08/11/2009

Synopsis

Clare Teal has plenty of Nat Gonella, Lew Stone, Al Bowlly and Eddy Duchin in her record bag to play to you and also looks at the swing music which came out of Europe and America in the last century. From Kurt Edelhagen and The Tuxedo Big Band to Sam Donahue and Tommy Dorsey.

Tracklist

1. Kenny Baker — Georgia

   Tribute to the Great Trumpeters, Horatio Nelson CDSIV 1124

2.   Lew Stone Band with Al Bowlly and Nat Gonella — Lying in the Hay

   Legendary Monseigneur Band, Claves CD 509507

3.   Lew Stone Band with Al Bowlly — My Woman

   Legendary Monseigneur Band, Claves CD 509507

4. Nat Gonella and His Georgians — Bugle Call Rag

   Georgia on my Mind, Living Era CD AJA 5300

5.   Eddy Duchin Orchestra with Patricia Norman — Ol’ Man Mose

   Music for Dancing, Sunbeam Records HB 311

6. Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy — Walkin’ and Swingin’

   Andy Kirk and His 12 Clouds of Joy, Living Era CD AJA 5108

7. Jack Teagarden — Junk Man

   Big T – A Hundred Years from Today, Living Era CD AJA 2005/1

8. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra — Two Beats on a Bat

   Rare Instrumentals, Montpellier MONT CD 032

9.   Sam Donahue Band — Robbins Nest

   Jingle, Jangle, Jump, Montpellier MONT CD 043

10.   Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra — Blue Skies

    Definition of Swing, Montpellier MONT CD 019

11.   Mainstream Power Band — Flight of the Foo Birds

    Swing is Here, Montpellier MONT CD 001

12.   Tuxedo Big Band of Toulouse with Bob Wilbur — Milenburg Joys

    Bob Wilbur & Tuxedo Big Band of Toulouse, Arbors ARCD 19229

13.   Ian Pearce Big Band — Moanin’

    Retrospection, Trip Records TRIP 011

14.   Nick Ross Orchestra with Matthew Ford — A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    My Favourite Things, Montpellier MONT CD 050

15.   Mainstream Power Band — Splanky

    Swing is Here, Montpellier MONT CD 001

Broadcast

1. Sun 8 Nov 2009
   22:00
   BBC Radio 2