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Last broadcast on Sun, 19 Feb 2012, 22:00 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
Moira Stuart sits in for Clare Teal, featuring big band gems from Count Basie, Henry Mancini and Harry James, and also featured are some of the great big band arrangers and their music, Neal Hefti, Nelson Riddle and Billy May.
CONCERTS FOR THE COMING WEEK
Monday 20 February
Beats ‘n’ Pieces Big Band
Ronnie Scott’s
London
Tuesday 21 February
Duke Street Big Band
Crypt of St. Martins in the Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
Wednesday 22 February
Jeff Short Big Band
Belvedere Jazz and Music Club
Billericay
Thursday 23 February
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
With guest Peter Erskine of Weather Report
Caird Hall
Dundee
Friday 24 February
Syd Lawrence Orchestra
Pavilion Theatre
Worthing
Friday 24 February
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
With guest Peter Erskine of Weather Report
Queen’s Hall
Edinburgh
Friday 24 February
Nick Ross Orchestra
Theatre Royal
Wakefield
Friday 24 February
New Squadronaires
Warner’s Boddelwydden Castle
North Wales
Friday 24 February
Todd Miller and Joe Loss Orchestra
Gunton Hall Holiday Village
Suffolk
Saturday 25 February
New Squadronaires
Embassy Theatre
Skegness
Saturday 25 February
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
With guest Peter Erskine of Weather Report
Royal Conservatoire
Glasgow
Saturday 25 February
Galaxy Big Band
Quay Theatre
Sudbury
Saturday 25 February
Charleston Chasers
Garrick Theatre
Litchfield
Saturday 25 February
Denmark Street Big Band
With guest Mitch Winehouse
Polish Jazz Café
London
Saturday 25 February
Nick Ross Orchestra
Empire Theatre
Consett
Sunday 26 February
Len Phillips Big Band
United Services Club
Sidcup
Sunday 26 February
Crescendo Big Band
Gupshill Manor
Tewkesbury
Sunday 26 February
NYJO
The Vortex
London
Sunday 26 February
King’s College School Big Band(lunchtime)
And City University Big Band (evening)
Bull’s Head
Barnes
Sunday 26 February
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
With guest Peter Erskine of Weather Report
MacRobert Centre
Sterling
Sunday 26 February
Gordon Campbell Big Band
With guest Jeff Hooper
The Hawth
Crawley
Music played
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Count Basie
— Flight of the Foo BirdsThe Complete Atomic Basie, Roulette 7243 82863526 -
Count Basie — The Touch of Your Lips
Guard Sessions 53, 54, 55, 56, Sounds of Yesteryear DSOY 867 -
Neal Hefti — On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
And the Winner is …, Montpellier MONTCD 067 -
Buddy Rich
— A Little HandicapBuddy Rich Quiet Riot, Proper INTRO CD 2054 -
Frank Sinatra
— Swinging Down the LaneSongs For Swingin’ Lovers, Capitol CDP 746 65702 -
Nelson Riddle
— You and the Night and the MusicThe Best of the Capitol Years, Capitol 07777 891892 9 -
Nelson Riddle — Get Happy
The Best of the Capitol Years, Capitol 07777 891892 9 -
Michel Legrand — Dingo Lament
Big Band, Verve 538 937 2 -
Henry Mancini
— A Shot In The DarkThe Ultimate Pink Panther, RCA/BMG Heritage 82876 59882 2 -
Henry Mancini — Lullaby of Birdland
Uniquely Mancini, BMG R 67342 -
Billy May — You’re The Top
Sorta May, Collectables COL CD 2916 -
Charlie Barnet — The Wrong Idea
Charlie Barnet Vol 2, RCA RD 8088 -
Kay Starr — I Love Paris
The Magic of Kay Starr, EMI 7243 85701221 -
Harry James
— Too Close For ComfortAnd His New Swingin’ Band, Jazz Beat 515 -
Doc Severinsen — Sleepy Lagoon
Tempestuous Trumpet, Command/London LTZ-Z 15235 -
Maynard Ferguson — Say It with Trumpets
Birdland Dreamband, RCA ND 86455
Broadcast
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Sun 19 Feb 201222:00
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