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 a few CD selections featured most recently:
Here are the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:
| May 30th at 2 PM Hour | ||||
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| 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 | |
























