Swing Is In The AirSwing Is In The Air on CKCU-FM 93.1 in Ottawa, Canadahttps://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ckcu.gifCopyright by Radio-Carleton, Inc.https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/index.html2024-03-17T20:00:00ZSwing Is In The Air 2024-03-17: Mad Hat Huckstershttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/64431.html2024-03-17T20:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/64431.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>THE MAD HAT HUCKSTERS are a swing band from San Diego, playing the music of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Founded by swing dancer Morgan Day in 2015, this sextet finds their sound in the style of small combo jazz bands of the swing era. You can find them at: https://www.madhathucksters.com/
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<BR>GORDON WEBSTER is a globe hopping pianist and bandleader, well known for keeping dancers on the floor late into the evening with an infectious and bottomless energy. Gordon can be found at https://www.gordonwebstermusic.com/
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<BR>RENEE YOXON was once a regular in Ottawa's Byward Market, singing jazz and blues, they now are currently a gender-affirming voice coach based out of Montreal. Find them at https://www.reneeyoxon.com/
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<BR>THE MOONLIGHT GIRLS, a vocal trio from Montreal. They can be found at https://moonlightgirls.bandcamp.com/
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<BR>ERIKA SPENCER, a Swiss singer-songwriter with South African roots celebrates the courageous departure, with her debut album "Go". Find Erika at https://erikaspencermusic.com/<BR><BR>This broadcast featured The Mad Hat Hucksters, The Gordon Webster Band featuring Julia Weatherholtz, Renée Yoxon and René Gely, Moonlight Girls, Erika Spencer.Paul CampbellComing up on Swing Is In The Air on Sun. Mar. 17https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/H2024-03-16T20:00:00ZSwing out to new music from the Mad Hat Hucksters, and then stick around for an eclectic back half of the show, on this weeks’s Swing is in the AirSwing Is In The Air Swing Is In The Air 2024-03-03: Naomi and the Boilermaker Jazz Bandhttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/64147.html2024-03-03T21:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/64147.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>This broadcast featured Naomi & Her Handsome Devils, Paul Cosentino’s Boilermaker Jazz Band, Gordon Webster (feat. Naomi Uyama).Paul CampbellSwing Is In The Air 2024-02-18: Count Basie/Company B/Elle and the Pocket Belleshttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/64057.html2024-02-18T21:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/64057.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>DJ Bill comes back to the studio to share more live recordings of Count Basie as we talk up both the Ottawa Swing Dance Society, and the upcoming Otown Showdown (http://otownshowdown.com/g/welcome/) March 1-3 at the Glebe Community Centre.
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<BR>We finish up the show with some Andrews Sister inspired groups with The Company B Jazz Band and Elle and the Pocket Belles<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Eddie Harris & Les Mcann, Count Basie, Count Basie Big Band, Company B Jazz Band, Elle and the Pocket Belles.Paul CampbellComing up on Swing Is In The Air on Sun. Feb. 18https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/H2024-02-17T21:00:00ZJoin OSDS’s DJ Bill for a discussion of playing live recordings for dance competitions, followed by recent releases by Elle and the Pocket BellesSwing Is In The Air Swing Is In The Air 2024-02-04: Live Recordings featuring OSDS DJ Bill!https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63869.html2024-02-04T21:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63869.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>We have a guest host sharing the studio with us this week. Bill, from the Ottawa Swing Dance Society is here to talk to us about his experiencing DJing for OSDS, the OTown Showdown event, and some favorite live recordings.
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<BR>You can get tickets to OTown Showdown, and find out all the details of the event at: http://otownshowdown.com/g/welcome/<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Count Basie Orchestra, Count Basie/Jimmie Rushing, Count Basie, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Count Basie (feat. Frank Sinatra), International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Earl Hines, Cab Calloway, Blanche Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Gordon Webster (feat. Naomi Uyama), Naomi & Her Handsome Devils.Paul CampbellComing up on Swing Is In The Air on Sun. Feb. 4https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/H2024-02-03T21:00:00ZSwing in the Air is joined by OSDS DJ Bill as we listen to live band performance recordings from several different erasSwing Is In The Air Swing Is In The Air 2024-01-21: Basie into Ellingtonhttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63665.html2024-01-21T21:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63665.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>We left you off last week listening to the Count Basie Orchestra through the years from classic to modern.
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<BR>This week the show we're listening to Duke Ellington, and what better way than to spend time with the 1961 recording of these two titanic orchestras collaborating.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Duke Ellington Orchestra / Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra / Count Basie, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Duke Ellington / Charles Mingus / Max Roach, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Duke Ellington / Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington / John Coltrane.Paul CampbellSwing Is In The Air 2024-01-07: The Count Basie Orchestrahttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63474.html2024-01-07T21:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63474.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Needing very little introduction, the Count Basie Orchestra is the longest running orchestra in Jazz, that still has members hand picked by the original band leader. Still booking sold out shows 30 years after the Count's passing, the CBO is a pillar of American Jazz and personifies the grandeur and excellence of Jazz.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Count Basie Orchestra, Count Basie and Quincy Jones, The Count Basie Orchestra, George Gee and his Make-believe Ballroom Orchestra, Count Basie and the Kansas City Seven.Paul CampbellComing up on Swing Is In The Air on Sun. Jan. 7https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/H2024-01-06T21:00:00ZCount Basie swinging and grooving on Swing is in the AirSwing Is In The Air Swing Is In The Air 2023-12-24: Holiday Swinghttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63314.html2023-12-24T21:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/63314.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Recording a holiday album, particularly a Christmas Album is often the most lucrative album that a Swing Jazz band can produce. We'll share things new and old, from vintage and contemporary artists.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Thrift Set Orchestra, Mildred Bailey, Eartha Kitt, The Grand St. Stompers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bria Skonberg, Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, Candy Jacket Jazz Band, The Glenn Crytzer Quartet, George Gee Swing Orchestra, Gordon Webster, Tim Gill.Paul CampbellComing up on Swing Is In The Air on Sun. Dec. 24https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/H2023-12-23T21:00:00ZSongs about snow, good company and sweet nights, celebrate Christmas Eve with Swing in the AirSwing Is In The Air