Kings of Swing
Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
Saturday 14 April 2007 18:00-18:30 (Radio 3)
Linton Chiswick returns to the Age of Swing to look at the lives and work of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw...
Playlist
Presenter: Linton Chiswick
Producer: Peggy Sutton
Includes interviews with:
Artie Shaw
Benny Goodman
Ken Peplowski
Dick Johnson
Marian McPartland
Loren Schonberg
Dan Morgenstern
Music playlist:
Title Mysterioso
Artist Artie Shaw (Roy Eldridge - trumpet; Dodo Marmarosa - piano; Barney Kessel - guitar; Morris Rayman - bass; Lou Fromm - drums. Recorded New York, 9 January 1945.)
Composer Artie Shaw / John Carleton
Label RCA Victor / BMG
Cat No. ND87637
Album Title The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions
Title Runnin' Wild
Artist Benny Goodman Quartet (Benny Goodman - clarinet; Teddy Wilson - piano; Gene Krupa - drums; Lionel Hampton - vibraphone. Recorded New York, 3 February 1937.)
Composer Joe Grey / Leo Wood / A. Harrington Gibbs
Album Title The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings
Label BMG Classics
Cat No. 09026 68764 2
Title Any Old Time
Artist Artie Shaw and his Orchestra (Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen - trumpet; George Arus, Ted Vesely, Harry Rogers - trombone; Artie Shaw - clarinet; Les Robinson, Hank Freeman - alto sax; Tony Pastor - tenor sax, vocals; Ronnie Perry - tenor sax; Les Burness - piano; Al Avola - guitar; Sid Weiss - bass; Cliff Leeman - drums; Billie Holiday - vocals. Recorded New York, 14 July 1938.)
Composer Artie Shaw
Album Title The Artie Shaw Story
Label Proper
Cat No. PROPERBOX 85
Title Little Jazz
Artist Artie Shaw and his Orchestra (Paul Cohen, Bernie Glow, Roy Eldridge, George Schwartz - trumpet; Gus Dickenson, Harry Rogers, Bob Swift, Ollie Wilson - trombone; Artie Shaw - clarinet, Lou Prisby, Rudolph Tanza - alto sax; Herbie Steward, John Walton - tenor sax; Chuck Gentry - baritone sax; Dodo Marmarosa - piano; Barney Kessel - guitar; Morris Rayman - bass; Louis Fromm - drums. Recorded Los Angeles, 5 April 1945.)
Composer Buster Harding / Roy Eldridge
Album Title The Artie Shaw Story
Label Proper
Cat No. Properbox 85
Title Airmail Special
Artist Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet (Cootie Williams - trumpet; Benny Goodman - clarinet; George Auld - tenor sax; Johnny Guarnieri - piano; Charlie Christian - guitar; Artie Bernstein - bass; Dave Tough - drums.)
Composer Benny Goodman
Album Title Solo Flight - Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet
Label CBS (Columbia)
Cat No. VS1P213
Title Special Delivery Stomp
Artist Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five (Artie Shaw - clarinet; Billy Butterfield - trumpet; Johnny Guarnieri - harpsichord; Al Hendrickson - guitar; Jud DeNaut - bass; Nick Fatool - drums. Recorded Hollywood, 3 September 3 1940.)
Composer Artie Shaw
Album Title The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions
Label BMG
Cat No. NB87637
Title Stealin' Apples
Artist Benny Goodman Septet (Fats Navarro - trumpet; Benny Goodman - clarinet; Wardell Gray - tenor sax; Gene Di Novi - piano; Mundell Lowe - guitar; Clyde Lombardi - bass; Mel Zelnick - drums. Recorded Hollywood, 9 September 1948.)
Composer Fats Waller / Andy Razaf
Album Title The Wardell Gray Story
Label Proper
Cat No. Properbox 55
Title I've Got A Crush On You.
Artist Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five (Artie Shaw - clarinet; Hank Jones - piano; Joe Rolan - vibraphone; Tal Farlow - guitar; Tommy Potter - bass; Irv Kluger - drums. Recorded New York, 1954.)
Composer George Gershwin
Album Title The Artie Shaw Story
Label Proper
Cat No. Properbox 85
Title Innuendo
Artist Artie Shaw and his Orchestra (Artie Shaw - clarinet; Don Fagerquist, Victor Ford, Don Paladino, Dale Pierce - trumpet; Porky Cohen, Sonny Russo, Bart Varselona, Freddie Zito -trombone; Frankie Socolow, Herbie Steward - alto sax; Al Cohn, Zoot Sims - tenor sax; Danny Banks - baritone sax; Gil Barrios - piano; Jimmy Raney - guitar; Dick Niveson - bass; Irv Kluger - drums. Recorded December 1949)
Composer Johnny Mandel
Album Title Artie Shaw - Bluebird's Best
Label RCA Bluebird
Cat No. 82876514192
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