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Clare Teal’s Big Band Ballroom

Clare delves into the vast array of big band sounds from the 1950s picking out the fabulous hi-fi sound of Count Basie with April in Paris, Duke Ellington's Satin Doll, Ted Heath's Hot Toddy and Stan Kenton and Nat King Cole with Orange Coloured Sky.

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Sat 16 Apr 2016 14:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 50s

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Music Played

  • Count Basie

    April In Paris

    • April In Paris.
    • 005.

  • Anita O’Day

    Take The A Train

    • Anita Sings The Winners.
    • 001.

  • Duke Ellington

    Satin Doll

    • 1953-1955.
    • 001.

  • Machito

    Tanga

    • Afro Cuban Jazz Suite.

  • Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton

    Orange Coloured Sky

    • Big Band Cole.
    • 013.

  • Ray Anthony

    Peter Gunn

    • Brass Galore.
    • 017.

  • Frank Sinatra

    I've Got You Under My Skin

    • Songs For Swinging Lovers.
    • 009.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    It's A Lovely Day Today

    • Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook.

  • The Sauter–Finegan Orchestra

    Doodletown Fifers

    • Inside The Sound.

  • The Four Freshmen

    Love Is Just Around The Corner

    • Four Freshmen and Five Trombones.

  • Ted Heath

    Hot Toddy

    • Headin' North And Other Hit Singles.
    • 011.

  • Mel TormΓ© & Mel TormΓ© and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette

    Lullaby of Birdland

    • Mel Torme with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette.

  • Ken Mackintosh

    The Creep

    • Off Shore.
    • 006.

  • Earl Bostic

    Flamingo

    • Special Delivery Stomp.

  • Dinah Washington

    What A Diff'rence A Day Made

    • The Queen of the Blues.
    • 011.

  • Count Basie

    Splanky

    • The Atomic Mr Basie.
    • 009.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Apr 2016 14:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 50s

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