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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...
Fats Waller And His Rhythm – CBS Radio – July 6, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fats Waller, a name synonymous with the early growth of Jazz and one of the world’s finest pianists who laid the groundwork for what eventually became Modern Jazz Piano. Wikipedia has a...
Fletcher Henderson – live at Casa Mañana – Culver City – September 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dipping into the archives this weekend for a club date from 1945 with the legendary Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra, recorded at Casa Mañana in Culver City, California in September of...
