Me” — The Complete Solid State Recordings of The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	BUY
	1:40 PM	Chuck Israels	“Solar Complexes” — National Jazz Ensemble	BUY
	1:37 PM	Fletcher Henderson	“Can You Take It” — A Study in Frustration	BUY
	1:27 PM	Benny Goodman	“Bolero” — N/A	BUY
	1:22 PM	John Fedchok	“Never Let Me Go” — Like It Is	BUY
	1:17 PM	Duke Ellington	“Congo Square” — A Drum is a Woman	BUY
	1:14 PM	Buddy DeFranco	“A Bird In Igor's Yard” — Les Trésors Du Jazz 1944-1951	BUY
	1:11 PM	Clayton-Hamilton	“Back Home Again In Indiana” — Explosive!	BUY
	1:07 PM	Count Basie	“Baby, Don't Tell On Me” — America's #1 Band	BUY
	1:01 PM	Darcy James Argue	“Single Cell Jitterbug ” — Dynamic Maximum Tension	BUY
September 5th at 2 PM Hour
	2:55 PM	Duke Ellington	“Sunset and The Mocking Bird” — The Ellington Suites	BUY
	2:51 PM	Duke Ellington	“The Unbooted Character ” — The Treasury Series Vol. 12	BUY
	2:48 PM	Duke Ellington	“Lightning Bugs and Frogs” — The Ellington Suites	BUY
	2:42 PM	Louie Bellson	“Louie & Clark Expedition” — With Special Guest Clark Terry – Live From New York	BUY
	2:33 PM	Joseph Daley	“Avarice” — The Seven Deadly Sins	BUY
	2:25 PM	Charles Mingus	“Adagio, ma non troppo” — Let My Children Hear Music	BUY

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