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Jubilee – Armed Forces Radio – May 24, 1943 – Louis Armstrong, Theresa Harris, Red Callender, Sonny Woods – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jumping into some wartime Big Band this weekend with a broadcast via Armed Forces Radio of the legendary Jubilee program from 1943. This one featuring the...
Christian Garros et son Orchestre – Jazz-Danse Nr. 1 – French Columbia Records – EP ESDF – 1218 – EMI/Columbia – France – Subscribers get the proverbial backstage pass: Become a Patron! Pulling records off the shelf tonight, running into sounds of French Big Band from the 1950s. Lest you...
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – CBS Radio – Camel Caravan – November 18, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Benny Goodman for this Holiday weekend. 80 years ago this was the state of Popular Music in America. Big Band Swing was in its heyday and...
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra – NBC Radio – Concert In Miniature -August 12, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Stan Kenton: A name synonymous with the revolution in Modern Jazz by taking it from the dance hall to the concert hall and achieving mixed results in the process....
Jubilee – Armed Forces Radio Service – June 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Here is a prime example of just how diverse and all-inclusive Jazz was (and still is). Jubilee was one of the most popular programs aired to service personnel during and just after World War...
Benny Goodman – Camel Caravan program – February 14, 1939 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Benny Goodman and a dose of Swing this weekend. Listening to this broadcast, made some 80 years ago, you wonder what the status of Popular music was during...
Woody Herman – Live at Cafe Rouge, New York – July 23, 1945 – AFRS One Night Stand Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Woody Herman this weekend, jumping into some Big Band of the 1940s. Herman was a child prodigy who sang and danced in...
Stan Kenton and His orchestra -live from Birdland, New York City – June 20, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A little reminder: Stan Kenton and his orchestra, live from Birdland in New York and broadcast on June 20, 1953 by NBC Radio as part of their All-Star Parade...
Earl Fatha Hines – live at The Grand Terrace, Chicago – August 3, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Earl “Fatha” Hines and his band at a club date in Chicago, from August 3, 1938 and broadcast by the NBC Red Network. Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl...
Gil Evans Orchestra – Live In Lugano – March 5, 1986 – RSI Rete Due, Switzerland – Gil Evans Orchestra in concert this week. Recorded in Lugano, Switzerland on March 5, 1986 by RSI Rete Due. When you hear that Gil Evans has been considered one of the greatest orchestrators...
