Swing Is In The Air
Sunday April 16th, 2017 with Retro Renny
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - A blast from the past with the big guns of the Swing Era: Basie, Ellington, Lunceford, Krupa, Shaw, Dorsey & more.
Dedicated to the great Jacques Emond, a gentleman, a jazz enthusiast, and a wonderful deejay who introduced me to the joy of big band Swing over thirty years ago. It's an honour to do this show. This Easter edition of Swing Is In The Air features the luminaries of Swing music, from the singers, to the big bands of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties.
| Swing, Brother, Swing COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA featuring BILLIE HOLIDAY - Billie Holiday - 1937 Coumbia Records/1973 Everest Records |
| It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing AL HIBBLER & HIS ORCHESTRA - Shoutin’, Swingin’ & Makin’ Love - recorded between 1947 – 49, Sunset Records/ 1951, Argo Records/1991, Chess/MCA Records |
| Swing Is The Thing VALAIDA - Swing Is The Thing - 1937, Parlophone Records/1984, Disques Swing |
| Rockin’ In Rhythm DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 4 - 1943, Columbia Records/2004,Quality Audio |
| Say Yeah (Amen) WOODY HERMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA (vocal by WOODY HERMAN) - 16 Classic Performances - 1942, Decca Records/1987 Columbia Records |
| Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! PEGGY LEE with ORCHESTRA - Jumpin’ Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin’ - 1951, Capitol Records/1986, Capitol Records |
| Jazznocracy JIMMIE LUNCEFORD & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 3 - 1934, Victor Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Drum Boogie GENE KRUPA & HIS ORCHESTRA featuring ANITA O’DAY - Kings Of Swing Vol. 4 - 1941, Columbia Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Since I Fell For You BUDDY JOHNSON & HIS ORCHESTRA featuring ELLA JOHNSON - Walk 'Em - The Decca Session - 1946, Decca Records/1996 Ace Records |
| Down South Camp Meetin’ FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 4 - 1934, Brunswick Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Topsy Turvy CAB CALLOWAY & HIS ORCHESTRA - 1940s Jazz – The Singers - 1940, Vocalion Records/1987, Columbia Records |
| I Know How To Do It DINAH WASHINGTON with the LIONEL HAMPTON SEXTET - Mercury R&B ’46 – ’62 - 1947, Mercury Records/1989, Polygram Records |
| Flying Home LIONEL HAMPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA - The Big Horn: The History Of Honkin’ & Screamin’ Saxophone (Vol.4) - 1942, Decca Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Summertime SARAH VAUGHN with ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT - 1940s Jazz - The Singers - 1949, Columbia Records/1987, Columbia Records |
| Things Ain’t What They Used To Be JOHNNY HODGES & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 3 - 1941, Bluebird Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Things 'Bout Comin' My Way SAMMY PRICE & HIS TEXAS BLUESICIANS with vocals by YACK TAYLOR - Singin’ The Blues: A Treasury Of Great Jazz Singers Of The 1930s, ’40s And ’50s - 1941, Decca Records/1974, MCA Records |
| Share Croppin’ Blues CHARLIE BARNET & HIS ORCHESTRA with KAY STARR - Singin’ The Blues: A Treasury Of Great Jazz Singers Of The 1930s, ’40s And ’50s - 1947 Decca Records/1974, MCA Records |
| On The Sunnyside Of The Street BENNY GOODMAN & HIS SEXTET featuring PEGGY LEE - 1940s Jazz - The Singers - 1941, Columbia Records/1987, Columbia Records |
| Swing High TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 4 - 1944, RCA/Victor Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Quiet Riot BUDDY RICH & HIS ORCHESTRA - Blues, Boogie And Bop: The Best Of The 1940s Mercury Sessions - 1945, Mercury Records/1989, Polygram Records |
| Blue Room CHICK WEBB & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 2 - 1939, Decca Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Coral Reef NEAL HEFTI & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 1 - 1951, Coral Records/2004, Quality Audi |
| Back Bay Shuffle ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA - Kings Of Swing Vol. 2 - 1938, Bluebird Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Be Baba Leba HELEN HUMES with the BILL DOGGETT OCTET - The Aladdin Records Story - 1945, Philo Records/1994, EMI Records |
| Lester Leaps In COUNT BASIE’S KANSAS CITY SEVEN - Kings Of Swing Vol. 4 - 1939, Vocalion Records/2004, Quality Audio |
| Jumpin' With Symphony Sid LESTER YOUNG - Jumpin’ Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin’ - 1945, Aladdin Records/1986, Capitol Records |
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4:16 PM, April 16th, 2017