The first of three programmes about the little-known tradition of black and mixed British swing bands from 1917 through to the 1950s, featuring music from Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson and his band.
Playlist
BLACK BRITISH SWING - Programme 1
Revival
Joe Harriott w/ The Chris Barber Band
St Louis Blues
Ciro's Coon Club Orchestra
At the Jazz Band Ball
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
My Sweet Hortense
Victor Vorzanger's Famous Broadway Band
Tap Your Feet
Spike Hughes and his Orchestra
West Indies Blues
Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
Melancholy Clown
Reginald Forsythe an his Orchestra
Sunny Side Of The Street
Louis Armstrong and His Touring Orchestra
Snake Hips Swing
Snakehips Johnson and his West Indian Dance Orchestra
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