Foxtrot

Donald Macleod takes a whirl around the world through the music of ballroom dancing, as we count down to BBC Radio 3’s Day of Dance on Friday 8th November. With the help of Hilary French, author of Ballroom: A People’s History of Dancing, Donald waltzes across Viennese ballrooms, foxtrots through New York clubs, tries the tango in the arrabales of Buenos Aires, sambas on the streets of Salvador and finally cha-cha-cha’s his way to Havana.

Today, we venture into the seedy clubs of 1910s New York, as ballroom powercouple Vernon and Irene Castle go in search of the next dance phenomenon.

One For Daddy-O
Nat Adderley, composer
Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophone
Hank Jones, piano
Miles Davis, trumpet
Sam Jones, double bass
Art Blakey, drums

Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin, composer
Alexander Peskanov, piano

Pine Apple Rag
Scott Joplin, composer
Alexander Peskanov, piano

Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin, composer
Boston Pops Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler

Heartaches
Al Hoffman, composer
Sid Phillips & his Melodians with Al Bowlly

The Memphis Blues
WC Handy, composer
Louis Armstrong, trumpet & vocals
Ella Fitzgerald & Bing Crosby, vocals

Take The A Train
Duke Ellington, composer & piano

It Don’t Mean A Thing
Duke Ellington, composer & piano
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Ivie Anderson, vocal

Boo-Hoo
Jack Hylton, composer
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra

Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
Jack Hylton, composer
Eartha Kitt, vocals

Produced by Alice McKee for BBC Audio Wales & West

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