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Clare's feeling "kinda blue" or rather her theme is the colour blue. She's got blue-related tracks from "the band that played the blues" Woody Herman, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey.
Last on
Sun 23 Jun 201322:00
BBC Radio 2
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Woody Herman
Blues On Parade
- Who Dat Up Dere?.
- Audio Book & Music Co.
- ABMMCD 1116.
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Ambrose
Early Morning Blues
- Hors D’Oeuvres.
- Vocalion.
- CDVS 1959.
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Bennie Moten
The Blue Room
- Moten Swing.
- Living Era.
- CD AJA 5578.
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Count Basie
Instant Blues
- Basie Land.
- Verve.
- 060251 7995727.
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Buddy Rich
Blue And Sentimental
- Plays The Arrangements Of Marty Paich & Ernie Wilkins.
- Jazz Beat.
- CD 513.
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Tommy Dorsey
Kicking The Blues Around
- Three Classic Albums Plus.
- Avid Jazz.
- AMSC 1008.
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Buddy Morrow
Hong Kong Blues
- Night Train/Big Band Guitar.
- Collectables.
- COL CD 2804.
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Harry James
Blue Skies
- Eight Bar Riffs ’43-‘50.
- Hep Records.
- HEP CD 83.
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Benny Goodman with Helen Ward
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- The Song Is Harold Arlen.
- Living Era.
- CD AJA 5159.
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Tuxedo Big Band Of Toulouse with Bob Wilber
Blue (And Broken Hearted)
- Bob Wilber And The Tuxedo Big Band Of Toulouse, France.
- Arbors Jazz.
- ARCD 19229.
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Sammy Davis Jr.
The Birth Of the Blues
- The Essential Sammy Davis Jr..
- Metro Doubles.
- METRDCD638.
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Jimmie Lunceford
Blues In The Groove
- 1939-1940 Classics.
- Classics.
- 565.
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Billy May
Uptown Blues
- Original Arrangements Of Jimmy Lunceford In Hi-Fi.
- Lonehill Jazz.
- LHJ 10336.
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Henry Mancini
Sorta Blue
- Peter Gunn.
- Hot Record Society.
- HRS 110.
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Stan Kenton
Saga Of The Blues
- Revelations: Repertoire Rarities 1940-1978.
- Tantara.
- T4CD 1116.
Woody Herman's band that played the blues
Bert Ambrose at the microphone in 1935
Buddy Rich plays the arrangements of Marty Paich album
Buddy Morrow's famous Night Train album
Broadcast
- Sun 23 Jun 201322:00BBC Radio 2
