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Clare plays some of the finest big band and swing Christmas tunes. There's a chance you picked the music in The Swing's The Thing, there's more from the British dance bands and a Christmas themed Darkside track to savour.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 17 Dec 201721:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Harry Connick, Jr.

    It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

    • What A Night! A Christmas Album.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 10.

  • Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee

    Little Jack Frost Get Lost

    • The Bing Crosby Christmas Album.
    • 15.

  • Diana Krall & The Clayton‐Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

    Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

    • Christmas Songs.
    • Verve.
    • 7.

  • Jazz At The Lincoln Centre

    White Christmas

    • Big Band Holidays.
    • Blue Engine Records.

  • Frank Sinatra

    The Curse Of An Aching Heart

    • Sinatra Swings.
    • 2.

  • Nelson Riddle

    Shangri-La

    • White On White, Shangri-La, Charade and other hits of 1964.

  • Bobby Darin

    Artificial Flowers

    • The Bobby Darin Story.
    • 10.

  • Joe Stilgoe & London Music Works

    Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    • A Swinging Big Band Christmas.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 005.

  • Liane Carroll & London Music Works

    Santa Baby

    • A Swinging Big Band Christmas.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 009.

  • Kurt Elling

    Cool Yule

    • Yule Be Bopping.
    • Blue Note.

  • Savoy Orpheans & George Melachrino

    I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

    • Music Maestro Please.

  • Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

    Do You Hear What I Hear

  • Glenn Miller

    It Happened In Sun Valley

    • In The Mood: The Very Best Of Glenn Miller.
    • 15.

  • The Sauter–Finegan Orchestra

    Midnight Sleighride

    • Inside The Sound.
    • 005.

  • Michael Bublé

    Blue Christmas

    • Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition).
    • Reprise Records.
    • 11.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

    • Ella Fitzgerald Wishes You A Swinging Christmas.
    • 004.

  • Duke Ellington

    Peanut Brittle Brigade

    • The Nutcracker Suite.

  • Geoff Gascoyne Jazz Orchestra & Iain Mackenzie

    Hark The Herald Angels Sing

    • Christmas.
    • Jazzizit Records.
    • 008.

  • Gregory Porter

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)

    • (CD Single).
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Lena Horne

    Jingle All The Way

    • Hipsters' Holiday.
    • 15.

  • Gary Williams & Michael Feinstein

    (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag

    • Big Band Wonderland.
    • Gary Williams.
    • 009.

  • Ted Heath And is Music

    Hot Toddy

    • Greatest Melodies Of The 50s.
    • 19.

  • Jazz At The Lincoln Centre & Cécile McLorin Salvant

    It's Easy To Blame The Weather

    • Big Band Holidays.
    • Blue Engine Records.

  • Les Baxter

    Santa Claus Party

    • The Christmas Selection Disc 1.
    • 11.

  • Chris Dean's Syd Lawrence Orchestra

    Under A Blanket Of Blue

    • Strictly Big Band.
    • SLO.
    • 012.

  • Louis Armstrong

    Zat You Santa Claus

    • Hipster's Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Clare Teal

    Warm December

    • Jing, Jing-A-Ling.
    • MUD Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Dec 201721:00
    BBC Radio 2