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Friday Night at the Proms: The Story of Swing

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2015

Jazz singer Clare Teal returns with a line-up of musicians to showcase the best of the current UK swing and big band scene and tell the story of the birth of swing.

Following the success of 2014's Battle of the Bands Prom, Clemency Burton-Hill and Clarke Peters present the inimitable and talented jazz singer Clare Teal who returns with a line-up of musicians to showcase the very best of the current UK swing and big band scene.

Clare is joined by trumpeter and composer extraordinaire Guy Barker and trombonist and multi-instrumentalist Winston Rollins to tell the story of the birth of swing, including tributes to 'King of Swing' Benny Goodman and the great trombonist and bandleader Tommy Dorsey. Special guests include saxophonist jazz supremo Denys Baptiste, English singer Elaine Delmar and the compelling deep baritone voice of American singer Jamie Davis.

2 hours, 10 minutes

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Fri 28 Aug 2015 19:30
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Music Played

  • Louis Armstrong

    West End Blues Struttin With Some Barbecue

    Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Sing Me A Swing Song

    Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band.

  • Fletcher Henderson

    Sugar Foot Stomp

    Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Benny Goodman

    King Porter Stomp

    Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Gene Gifford

    Smoke Rings

    Performer: Guy Barker Big Band.

  • Tommy Dorsey

    Marie

    Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Glenn Miller

    (I've Got A Girl In) Kalamazoo

    Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: The Promunards. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Cole Porter

    What Is This Thing Called Love

    Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: The Promunards.

  • Duke Ellington

    I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

    Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Russ Columbo

    Prisoner of Love

    Composer: Clarence Gaskill. Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band.

  • Gene Krupa

    Let Me Off Uptown

    Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band.

  • Will Hudson

    White Heat

    Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Jack Matthias

    Trumpet Blues and Cantabile

    Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Benny Goodman

    Why Don't You Do right?

    Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Fats Waller

    Handful of Keys

    Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Jimmy Sherman

    Lover Man

    Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. Performer: Elaine Delmar.

  • Paul Whiteman

    Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight

    Performer: Andrew Playfoot. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band.

  • Lester Young

    Lester Leaps In

    Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Tommy Dorsey

    Opus 1

    Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Glenn Miller

    Song of the Volga Boatmen

    Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

  • Cab Calloway

    Minnie the Moocher

    Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Clarke Peters. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. Performer: The Promunards.

  • Louis Prima

    Sing, Sing, Sing

    Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Clarke Peters. Performer: Elaine Delmar. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. Performer: The Promunards.

  • Guy Barker

    Battle Royal Medley

    Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.

Credits

Presenter Clemency Burton-Hill
Presenter Clarke Peters
Producer Stephanie McWhinnie
Director Janet Fraser-Crook
Executive Producer Francesca Kemp
Singer Clare Teal
Musician Guy Barker
Composer Guy Barker
Musician Winston Rollins
Musician Denys Baptiste
Singer Elaine Delmar
Singer Jamie Davis

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