26 Feb 2022

Big Band Bangers

From Inside Out, 5:00 pm on 26 February 2022
A close-up of a saxophone held by one of the band members during a jazz concert. Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons

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Get your dancing shoes on as Nick Tipping plays some of the greatest hits from the big band era, including classics by Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, and Count Basie.

 

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MUSIC DETAILS:

# Artist: Song: Composer: Album Label: Duration:
1 Glenn Miller In the Mood Manone / Razaf Glenn Miller & His Orchestra: The Complete 1938-1942 (Compilation) Bluebird 03:35
2 Benny Goodman Sing Sing Sing Prima Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing (Compilation) Bluebird 08:39
3 Woody Herman and his Orchestra Woodchopper's Ball Bishop / Herman At the Woodchopper's Ball Ember 05:28
4 Count Basie April in Paris Harburg / Duke April in Paris Avid 03:49
5 Duke Ellington  Take the A Train Strayhorn Duke Ellington: The Blanton-Webster Band (Compilation) Bluebird 03:34
6 Frank Sinatra Come Fly With Me Cahn / Van Heusen Come Fly With Me Capitol 03:19
7 Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra Hamp's Boogie Woogie Buckner / Hampton The Boogie Woogie Giants of Jazz 03:13
8 Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra For Dancers Only Raye / Oliver / Schoen Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of America's Music Columbia 02:41
9 Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington and his Big Band Sunny Hebb Francis A & Edward K Reprise 04:11
10 Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine Porter Artie Shaw: Begin The Beguine  (Compilation) Bluebird 03:13
11 Ella Fitzgerald Too Darn Hot Porter Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook Verve 03:47
12 Michael Buble Can't Buy Me Love McCartney It's Time Reprise 03:14

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