Pioneers
Donald Macleod and trumpeter Guy Barker focus on the pioneers of the big band sound, including Fletcher Henderson and Paul Whiteman.
During the London Jazz Festival this week Donald Macleod is joined by jazz trumpeter, composer and conductor Guy Barker to look at the story of Big Band Jazz. From pioneers like Fletcher Henderson, the superstars of swing Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to Dizzy Gillespie and Gil Evans, they explore the development of the art of arranging for big band from the 1920s onwards, and the contributions of the key figures involved over the decades.
In the first programme this week Donald Macleod looks at the pioneers of the big band sound, including Fletcher Henderson and Paul Whiteman, with the help of Guy Barker. While Henderson helped to establish the model for big band arranging for the next two decades, Whiteman created a show band and aimed to take jazz into the concert halls.
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O Mmelrose
Sugar Foot Stomp
Performer: Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra.- Columbia.
- C3K57596.
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Henderson
Henderson Stomp
Performer: Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra.- Columbia.
- C3K57596.
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Fats Waller
Whiteman Stomp
Performer: Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra.- Columbia.
- C3K57596.
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Henry Busse, Henry Lange, Lou Davis & Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Hot Lips
- RCA VICTOR.
- RD7954.
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Nick LaRocca
New Tiger Rag
Performer: Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra.- Columbia.
- CL2228.
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Redman
Chant of the Weed
Performer: Don Redman Orchestra.- TPZ.
- 1043.
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Beiderbecke
In A Mist
Performer: Bix Beiderbecke.- ASV.
- CD AJA 5080.
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Beiderbecke
In A Mist
Performer: Freddie Hubbard.- CTI.
- CTL-11.
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Duke Ellington
East St Louis Toodle-Do
Performer: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.- Vocalion.
- V5001.
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Spike Hughes
Firebird
Performer: Spike Hughes All American Orchestra.- Decca.
- LK-4173.
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Patrick Cairns Hughes
Nocturne
Performer: Spike Hughes and his All American Orchestra.- Decca.
- LK4173.
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Morton
KING PORTER STOMP
Performer: Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra.- Columbia.
- C3K57596.
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Morton
King Porter Stomp
Performer: The Gil Evans Orchestra.- CDP EMI.
- 7468552.
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