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…

January 17th at 2 PM Hour
	2:50 PM	WDR Big Band	“Parisian Thoroughfare ” — Featuring Pasquale Grasso	BUY
	2:36 PM	Artie Shaw	“Nightmare/Tabu/Little Jazz/Summit Ridge Drive/Lucky Number ” — 1945 Broadcast	BUY
	2:12 PM	Duke Ellington	“Take The A Train/Jump For Joy/A Gathering In A Clearing/Medley/Passion Flower/The Unbooted Character” — The Treasury Series	BUY
	2:04 PM	Milt Jackson	“Evidence ” — Meets The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – Explosive!	BUY
	2:00 PM	Count Basie/Milt Jackson	“Lena And Lenny” — Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 2	BUY
January 17th at 1 PM Hour
	1:52 PM	Arturo O'farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra	“Mercado en Domingo” — The Offense of the Drum	BUY
	1:50 PM	Tommy Dorsey	“Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet” — N/A	BUY
	1:18 PM	Cab Calloway	“Minnie The Moocher/Limehouse Blues/I Can't Resist You/Hard Times/Fifteen Minute Intermission/I'll Pray For You/Boog It/Cupid's Nightmare/King Porter Stomp” — Broadcast from The Meadowbrook	BUY
	1:09 PM	Louis Bellson	“Bombs Away” — Live In Stereo June 28, 1959 At The Flamingo Hotel, Volume 1	BUY
	1:07 PM	Duke Ellington	“Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note” — Masterpieces By Ellington	BUY
	1:02 PM	Will Bradley and Ray McKinley	“Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar” — Best Of The Big Bands	BUY
January 10th at 2 PM Hour
	2:56 PM	Louis Armstrong	“Jubilee” — 1937-38	BUY
	2:53 PM	Benny Goodman	“Heart And Soul” — N/A	BUY
	2:47 PM	Ray Charles	“Georgia On My Mind” — Berlin 1962	BUY
	2:45 PM	Charlie Barnet	“That's Right, I'm Wrong” — 1940	BUY
	2:42 PM	Jack Jenney	“Stardust” — Stardust	BUY
	2:30 PM	Captain Black Big Band	“Jena 6” — Captain Black Big Band	BUY
	2:28 PM	Billy Butterfield	“Singin' The Blues” — The Song Is You	BUY
	2:22 PM	Louis Armstrong	“Star Dust” — The Essential	BUY
	2:19 PM	Count Basie	“What Goes Up Must Come Down” — 1939 Vol. 1	BUY
	2:16 PM	Artie Shaw	“Star Dust” — In Hollywood 1940-41, Vol. 2	BUY
	2:13 PM	Bob Crosby	“What Goes Up Must Come Down” — Them There Eyes, Vol. 9	BUY
	2:00 PM	Buddy Rich	“West Side Story Medley ” — Swingin' New Big Band	BUY
January 10th at 1 PM Hour
	1:49 PM	Count Basie	“One O'Clock Jump” — At Newport	BUY
	1:43 PM	Count Basie/Tony Bennett	“After Supper” — Basie Swings, Bennett Sings	BUY
	1:39 PM	Count Basie	“Straight Life” — The Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Sessions	BUY
	1:36 PM	Count Basie	“Just For A Thrill” — Basie Swings the Blues	BUY
	1:31 PM	Jimmie Lunceford	“One For The Book” — 1948-49	BUY
	1:28 PM	Duke Ellington	“My Little Brown Book” — The Treasury Shows, Volume 2	BUY
	1:25 PM	Artie Shaw	“I Could Write A Book” — 1945	BUY

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