Black British Swing
Black British Swing: 2/3
Saturday 28 October 2006 18:00-18:30 (Radio 3)
This programme recalls the network of after-hours clubs that developed in the 1930s, where bandleaders like Ken 'snake hips' Johnson plied their trade. Johnson moved upmarket to a residency at London's Cafe de Paris, where he was killed on stage by a direct hit from a German bomb in 1941.
Playlist
BLACK BRITISH SWING - Programme 2
Washington Squabble
Snakehips Johnson and his West Indian Dance Band
Widdecombe Fair
Leonard Feather and Ye Olde English Swynge Band
Sing Me A Swing Song
Ike Hatch and his Jazz Band
Sheik of Araby
Snakehips Johnson and his West Indian Swing Band
Tuxedo Junction
Snakehips Johnson and his West Indian Swing Band
It Was a Lover and his Lass
Al Bowlly/Ken Johnson and his West Indian Swing Orchestra
Cyril's Blues
Cyril Blake and his Jigs Club Band
Tea for Two
Harry Parry's Radio Rhythm Club Six
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