Big Band Bash

About The Program

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!

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Here are the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

May 30th at 2 PM Hour
2:53 PM Duke Ellington “Metronome All Out ” — The Treasury Shows Vol. 21 BUY
2:49 PM Sonny Rollins “Who Cares?” — And The Big Brass BUY
2:45 PM Sonny Rollins “Far Out East” — And The Big Brass BUY
2:42 PM Sonny Rollins “Love Is A Simple Thing ” — And The Big Brass BUY
2:36 PM Sonny Rollins “Grand Street” — And The Big Brass BUY
2:31 PM Quincy Jones “I Had A Ball” — The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions BUY
2:21 PM Duke Pearson “New Girl ” — Introducing Duke Pearson Big Band BUY
2:17 PM Gerald Wilson “Teri” — New York New Sound BUY
2:14 PM Lucky Millinder “Beserk Boogie” — Jumpin' At The Savoy BUY
2:12 PM Blanche Calloway “Louisiana Lil” — 1925-35 BUY
2:08 PM Billy Butterfield “This Believing World ” — Pandora's Box 1946-47 BUY
2:04 PM The Big Eighteen “Swingtime In The Rockies ” — Echoes of The Swinging Bands BUY
2:01 PM Glenn Miller “Sweet Eloise” — The Complete Glenn Miller BUY
May 30th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM Nancy Wilson “What What Happens ” — Nancy - Naturally BUY
1:52 PM Nancy Wilson “Just For A Thrill” — Nancy - Naturally BUY
1:45 PM Jimmie Lunceford “Lunceford Special” — 1939-40 BUY
1:40 PM Quincy Jones “Killer Joe ” — Finest Hour BUY
1:31 PM Oliver Nelson “Sound Piece For Jazz Orchestra” — Sounds Pieces BUY
1:28 PM Louis Jordan “Three Headed Woman ” — Jivin' With Jordan BUY
1:25 PM Duke Ellington “Rue Bleue” — The Jaywalker BUY
1:18 PM Paul Howard “Burma Girl ” — Lionel Hampton 1929-36 BUY
1:15 PM Lionel Hampton “Just For You” — 1940-41 BUY
1:09 PM Herbie Hancock “Wiggle Waggle” — Fat Albert Rotunda BUY
1:06 PM Wes Montgomery “South Of The Border” — California Dreaming BUY
1:02 PM Bob Brookmeyer “Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments ” — Ho Hum BUY
May 23rd at 2 PM Hour
2:55 PM Benny Goodman “How Deep Is The Ocean ” — 1941, Vol. 3 BUY
2:53 PM Count Basie “Louisiana” — 1939-40 BUY
2:48 PM Nelson Riddle “Without A Song ” — C'mon... Get Happy BUY
2:41 PM Jimmy Heath “C.T.A.” — Little Man, Big Band BUY
2:34 PM Mel Lewis “Skylark” — Bob Brookmeyer - Composer & Arranger BUY

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