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Clare has the best in big band, swing and jazz. There's also a chance you picked the music in The Swing's The Thing and there's more from the British dance bands.
Last on
Sun 15 Jan 201721:00
BBC Radio 2
Music Played
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Nancy Wilson
Don't Rain on My Parade
- How Glad I Am.
- CAPITOL.
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Johnny Hartman
Our Love Is Here To Stay
- UNFORGETTABLE.
- IMPULSE.
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Alice Babs
Just A Sittin And A Rockin
- Alice and Wonderband.
- decca.
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Billy Strayhorn
Isfahan
Performer: Duke Ellington.- Far East Suite.
- bluebird.
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Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
Potato Head Blues
- The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings.
- Columbia.
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Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars
Taint What You Do
- The California Concerts.
- Mca.
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Tubby Hayes
Half A Sawbuck
- Late Spot at Scott’s.
- Polygram.
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Buddy Greco
The Lady Is A Tramp
- I Had A Ball.
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Cole Porter
Begin The Beguine
Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Buddy Bregman.- Ella Sings The Cole Porter Songbook.
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Ken Snakehips Johnson and His West Indian Orchestra
Tuxedo Junction
- Black British Swing.
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Humphrey Lyttelton
Black and Blue
- Bad Penny Blues.
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Shorty Rogers
Tickletoe
- Short Stops.
- Bluebird.
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TED HEATH TRIBUTE BAND
Opus One
- The Very Best Of The Ted Heath Band.
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Blossom Dearie
Johnny One Note
- BLOSSOM DEARIE.
- VERVE.
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Stan Kenton
Recuerdoes
- Cuban Fire.
- Capitol.
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Barry Manilow
Come Dance With Me, Come Fly With Me
- Manilow Sings Sinatra.
- BMG.
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Jools Holland
Romantic Ruin
- Piano.
- East West Records.
- 013.
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Curtis Stigers & DR Big Band
Summer Wind
- One More For The Road.
- Concord/Decca.
- 007.
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Illinois Jacquet
Hippity Hop
- Jazz By Jacquet.
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Mel Tormé & Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
Nobody Else But Me
- Velvet and Brass.
- CONCORD.
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Slim Gaillard
Peanut Vendor
- Searching For You The Lost Singles of McVouty 1958 - 1974.
- Sunset Boulevard.
- 014.
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Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth Orchestra
Chattanooga Choo Choo
- If We Lived On The Top Of A Mountain.
- Vocalion.
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J J Johnson & Kai Winding
This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
- The Great Kai and JJ.
- HMV.
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Count Basie
The Kid From Red Bank
- The Atomic Mr Basie.
- ROULETTE.
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June Christy
Swingin' On Nothin'
- Big Band Specials.
- CAPITOL.
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Clark Terry & Chico O’Farrill
El Cumbanchero
- Spanish Rice.
- Impulse Records.
Broadcast
- Sun 15 Jan 201721:00BBC Radio 2
