Diario

Two hour show focusing on great trumpet players of the 1930s, with some recordings from the late twenties & early forties tossed in.

Swing Plus #160
6/7/11 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AZ time
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1-Beau Koo Jack – Louis Armstrong
2-Flaming Youth – Duke Ellington featuring Bubber Miley & Arthur Whetsel
3-Ol’ Man River – Bix Beiderbecke
4-Ace Of Rhythm – Jabbo Smith
5-Indiana – Red Nichols
6-It’s The Rhythm In Me – Louis Prima
7-Tar Paper Stomp (Wingy’s Stomp) – Wingy Manone
8-Body & Soul – Henry Red Allen
9-Blues – Bunny Berigan
10-I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music – Roy Eldridge
11-I’m In The Mood For Love – Bill Coleman
12-Trumpet In Spades – Duke Ellington featuring Rex Stewart
13-Lost In Meditation – Cootie Williams
14-The Brittwood Stomp – Frankie Newton
15-Singin’ The Blues – Nat Gonella
16-Dogtown Blues – Bob Crosby featuring Yank Lawson
17-Harlem Shout – Jimmie Lunceford featuring Paul Webster
18-Jungle Love – Teddy Wilson featuring Bobby Hackett
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A quick overview of Sidney Bechet's recording career in roughly chronological order.

Swing Plus #157
5/17/11 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AZ time
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1- Jazzin' Babies Blues 1923 - Clarence Williams Trio with Eva Taylor
2- Wild Cat Blues 1923 - Clarence Williams' Blue Five
3- Cake Walking Babies From Home 1925 - Clarence Williams' Blue Five with Eva Taylor
4- Harlem's Araby 1925 - The Get Happy Band
5- Maple Leaf Rag 1932 - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
6- Sweetie Dear 1932 - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
7- Polka Dot Stomp 1934 - Noble Sissle & His International Orchestra
8- Characteristic Blues 1937 - Noble Sissle's Swingsters
9- Chant In The Night 1938 - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
10- Really The Blues 1938 - Sidney Bechet & Tommy Ladnier
11- When The Sun Sets Down South 1938 - Noble Sissle's Swingsters
12- Ain't Misbehavin' 1940 - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
13- Milk Cow Blues 1940 - Josh White
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Radio theme songs from big bands of the '30s, '40s & '50s.

Swing Plus #123
8/24/10 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AZ time
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1-Quaker City Jazz live – Jan Savitt
2-Ciribiribin – Harry James
3-Let’s Have a Jubilee – Louis Prima
4-Flying Home live – Lionel Hampton
5-Strange Cargo – Freddie Slack
6-Ride, Red, Ride – Mills Blue Rhythm Band
7-Nightmare live – Artie Shaw
8-Deep Forest – Earl Hines
9-The Isle of Capri – Wingy Manone
10-Summertime live – Bob Crosby
11-Artistry In Rhythm live – Stan Kenton
12-Jumpin’ At the Savoy – Al Cooper
13-Leap Frog – Les Brown
14-City Night – Jack Jenney
15-Desert Serenade – Jerry Gray
16-Ain’t Misbehavin’ live – Fats Waller
17-Smoke Rings – Casa Loma Orchestra
18-Blue Flame live – Woody Herman
19-The Dipsy Doodle live – Larry Clinton
20-Relaxin’ At the Touro – Muggsy Spanier
21-When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Louis Armstrong
22-Uptown Rhapsody – Teddy Hill
23-Apurksody – Gene Krupa
24-I’ve Got a Right To Know – Georgie Auld
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Two hours of swinging V-Disc recordings.

Swing Plus #84
11/10/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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1-Bouncin’ On a V Disc – Fats Waller
2-Beyond the Blue Horizon – Martha Tilton & Her V Disc Playfellows
3-Main Stem – Duke Ellington
4-The Hot Canary – Paul Nero
5-Jack Armstrong Blues (Take B) – Jack Teagarden
6-St Louis Blues March – Capt Glenn Miller
7-How High the Moon – Les Paul
8-She’s Funny That Way – Art Tatum
9-High Tide (I Ain’t Mad At You) – Count Basie
10-I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Lena Horne with Charlie Spivak
11-Just You, Just Me – Eddie Heywood Sextet
12-I’m Goin’ to Tell God All My Troubles – Paul Robeson
13-Jammin’ On a V Disc – New York Stars
14-Twilight Time – The Three Suns
15-Something for the Boys Intro – Carol Bruce
16-Something for the Boys – Red Norvo & Carol Bruce
17-Brotherly Jump – Dorsey Brother’s Combined Orchestras
18-I Understand – Bob Eberly & the 344th ASF Band
19-Pee Wee Speaks – Muggsy Spanier & Pee Wee Russell
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Two largely wistful hours of Fall-related jazz tunes.

Swing Plus #77
9/22/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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1-Early Autumn live 1952 – Woody Herman
2-Early Autumn – Claude Thornhill
3-Autumn Nocturne – Buddy DeFranco
4-Autumn Leaves 1982 – Mel Torme
5-Autumn Harvest – Albert Harris & Ivor Mairants
6-Song D’Automne – Travelin’ Light
7-Sweet September – Pete Jolly
8-September in the Rain – Peggy Lee
9-September in the Rain (take 2) – Muggsy Spanier
10-September Song – Sarah Vaughan
11-September Song – Django Reinhardt
12-Septembre – Les Freres Ferret
13-September Moan – Maynard Ferguson
14-Indian Summer – Anita O’Day
15-Indian Summer 1946 – Esquire All-American Award Winners
16-Shine On Harvest Moon – Dave Brubeck & Jimmy Rushing
17-Shine On Harvest Moon – Count Basie
18-Autumn Serenade – Hal McIntyre
19-Autumn in New York – Frank Sinatra
20-Autumn in New York – Lawrence Brown
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