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…

August 1st at 2 PM Hour
	2:55 PM	Sun Ra	“Horoscope” — Jazz In Silhouette	BUY
	2:51 PM	Duke Ellington	“Tonight I Shall Sleep” — Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, Volume 25	BUY
	2:47 PM	Ron Carter	“Opus 1.5 (Theme For C.B.)” — Ron Carter's Great Big Band	BUY
	2:45 PM	Gene Krupa	“Green Eyes” — 1941	BUY
	2:38 PM	King Oliver	“Sugar Foot Stomp” — 1923-26	BUY
	2:34 PM	Helen Sung	“Pianism 3: Herbie Hancock ” — Oracles	BUY
	2:30 PM	Helen Sung	“Pianism 2 - Kenny Barron ” — Oracles	BUY
	2:24 PM	Helen Sung	“Pianism 1 - Barry Harris ” — Oracles	BUY
	2:17 PM	Charlie Barnet	“Claude Reigns ” — The Capitol Big Band Sessions	BUY
	2:14 PM	Charlie Barnet	“Over The Rainbow” — The Capitol Big Band Sessions	BUY
	2:11 PM	Charlie Barnet	“Pan Americana” — The Capitol Big Band Sessions	BUY
	2:08 PM	Charlie Barnet	“Ill Wind ” — The Capitol Big Band Sessions	BUY
	2:03 PM	Charlie Barnet	“Portrait Of Edward Kennedy Ellington” — The Capitol Big Band Sessions	BUY
	2:01 PM	Charlie Barnet	“Really?” — The Capitol Big Band Sessions	BUY
August 1st at 1 PM Hour
	1:54 PM	Benny Goodman	“King Porter Stomp” — N/A	BUY
	1:51 PM	Mildred Bailey	“Smoke Dreams” — The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey	BUY
	1:48 PM	Duke Ellington	“Kissin' My Baby Goodnight” — The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	BUY
	1:44 PM	Fletcher Henderson	“It's The Talk Of The Town” — Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947	BUY
	1:42 PM	Jean Goldkette	“My Pretty Girl” — Bix Beiderbecke, Volume 2, 1927	BUY
	1:32 PM	McCoy Tyner	“Uptown” — Uptown/Downtown	BUY
	1:26 PM	Ulysses Owens, Jr.	“London Towne” — Soul Conversations	BUY
	1:23 PM	Gigi Gryce	“Deltitnu” — Clifford Brown - The Complete Paris Sessions Vol 1	BUY
	1:15 PM	Clifford Brown	“Brown Skins” — Clifford Brown Big Band	BUY
	1:08 PM	Carlos Henriquez	“Green Chimney” — Monk Con Clave	BUY
	1:01 PM	Illinois Jacquet	“Smooth Sailing” — Jacquet's Got It	BUY
July 25th at 2 PM Hour
	2:54 PM	Count Basie	“It's About That Time” — The Complete Roulette Studio Sessions	BUY
	2:52 PM	Gene Krupa	“My Old Kentucky Home” — 1939-40	BUY
	2:48 PM	Walter Barnes	“Birmingham Bertha ” — "Hot Stuff" - Black Chicago Big Bands 1922-1929	BUY
	2:39 PM	Gerry Mulligan	“Broadway ” — The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions	BUY
	2:34 PM	Gerry Mulligan	“My Funny Valentine” — The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions	BUY

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