Podcasts about Count Basie

STANDARSEMANAL.-God Bless The Child.-VINILOS MITICOS DEL JAZZ.-Count Basie-Basie Jam-.-JAZZACTUALIDAD.-KARLES PEREZ-SCARPETTA Título: Basie Jam. Músico: Count Basie. Acompañantes: Louie Bellson (dm); Ray Brown (b); J.J. Johnson (tb); Irving Ashby (g), Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis & Zoot Sims (st) y Harry Edison (tp). Fecha de Grabación: 1973. 10 de Diciembre. Lugar de Grabación: New York. Sello Discográfico: Pablo Records. Nº de temas: 5. Formato: LP. Instrumento: Piano y líder. Estilo: Swing. Nº de Serie: 2310 718. Año de Edición: 1988. Duración: 0:49:03. Calificación: 4*. Comentario: El disco debut de Count Basie con el sello «Pablo», de Norman Granz, dejó mucha decepción entre sus seguidores. Con un octeto de estrellas relevantes, como el trompetista Harry «Sweets» Edison, el trombonista JJ Johnson y los tenores Eddie Davis y Zoot Sims, el bajista Ray Brown, el guitarrista Irving Ashby, y el batería Louie Bellson, se esperaba mucho más de esta sesión de estudio. quizás el formato elegido, a medio camino entre el combo y la big band, no fue la mejor elección, ni tampoco la selección de temas fue la más brillante. En cualquier caso, sin ser la mejor grabación de Count Basie, es muy interesante escuchar como el pianista es capaz de desenvolverse, y muy bien, en formatos más pequeños que su tradicional big band. KARLES PEREZ.- Nacido en Petrer (Alicante), inició su formación musical en la Colla de dolçainers i tabaleters “El Terròs”. Poco después fue admitido en el Conservatorio “Ana María Sánchez” de Elda, donde cursó estudios de percusión clásica. Tras finalizar el grado medio en dicho centro, en 2015 accedió al Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco, Musikene, en la especialidad de batería jazz, donde recibió formación de destacados profesores como Jo Krause, Guillermo McGill, Carlos Martín, Francesc Capella y Miguel Blanco, entre otros. Durante sus años en Musikene, realizó una estancia formativa en el Kug de Graz (Austria), estudiando con profesores como Howard Curtis, Ed Partyka o Michael Abene y más adelante completó un máster en interpretación en el Conservatori del Liceu, junto a profesores como Bill McHenry, Ramón Prats y Sergi Vergés. Ha participado en numerosos festivales, salas y clubes de jazz tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, entre ellos el Festival de Jazz de San Sebastián, Cifujazz, Festival de Jazz de Terrassa, Festival de Jazz de Atarfe, Festival de Jazz de Peñíscola, La Bilbaína Jazz Club, Altxerri Jazz Bar, y el Cucuteni Jazz Festival en Rumanía, entre otros. Fue ganador del proyecto “Horda”, galardonado en los premios “BBK Impulso” como la mejor banda joven del País Vasco. A lo largo de su trayectoria ha colaborado con reconocidos músicos nacionales e internacionales como Dan Barrett, Olivier Franc, Ilja Reijngoud, Judy Niemack, Randy Greer, Arturo Serra, Adrian Cunningham, Enric Peidro, Carlos Martín y Juan Galiardo, entre otros. Actualmente lidera dos proyectos personales: su primer disco, Changing Times, y su nueva propuesta, Scarpetta, presentada recientemente en la emblemática sala Jamboree de Barcelona.

After five decades as jazz's best-kept secret, multi-instrumentalist Roger Glenn steps into the spotlight with his first solo album in 50 years. In this episode of Backstage Bay Area, host Steve Roby sits down with the son of jazz royalty to discuss Latin jazz, life lessons from legends, and why 2025 was finally the right time to share his story. Episode HighlightsGrowing Up in Jazz Royalty: Roger shares stories of his father, Tyree Glenn, and the legendary musicians who shaped his musical education—from Count Basie's Joe Jones to Miles Davis's Winton KellyThe Great Day in Harlem: Roger reveals he skipped the iconic 1958 photo shoot, only to later perform with many of those same jazz giants, including Mary Lou Williams18 Instruments and Counting: How Roger became a multi-instrumental wizard, mastering everything from flute to vibraphoneThe 50-Year Wait: Why COVID, economic downturns, and Grammy category eliminations delayed the release of "My Latin Heart"Cultural Fusion: The deep meaning behind tracks like "Zambos Mambo" and "Congo Square," exploring the African and European roots of American musicBeyond Music: Roger's parallel passions as a multi-engine pilot, helicopter pilot, and sailor—and how they inspire his compositionsFeatured TracksZambos MamboShowcasing Roger's incredible flute work (currently charting on Jazz Week)Congo SquareA tribute to cultural fusion featuring Roger's vibraphone masteryAll music used on the podcast was supplied by the musicians and used with there permissionUpcoming ShowsBach Dancing and Dynamite Society - Half Moon BaySunday, March 8th at 4:30 PMFeaturing special guest Ray Obito on guitar

durée : 01:00:42 - Polar Mood - par : Nathalie Piolé -

Um mundial de clubes em Snapper Rocks com premiação em dinheiro e formato fácil de entender e agradável.Junta com uma bela transmissão capitaneada por gente experiente e bem informada e temos 8 horas por dia de diversão - ainda tinha onda!Júlio Adler, João Valente e Bruno Bocayuva usam o acontecimento da semana como recheio do episódio e ainda enfiam (epa!) as novidades entre a queda de braço da ISA e WSL.A trilha fica por conta do Count Basie com Sunset Glow, Ince, Ince com a turca Selda e os dinamarqueses do Søren Skov Orbit com Orbiting.

Joe Piscopo navigates a series of technical difficulties while broadcasting live from a hotel balcony in Florida. Despite being forced to "phone in" the show due to equipment failure, Piscopo maintains an upbeat tone, utilizing the mishap to illustrate the theme of humility and his personal "humility gremlins." The program serves as a tribute to Black History Month, specifically highlighting how Frank Sinatra broke the color barrier in the entertainment industry by supporting legends like Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie. Through a mix of classic tracks and personal anecdotes, Piscopo celebrates the enduring legacy of Sinatra's musicianship and his role as a social justice advocate who demanded equality for his African-American colleagues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The music of Count Basie is essential to any jazz education, so we bring you sound and score recordings of 9 essential charts for young bands (Grade 1-2.5).Learn some history about each chart along the way!Support the Show HereTo gain access to all show notes and audio files please Subscribe to the podcast and consider supporting the show on Patreon - using the button at the top of thegrowingbanddirector.comOur mission is to share practical  advice and explore topics that will help every band director, no matter your experience level, as well as music education students who are working to join us in the coming years.Connect with us with comments or ideasFollow the show:Podcast website : Thegrowingbanddirector.comOn Youtube The Growing Band Director Facebook-The Growing Band Director Podcast GroupInstagram @thegrowingbanddirectorTik Tok @thegrowingbanddirectorIf you like what you hear please:Leave a Five Star Review and Share us with another band director!

STANDARSEMANAL.-The Girl From Ipanema.-VINILOS MITICOS DEL JAZZ-.BUDDY DEFRANCO - And The Oscar Peterson Quartet.-JAZZACTUALIDAD.-.MARTINA SABARIEGO BIG BAND-FORCES AND BATTLEMENTS Bonifacio Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (Camden, Nueva Jersey, 17 de febrero de 1923 − Panama City, Florida, 24 de diciembre de 2014)[1]​ fue un clarinetista de jazz estadounidense. De origen italiano, comenzó a tocar el clarinete en 1935 con sólo 12 años para ayudar a su padre ciego a mantener a su familia muy pobre que vivía en el sur de Filadelfia. A los 16 años ya era un músico que giraba a través de los Estados Unidos con varias bandas. Su carrera se desarrolló en lo que se considera la época dorada del swing jazz y las big bands, que tenía como principales clarinetistas a Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman y Woody Herman. Pero él fue el primero en dedicarse con su instrumento al bebop y a la música de Charlie Parker, y con Tony Scott se convirtió en uno de los pocos clarinetistas en ese tipo de la historia del jazz. También fue el primero en utilizar el clarinete bajo en el jazz con resultados extraordinarios. Entre sus colaboraciones más importantes se encuentran las que tocó con Count Basie, Sonny Clark y Tal Farlow. De 1966 a 1974 fue líder de la orquesta de Glenn Miller. También tocó con George Shearing, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Terry Gibbs, Art Blakey, Tommy Gumina y muchos otros. Se le dedicó una hermosa biografía en el libro: Una vida en la edad de oro del Jazz. También fue organizador del festival de jazz para jóvenes talentos Buddy DeFranco Jazz Fest y en 1996 como maestro y profesor publicó su versión del método Hanon para el aprendizaje de clarinete de jazz. Junto con su amigo de Tony Scott es considerado el más grande de todos clarinetista de jazz de su tiempo. Agotado desde hace mucho tiempo, este LP, reeditado por el sello «WaxTime» en 2018, presenta al brillante clarinetista Buddy DeFranco con el Oscar Peterson Quartet, o lo que es lo mismo, el trío habitual del orondo pianista de Toronto, con el añadido del baterista, Louie Bellson. Si bien las seis tomas son todas estándares, DeFranco y Peterson producen swing a raudales y con un ritmo alejado del habitual “tempo” de Oscar Peterson. DeFranco suena impecable en el clarinete, lo que hace que suene tan fácil de tocar como un rayo; pocos clarinetistas se han acercado alguna vez a esta velocidad. Disco muy recomendable para ver tocar el piano a Óscar Peterson fuera de su zona de confort, si es que alguna vez estuvo en ella. Martina Sabariego Big Band Forces And Battlements La compositora y multiinstrumentista de Xirivella, Martina Sabariego, presenta Forces and Battlements, su segundo álbum y el primero escrito y grabado para big band. Un trabajo con cuatro piezas que ponen el foco en la cultura valenciana, explorando nuevos paisajes sonoros con una mirada personal y valiente. El proyecto se ha materializado en Boston, gracias al apoyo del New England Conservatory, y consolida la proyección internacional de una artista que debutó con Xano Xano. Forces and Battlements ya está disponible en: https://martinasabariego.bandcamp.com/album/forces-and-battlements-2 --- Lista de temas: 1. Vida y Muerte de la Devesa 06:58 2. Muixeranga 04:15 3. Elvira 07:39 4. Alquería Coca 08:54 --- Repertorio y solos: 1. Vida y Muerte de la Devesa  Solos de Jason Ryu, Walker McSween, Nadav Brenner y Carlo Kind 2. Muixeranga 3. Elvira  Solos de Nick Isherwood y Joey DuBois 4. Alquería Coca  Solos de Pavle Zvekic, Juan Saus, Albert Climent y Carlo Kind --- Integrantes de la big band: Saxofón Alto 1 (a soprano): Lenka Molcanyiova Saxofón Alto 2 (a flauta): Juan Saus Saxofón Tenor 1 (a clarinete en Sib): Gabriel Nieves Saxofón Tenor 2: Ella Wilhemina Saxofón Barítono: Noa Zebley Trompeta 1: Shota Syamaguchi Trompeta 2: Joey DuBois Trompeta 3: Walker McSween Trompeta 4 Maddoc Johnson Trombón 1: Jason Ryu Trombón 2: Albert Climent Trombón 3: Aiden Coleman Trombón Bajo: David Paligora Guitarra Eléctrica: Nadav Brenner Piano: Pavle Zvekic Contrabajo: Nick Isherwood Batería: Carlo Kind --- Compuesto, arreglado y dirigido por: Martina Sabariego Ingeniero de grabación: Sam McCarthy Ingeniero de mezcla: Adrià Serrano Grabado en The Record Co., en octubre de 2024, Boston (MA) Agradecimientos especiales al New England Conservatory of Music por la beca EM.

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On tonight's show: Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Gigi Gryce Quartet, In A Sentimental Mood Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie and his Orchestra, The Gentleman is a Dope Horace Silver Quintet, Señor Blues [Bill Henderson vocals] Annie Ross, I Don't Want to Cry Anymore Hank Crawford, Angel Eyes Ella Fitzgerald, That Old Back Magic Wynton Kelly, Temperance Don Wikerson, Camp Meetin' Art Blakey, The Song Is You Catherine Russell, I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me Lucky Thompson, Soul Carnival

Send us a textIntro: The Anniversary Song by Al Jolson (1946)40. Tuxedo Junction by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1940)39. Jingle Jangle Jingle by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (1942)38. The Christmas Song by Nat "King" Cole (1946)37. Open the Door, Richard by Count Basie and His Orchestra (1947)36. You Always Hurt the One You Love by The Mills Brothers (1944)

Fairport tour again in 2026 and are playing their annual Cropredy Convention in August, its 50th year. The rolling Kent landscape behind him, co-founder Simon Nicol looks back at almost six decades in the line-up, the first shows he ever saw and played, why he can't wait to get back on the tour bus again, and … … the intoxication of live music – “lost in a moment that's never happened before and won't be repeated” … Count Basie at the Astoria, aged 7 – “the moulded Turkish ottomans! The massed ranks of brass!” … December 4 1972, the day he left the band (and why) … “we've been self-governing since we were kicked out in 1979” … the Ravens in Muswell Hill the night they became the Kinks: “frock coats and hunting boots” … Professor Bruce Lacey, the mad scientist-inventor celebrated in a Fairport song … Ashley Hutchings' Little Black Book where band line-ups were assembled: “like an executive chef who chose the ingredients but didn't wash up” … playing Mississippi Fred McDowell and country blues in the Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra … narrative songs and the “shoulders-down” rhythms on Music From Big Pink and how Fairport found their identity … finding obscure Phil Ochs, David Ackles and Joni Mitchell songs for early Fairport … and the first Cropredy in the village hall in 1976: you can still arrive by barge! Fairport Convention tour tickets here: https://www.fairportconvention.com/gigs-tours/ Cropredy 2026 tickets here: https://www.fairportconvention.com/tickets/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fairport tour again in 2026 and are playing their annual Cropredy Convention in August, its 50th year. The rolling Kent landscape behind him, co-founder Simon Nicol looks back at almost six decades in the line-up, the first shows he ever saw and played, why he can't wait to get back on the tour bus again, and … … the intoxication of live music – “lost in a moment that's never happened before and won't be repeated” … Count Basie at the Astoria, aged 7 – “the moulded Turkish ottomans! The massed ranks of brass!” … December 4 1972, the day he left the band (and why) … “we've been self-governing since we were kicked out in 1979” … the Ravens in Muswell Hill the night they became the Kinks: “frock coats and hunting boots” … Professor Bruce Lacey, the mad scientist-inventor celebrated in a Fairport song … Ashley Hutchings' Little Black Book where band line-ups were assembled: “like an executive chef who chose the ingredients but didn't wash up” … playing Mississippi Fred McDowell and country blues in the Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra … narrative songs and the “shoulders-down” rhythms on Music From Big Pink and how Fairport found their identity … finding obscure Phil Ochs, David Ackles and Joni Mitchell songs for early Fairport … and the first Cropredy in the village hall in 1976: you can still arrive by barge! Fairport Convention tour tickets here: https://www.fairportconvention.com/gigs-tours/ Cropredy 2026 tickets here: https://www.fairportconvention.com/tickets/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fairport tour again in 2026 and are playing their annual Cropredy Convention in August, its 50th year. The rolling Kent landscape behind him, co-founder Simon Nicol looks back at almost six decades in the line-up, the first shows he ever saw and played, why he can't wait to get back on the tour bus again, and … … the intoxication of live music – “lost in a moment that's never happened before and won't be repeated” … Count Basie at the Astoria, aged 7 – “the moulded Turkish ottomans! The massed ranks of brass!” … December 4 1972, the day he left the band (and why) … “we've been self-governing since we were kicked out in 1979” … the Ravens in Muswell Hill the night they became the Kinks: “frock coats and hunting boots” … Professor Bruce Lacey, the mad scientist-inventor celebrated in a Fairport song … Ashley Hutchings' Little Black Book where band line-ups were assembled: “like an executive chef who chose the ingredients but didn't wash up” … playing Mississippi Fred McDowell and country blues in the Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra … narrative songs and the “shoulders-down” rhythms on Music From Big Pink and how Fairport found their identity … finding obscure Phil Ochs, David Ackles and Joni Mitchell songs for early Fairport … and the first Cropredy in the village hall in 1976: you can still arrive by barge! Fairport Convention tour tickets here: https://www.fairportconvention.com/gigs-tours/ Cropredy 2026 tickets here: https://www.fairportconvention.com/tickets/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's program began with David Anderson, music director of the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra, talking about the ensemble's gala coming up on February 14th. After that is an archival conversation with Larry Tye, author of "Jazz Men," which examines the careers and influence of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong.

Michael Berkeley's guest is actor and TV presenter Peter Purves. Purves has been involved in two of TV's longest-running and best-loved institutions - he was one of the earliest companions to travel in the TARDIS with Doctor Who (1965-66), and for ten and a half years from 1967 to 1978, alongside John Noakes, Valerie Singleton and Leslie Judd, he presented Blue Peter – entertaining the nation's children with demonstrations in everything from competitive swimming to scaling the Fourth Road Bridge. A dog lover, he has also presented TV coverage of dog show Crufts for many years. Purves's musical passions include Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Elgar and Sondheim, alongside tracks by Louis Armstrong and Count Basie - both of whom he remembers seeing perform live in concert.Presenter: Michael BerkeleyProducer: Graham Rogers

The Later Days of Big Bands: From the Culture Desk Join co-hosts Joshua Michael Stewart & Scott Graves on a musical look at just what all those Big Band musicians were doing decades after the end of the Big Band Era.  The popular culture phenomenon of swing music did not end when the record deals started drying up.  The spectrum and synthesis of styles, the premium musicianship and the comradery between bands and fans continued to the present date.  We bring you more than a dozen recordings in their whole from the seventies to now including mostly musicians and bands still very much alive.   You'll experience the music of Buddy Rich, Clayton/Hamilton Big Band, Count Basie, The Either Orchestra and folks new to the scene like Omar Thomas.  And my co-host put together a larger playlist for those of you who want to swing the night away!  Listen Now  

Stu Levitan welcomes back to the program Doug Bradley to discuss his new book The Tracks of My Years: A Music-Based Memoir, just out from the good people at Legacy Book Press. And it is exactly what the subtitle promises – Doug recounting the literal soundtrack of his life, putting the seminal events of his first quarter century or so in the context of the music that  accompanied, or symbolized, those events. And since most of the events recounted took place in the sixties and seventies, it's a pretty great 46-song setlist, which you can find on Spotify.  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SiTq5A3GboxJ4uTNdMGJ1 Doug spent his early childhood in Philadelphia with his parents and older doo-wop singing brother, in a house filled with music. The family moved to Ohio for two years, then the Pittsburg suburb  of Clairton, where Doug graduated from Thomas Jefferson HS in 1965, doing some party DJ work along the way, thanks to his brother's record collection. He was admitted to Notre Dame but couldn't afford the tuition; as a scholarship student to Bethany College in Bethany WV, Class of '69, he was a Big Man on Campus as two-term chairman of the Social Committee , booking a lot of major pop acts. That's how he came to share a joint with the Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick and a drink with jazz legend Count Basie, play some pick-up hoops with Smokey Robinson's Miracles, and hold Dionne Warwick's hand on a tragic night in American history. He was drafted into the US Army in March 1970 and fortunately for him aced the job aptitude test and so was made an Army journalist, first domestically and then in 1970-71 at the Army's Vietnam HQ in Long Binh. After his honorable discharge, he finally acceded to the entreaties of his high school mentor – whose interest in Doug may have been more that academic – and he received an MA in English from Washington State University in 1972. He also acceded to the entreaties of his wife, Pam Shannon, and relocated to Madison in 1974, where he was one of the first employees and later president of the community-based service center Vet's House, which helped him work through some of his postwar issues. Pam also got him to appreciate the Grateful Dead, which gives her bonus points. Never a student at the UW, he spent more than 30 years in various communications and marketing positions there, including 15 years as director of public information at UW Extension, where his father-in-law Ted Shannon was a top administrator. He also for many years co-taught with his co-author Prof. Craig Werner a course based on their award-winning book “We Gotta Get Out of this Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War.” Doug later continued the theme, writing Who'll Stop The Rain: Respect, Remembrance and Reconciliation in post-Vietnam America, both books the subject of a BookBeat episode in February 2020. It's a pleasure to welcome back to Madison BookBeat the 2025 recipient of the Vietnam Veterans of America's Excellence in Arts Award, Doug Bradley

Count Basie/ Joe Williams - Every Day I Have The BluesCount Basie/ Ella Fitzgerald - Honeysuckle RoseCount Basie/ Ella Fitzgerald - Dream A Little Dream Of MeCount Basie Big Band/ Ella Fitzgerald Basella (Live)Count Basie/ Ella Fitzgerald - 'Deed I DoCount Basie/ Frank Sinatra - Pennies from HeavenCount Basie/ Frank Sinatra - Please Be Kind Count Basie/ Ray Charles - Georgia on My MindCount Basie/ Lambert/ Hendricks/ Ross - Lil' Darlin'

Season Five is roaring to a close with one last incredible guest. Legendary Bluesman, Curtis Salgado stopped by to talk about his early years in Eugene, Oregon and his start in music, dating back to Kindergarten, playin Air Guitar with his cardboard Strat, that swingin concert featuring Count Basie. Of course, we had to talk about the introduction and meeting with John Belushi, who was in town to shoot ‘Animal House'. History records that this meeting with Belushi developed into a bit with Belushi and his counterpart, Dan Aykroyd who became ‘The Blues Brothers'. If you love history, especially of the Blues genre, you do NOT want to miss this episode! We will see you all January 13th!Website:https://www.curtissalgado.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CurtisSalgado Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2VDoygKzNasudJOR0X1RH0?si=XAEVrnz9QK2erx-0iSQK0Q YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDCLthzywTMMvY-szOagIfg _________________________Facebook: Time SignaturesYouTube: Time SignaturesFacebook: Capital Area Blues SocietyWebsite: Capital Area Blues SocietyFriends of Time Signatures _______Website: University of Mississippi Libraries Blues ArchiveWebsite: Killer Blues Headstone ProjectWebsite: Blues Society Radio NetworkWebsite: Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation

Could this be peak Frank? Sinatra at the Sands captures the energy, the cool, and the incredible voice that made this crooner so iconic. Backed by the Count Basie Orchestra with arrangements by a young Quincy Jones, this live album still swings 60 years later!Sinatra at the Sands was recorded at a moment when Sinatra was emerging from a slump. Rock and roll dominated the airwaves, the Beatles were redefining popular music and crooning just wasn't cool anymore. But this album, recorded live in Vegas, shows a 50-year-old Frank sounding loose, confident, and completely at home in front of a band that swings like nothing else. Listen with us as we break down and react to the best of this swingin' album.Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs: https://osjazz.link/yhi   00:00 - Intro Jam: Fly Me To the Moon01:35 - The Sinatra-Basie Episode!03:45 - Is This Peak Frank?05:45 - The Mid-60s Culture Shift07:45 - "Come Fly With Me" 12:00 - The Quincy Influence14:45 - "I've Got You Under My Skin"17:30 - What To Listen For22:30 - "The Shadow of Your Smile"26:20 - Freddie Green's "Chunking" Technique28:15 - Sinatra's Vocal Gift33:30 - "Street of Dreams"35:50 - "One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)"38:40 - "Fly Me To the Moon"45:00 - "One O'Clock Jump"49:50 - Desert Island Tracks54:05 - Apex Moments59:05 - Categories1:03:20 - Coming Up Next Week

1 - Just Like in a Story Book - Fran Frey with George Olsen and his Music – 19302 - Help Yourself to Happiness - Kenny Sargent with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra - 19313 - Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight? - Peerless Quartet – 19154 - Stars over the School House - Phil Brito with Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra – 19415 - Show That Fellow the Door - Paul Sprecht and his Orchestra – 19266 - School House Blues - Bennie Krueger's Orchestra – 19217 - School Kids Hop - Slim Gaillard Orchestra - 19468 - Notchnaya Krasavitza (Evening Beauty) - Russian Orchestra – 19269 - Wandering Man Blues - Dell St. John with Joe Marsala and his Delta Four – 194010 - Hooheno Keia No Beauty (Beauty Hula) - Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra – 193711 - Success - Frank Wojnarowski and his Dance Orchestra12 - Plenty Of Happiness - Eddie Tower Tanzorchester – 194113 - Open The Door, Richard! - Harry Edison and Bill Johnson with Count Basie and his Orchestra – 194714 - That's My Hap-Hap-Happiness - Bar Harbor Society Orchestra - 192915 - There's Happiness Over the Hill - George Olsen Orchestra – 1930

In late September 2025, UMe, in conjunction with Frank Sinatra Enterprises, announced a new exclusive double-vinyl collection from Frank Sinatra, featuring his historic collaborations with Count Basie and Duke Ellington, entitled The Giants Of Jazz. This special release includes a pair of timeless albums—It Might As Well Be Swing with Count Basie and His Orchestra and Francis A. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington—newly remastered from the archival recordings. The package includes a new gatefold jacket design that incorporates rare photographs as well as the original artwork. Comprising seminal performances from Sinatra, Basie, and Ellington, the title The Giants Of Jazz couldn't be more apropos. Maggie & Charlie discuss each of these legendary recordings starting with 1964's  It Might As Well Be Swing with Sinatra accompanied by Basie in tandem with his orchestra on ten tracks for the second time following 1962's Sinatra-Basie, and it was Sinatra's first studio album arranged by Quincy Jones. We discuss the magic created by Quincy Jones and the beautiful lifelong friendship which began during this musically fruitful period in Sinatra's recording career. Then secondly, we discuss the genius of Duke Ellington and how the 2 came together. Sinatra was instrumental in bringing Ellington's orchestra to his Reprise Records label, creating the opportunity for them to work together on the album Francis A. & Edward K., which was recorded on Sinatra's 52nd birthday, December 12, 1967. CHARLES PIGNONE is a producer and writer. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sinatra Treasures and also The Copa, The Sinatra Family Photo Album and Sinatra 100. He has produced over 50 albums including “Sinatra: Nothing But The Best” and “Ultimate Sinatra.” Charles also co-produced Seth MacFarlene's most recent album Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements. He also co-produced the television specials “Sinatra Sings,' HBO documentary 'Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All' and CBS's ‘Sinatra 100' Grammy special.  Mr. Pignone began his association with Frank Sinatra in 1984 and is the president of Frank Sinatra Enterprises.Source: https://www.sinatra.com/ume-release-new-frank-sinatra-double-vinyl-set-the-giants-of-jazz/Source: https://www.sinatra.com/Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994.Send us a textSupport the show@profileswithmaggielepique@maggielepique

The link between jazz and what we now call reggae goes back 70+ years to the time of Count Basie and Duke Ellington's big bands in the 1940s and '50s, which were very popular in Jamaica. These records arrived through sailors, migrants, and sound-system operators like Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid, who travelled to the U.S. specifically to buy jazz and R&B 78s. The island absorbed these sounds and fused them with mento (Jamaica's folk music), African rhythmic traditions, New Orleans R&B (Fats Domino, Rosco Gordon), and bits of Country and Gospel. Out of this blend came the foundation of what would eventually become ska. Early ska bands felt like compact jazz big bands- horn sections front and centre, trading solos, swinging lines, and arrangements shaped by jazz harmony. The Skatalites were made up of jazz-trained musicians from the Alpha School of Music, including Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, Lester Sterling, and Jackie Mittoo. Players like Ernest Ranglin and Monty Alexander brought traditional jazz phrasing into their playing. If you listen to early ska, you hear bebop-style solos, ii–V–I chord movements, blue notes, horn riffs modelled after Ellington and Basie, and rhythm sections that mix jazz walking lines with a distinct upbeat “skank.” The shift from jazz to ska was a natural evolution. Sound systems were growing in popularity, and access to new releases from the USA was limited to those who could travel there and purchase them, as mentioned with Dodd & Reid. Jazz and Jump Blues were beginning to disappear, and Sound System operators needed fresh music to keep people coming back, so they started looking to existing talent on the island. The early days of Ska were recorded by musicians who took those elements and reshaped them into something uniquely Jamaican, emphasising the offbeat, simplifying the walking bass into a pulsing groove, and blending African-derived rhythms with American jazz techniques. This mixture created the dance-driven sound of ska, which later slowed into rocksteady and evolved into what we now call reggae. For today's mix, I explore a collection of jazz tracks I've always gravitated toward—those with a groove, that swing, and that carry some of the same energy that fed early Jamaican music. I focused on artists like Miles, Blakey, and Dizzy for this 90-minute session, and I hope you enjoy it. PLAYLIST Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder (Remastered 1999 / Rudy Van Gelder Edition) Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island (Remastered 1999 / Rudy Van Gelder Edition) The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five John Coltrane – A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement Miles Davis– So What (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans) Miles Davis – Milestones (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Moanin' Dizzy Gillespie – Salt Peanuts Charlie Parker – Ko Ko Stan Getz – Wee (Allen's Alley) Art Blakey; Thelonious Monk – Rhythm-A-Ning Max Roach – Tune-Up Clifford Brown; Max Roach Quintet – Cherokee

durée : 00:59:48 - Club Jazzafip - Une émission qui évoque les retrouvailles, d'un lieu que l'on aime, d'un ami, ou celles de Chet Baker et Gerry mulligan, de Jeanne Lee et Ras Blake ou encore la rencontre de Count Basie avec Duke Ellington. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

On tonight's show, lots of live concert performances: Red Norvo, All of Me (Live) [feat. Frank Sinatra] Frank Sinatra, One for My Baby (And One More For the Road) Ramsey Lewis Trio, Fly Me to the Moon (Live) Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and His Orchestra & Tommy Flanagan, L.O.V.E. (Live) Dave Brubeck, Rotterdam Blues Paul Desmond Quartet, Take Five Stan Getz, Infant Eyes Gerry Mulligan, Mel Tormé & George Shearing, Jeru (Live) Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi, How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Shirley Horn, Once I Loved (Live) Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie, I Remember Jimmy Yancey Bucky Pizzarelli, Jersey Bounce

Participants: John Steppling, Hiroyuki Hamada, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: Digital ID, federal troops in American cities, the dead end of the Ukraine war, the mysterious death and afterlife of Charlie Kirk, dreaming of the post-apocalyptic adventure, the missing radioactive fallout in zombie movies… Music track: “Every Day I Have the Blues” by Count Basie (public domain). See Aesthetic Resistance on Substack for the links related to this episode.

On tonight's show: Lester Young, Lester Leaps In Count Basie & The Kansas City Seven, Dickie's Dream Billie Holiday, I Cover the Waterfront Betty Roché, Blue Moon Lester Young, Up 'N' Adam Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie and his Orchestra, Perdido Gerry Mulligan, Turnstile Vince Guaraldi, Corcovado John Lewis & Bill Perkins with Jim Hall, Skylark Ike Quebec, Buzzard Lope Ella Fitzgerald, Blues in the Night (1961 Version) Stanley Turrentine, I Wish I Knew Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Boogie Bumper

America has exported many products to the world, and one of our finest gifts is music. We may think of rock and roll or rhythm and blues, but one of the earliest and most popular musical exports is jazz and swing. This week we'll hear classics from Django Reinhardt, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks, Russ Barenberg, and next week we'll continue with Part 2. “It Don't Mean a Thing” … this week on The Sing Out Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysDjango Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli / “Minor Swing” / Djangologie Vol.6 / EMI PatheJoshua Rifkin / “Elite Syncopations” / Scott Joplin Piano Rags / NonesuchBenny Goodman / “Air Mail Special” / Best of the Big Bands / ColumbiaCount Basie / “One O'clock Jump” / This is Jazz 11 / ColumbiaDuke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald / “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)” / At the Cote D' Azur / VerveLambert, Hendricks & Ross / “Twisted” / The Hottest New Group in Jazz / ColumbiaDan Hicks & his Hot Licks / “Canned Music” / Original Recordings / EpicBill Knopf / “Take the “A” Train” / Pacific Swing / First InversionDjango Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli / “Swinging with Django” / Djangologie Vol.6 / EMI PatheAllen Tousaint / “Rocks in My Bed” / American Tunes / NonesuchGuy Van Duser & Billy Novick / “Exactly Like You” / Exactly Like Us / RounderRuss Barenberg / “Halloween Rehearsal” / Halloween Rehearsal / RounderThe Phil Salazar Band / “Swing to Bop” / The Phil Salazar Band / Flying FishMerle Travis / “Walkin' the Strings” / The Merle Travis Guitar / RavenPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

My Dad's Greatest Hits This will be my last regularly scheduled weekly episode. We'll talk about that as we go along. One of the last songs my dad heard in his hospital bed the day he died and the one we played as we wheeled his casket out of the church was the Frank Sinatra song, My Way. It's how my dad lived his life. And it's how I will bring this show to a close. I'll use paraphrased lyrics from the song. So Yes, the end is near. My friend, I'll say it clear.  Strap in. This is going to be a fun musical ride. So, get ready to hear 20 songs that had meaning to my father, my family, and me in Volume 250: Fading Out My Way. Credits and copyrights Louis Armstrong When The Saints Go Marching In A traditional Tune Opens and Closes (almost) every episode Lou Monte Pepino The Italian Mouse written by Ray Allen and Wandra Merrell Volume 9: Lou Monte and Pepino Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream Written By – Naomi Neville Volume 98: Whipped Alpert Henry Mancini Peter Gunn Theme Written by Henry Mancini Volume 242: Mancini's Gunn Ray Conniff This Is My Song Written By – Charlie Chaplin Volume 76: My Song Willie Nelson Georgia On My Mind Written By Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell Volume 225: The Standard Stoner The Sons Of The Pioneers Cool Water written by Bob Nolan Volume 41: Tumbling Tumbleweeds Part 1 Luciano Pavarotti with The National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gian Carlo Chiaramello Torna A Surriento Composed By – Ernesto de Curtis Volume 86: Pavarotti's Greatest Part 1 unknown artist Oh Marie Adapted from Maria Marì written by Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi, and Vincenzo Russo Volume 127: Italian Favorites Roy Meriwether Trio Zipadee Doo Dah composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert Volume 62: Popcorn and Soul Kay Kyser And His Orchestra Woody Woodpecker, a Walter Lantz Cartoon With vocal chorus from Gloria Wood. Written by Ramey Idriss, George Tibbles Volume 74: 8 Sides from Columbia Bing Crosby Running Around in Circles (Getting Nowhere) Written by Irving Berlin Volume 78: Berlin's Blue Skies Pete Fountain Farewell Blues written by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel Volume 25: Pete Fountain a High Society Fathers Day Glenn Miller Orchestra Bugle Call Rag Written By – Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, and Jack Pettis Volume 122: Glenn Miller Collection Part 4 Jonah Jones Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Written By – Louiguy (real name Louis Guglielmi) Volume 210: Jonah Style Harry James Two O'Clock Jump Written-By – Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Harry James Volume 4: Harry James Greatest Hits Al Hirt Holiday For Trumpet Written By – Mario Ruiz Armengol Volume 158: Hirt So Good Dean Martin Your Other Love Written by Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus Volume 75: Everybody Loves Dean Sammy Davis Jr. Mr. Bojangles written by Jerry Jeff Walker Volume 136: Sammy Record 1 Frank Sinatra My Way written by Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, and Claude François English lyrics by Paul Anka I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain. #dadsrecords #vinyl #musichistory #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #musicalmemories #fyp

durée : 00:25:16 - Pierre Boussaguet, contrebassiste et compositeur (2/5) - par : Christophe Dilys - Pierre Boussaguet, héritier de la grande tradition des contrebassistes de jazz se raconte au micro de Christophe Dilys. De Ray Brown à Guy Lafitte, ses rencontres, son swing et son art de l'accompagnement en ont fait l'une des voix majeures de la contrebasse européenne. - réalisé par : Adrien Roch Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Send us a textWelcome to Guess the Year! This is an interactive, competitive podcast series where you will be able to play along and compete against your fellow listeners. Here is how the scoring works:10 points: Get the year dead on!7 points: 1-2 years off4 points: 3-5 years off1 point: 6-10 years offGuesses can be emailed to drandrewmay@gmail.com or texted using the link at the top of the show notes (please leave your name).I will read your scores out before the next episode, along with the scores of your fellow listeners! Please email your guesses to Andrew no later than 12pm EST on the day the next episode posts if you want them read out on the episode (e.g., if an episode releases on Monday, then I need your guesses by 12pm EST on Wednesday; if an episode releases on Friday, then I need your guesses by 12 pm EST on Monday). Note: If you don't get your scores in on time, they will still be added to the overall scores I am keeping. So they will count for the final scores - in other words, you can catch up if you get behind, you just won't have your scores read out on the released episode. All I need is your guesses (e.g., Song 1 - 19xx, Song 2 - 20xx, Song 3 - 19xx, etc.). Please be honest with your guesses! Best of luck!!The answers to today's ten songs can be found below. If you are playing along, don't scroll down until you have made your guesses. .....Have you made your guesses yet? If so, you can scroll down and look at the answers......Okay, answers coming. Don't peek if you haven't made your guesses yet!.....Intro song: The Story in Your Eyes by The Moody Blues (1971)Song 1: You Are the Woman by Firefall (1976)Song 2: Love Me or Leave Me by Count Basie (1939)Song 3: I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett (1962)Song 4: I Am Woman by MC Lyte (1988)Song 5: Hallogallo by NEU! (1972)Song 6: June by Claire (2024)Song 7: You're a Woman, I'm a Machine by Death From Above 1979 (2004)Song 8: Papalon by Squarepusher (1997)Song 9: Ego by A Tribe Called Quest (2016)Song 10: Woman in Love by The Ronettes (1964)

The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass and The Brass Ark.  Join hosts Noah and John as they interview Tom "Bones" Malone.   About Tom : Tom “Bones” Malone, trombonist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger & producer is best known for his work with The Blues Brothers, David Letterman Show and Saturday Night Live. Tom has played on 4,400+ television shows, 3,500+ radio & television commercials, over 1,500 recordings and thousands of live performances throughout the world. Tom has done 3,000 arrangements for television.   Tom plays trombone, tuba, bass trombone, contrabass trombone, euphonium, bass trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, flute, piccolo, alto flute and bass flute.   “Tom Bones Malone, a multi-instrumentalist, is perhaps the most successful musician in the history of film, live television and sound recording production.” - Ray Hair, president, American Federation of Musicians   Tom has performed, recorded and/or arranged for Ray Charles, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Gil Evans, Yes, Miles Davis, Beck, Aretha Franklin, Spyro Gyra, Jimmy Cliff, Frank Zappa, Stuff, The Temptations, The Supremes, Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, J Giels Band, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Band, Levon Helm, Phil Collins, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Ben E. King, The BeeGees, Meco, The Coasters, Bon Jovie, Carly Simon, Dr. John, Olivia Newton-John, Joe Cocker, The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Leo Sayer, Boz Skaggs, Chuck Berry, Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Gypsy Kings, Willie Nelson, Clint Black, Dolly Parton, George Benson, B B King, Vince Gill, John Mayer, Steve Winwood, The Killers, Blues Traveler, The Stylistics, Busta Rhymes, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Al Green, Gloria Estefan, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Eddie Harris, Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, ‘N Sync, Coolio, Snoop Dog, 50 Cent, Solomon Burke, Steely Dan, Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, Mary J. Blige, Peter Frampton, Lyle Lovett, Etta James, Jon Secada, Joe Cocker, Sinead O'Conner, Toni Braxton, Harry Connick, Jr., Randy Newman, Little Richard, Pointer Sisters, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Chaka Kahn, Four Tops, Elephant's Memory, Eddie Floyd, Count Basie, The Spinners, The Stylistics, Barry Manilow, Jose Feliciano, Woody Herman, Tom Petty, Macy Grey, Van Morrison, Frankie Valli, Hanson, Peggy Lee, Brenda Lee, Liza Minelli, Cab Calloway, The O'Jay's, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Bassey, Billy Joel, Bonnie Tyler, Lou Reed, Baja Men, Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band, Joss Stone, Dionne Warwick, Meatloaf, Ashford & Simpson, Pat Metheny, David Sanborn, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass, Glen Campbell, Malo, Vicki Sue Robinson, Mandrill, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross, Average White Band, Dreamgirls, Van McCoy, Mongo Santamaria, Instant Funk, Stephanie Mills, Herbie Mann, Paul Simon, Gloria Gayner, Plácido Domingo, Village People, Bobby Blue Bland, Pink Floyd, Hubert Laws, Tina Turner, Joe Jackson, Chuck Mangione, Lou Rawls, David Byrne, Phil Woods, James Ingram, Hank Crawford, Carmen McRae, Bette Midler, Phoebe Snow, Rupert Holmes, BJ Thomas, Samantha Sang, Al Jarreau, Sheena Easton, Johnny Taylor, Little Milton, Stanley Clark, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Joe Pesche, Ron Carter, Buddy Rich, Les Elgart, Larry Elgart, Billy Cobham, Louis Bellson, Stanley Turrentine, Gato Barbieri, Ringo Starr, Lady Gaga, Bob Geldoff, Debbie Harry, Run DMC, Ricky Martin, John Mellencamp, Eurythmics, Rufus Thomas, Debby Harry, Run DMC, Ricky Martin, Shaggy, John Mellencamp, Chris Montez, Joey Dee, Dusty Springfield, The Blues Brothers, Hanson and many others.

Send us a textRevered by his peers and bandleaders such as Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, and Lester Young among others…. Don Byas chose a decidedly different path, migrating to Europe to escape social conditions and to seek artistic freedom. Author Con Chapman joins hosts David C. Gross and Tomaso Semioli to discuss his Byas biography out now on University Press of Mississippi The Story of Sax Expat: Don Byas Playlist

Today, the Spotlight shines On bestselling author and journalist Larry Tye.Larry's latest book, The Jazzmen, tells the story of how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America. But this isn't just another music biography. Larry explores nearly every aspect of the lives and music of these men and demonstrates how their artistry helped lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement.This is Larry's ninth book, following acclaimed biographies of figures like Bobby Kennedy, Joe McCarthy, and Satchel Paige. As a former Boston Globe reporter who now runs Harvard's Health Coverage Fellowship, he's spent decades making complex stories accessible to all of us.Larry's here to share how three jazz masters changed more than music—they changed America itself.–Dig DeeperAuthor and Book:Visit Larry Tye at larrytye.comPurchase Larry Tye's The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America from Bookshopor other online retailersLarry Tye author page at HarperCollinsFeatured Musicians:Duke Ellington - Official website and musical legacyLouis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong House MuseumCount Basie - Count Basie Theatre and legacy resources–Dig into this episode's complete show notes at spotlightonpodcast.com–• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate Spotlight On ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.• Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of Spotlight On in your podcast app of choice.• Looking for more? Visit spotlightonpodcast.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Spotlight On email newsletter. You can also follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and LinkedIn.• Be sure to bookmark our online magazine, The Tonearm! → thetonearm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the Spotlight shines On bestselling author and journalist Larry Tye.Larry's latest book, The Jazzmen, tells the story of how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America. But this isn't just another music biography. Larry explores nearly every aspect of the lives and music of these men and demonstrates how their artistry helped lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement.This is Larry's ninth book, following acclaimed biographies of figures like Bobby Kennedy, Joe McCarthy, and Satchel Paige. As a former Boston Globe reporter who now runs Harvard's Health Coverage Fellowship, he's spent decades making complex stories accessible to all of us.Larry's here to share how three jazz masters changed more than music—they changed America itself.–Dig DeeperAuthor and Book:Visit Larry Tye at larrytye.comPurchase Larry Tye's The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America from Bookshopor other online retailersLarry Tye author page at HarperCollinsFeatured Musicians:Duke Ellington - Official website and musical legacyLouis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong House MuseumCount Basie - Count Basie Theatre and legacy resources–Dig into this episode's complete show notes at spotlightonpodcast.com–• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate Spotlight On ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.• Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of Spotlight On in your podcast app of choice.• Looking for more? Visit spotlightonpodcast.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Spotlight On email newsletter. You can also follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and LinkedIn.• Be sure to bookmark our online magazine, The Tonearm! → thetonearm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do you get when you cross the LP Swing Orchestra with Gary Williams, Julia Sullivan and Joe Stilgoe? An absolutely jam-packed, and unmissable afternoon of swinging Broadway classics, that's what! Join us at the very lovely Cadogan Hall on Sunday 7th September 3pm and spend a glorious afternoon in the company of Joe Stilgoe, Gary Williams and Julia Sullivan as they 'Razzle Dazzle' you with hits from Chicago, Cabaret, West Side Story, Top Hat, Anything Goes and Showboat.With iconic tunes from the world of musical theatre and classic arrangements from Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Ted Heath and Benny Goodman, alongside our own specially commissioned arrangements, you know you are in for an afternoon of LP Swing Orchestra magic!

On the August 21 edition of the Music History Today podcast, the Tragically Hip get together 1 last time, Bono gets married, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer passes away, & happy birthday to Count Basie, Joe Strummer, & Kenny Rogers.For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts fromALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday

An interview with Larry Tye about his triple biography of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

John Hammond was a visionary jazz producer and talent scout who discovered or championed Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, and Lester Young. A tireless advocate for integration, he helped break racial barriers in jazz, produced historic recordings, and brought Black artists to wider audiences through concerts and radio.Music: Count Basie: "One O'Clock Jump" (1937), Bessie Smith: "Downhearted Blues" (1923); Garland Wilson: "St. James Infirmary/ When Your Lover Has Gone" (1931); Billie Holiday: “Your Mother's Son-in-Law” (1933); Billie Holiday: "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (1935); Benny Goodman: "After You've Gone" (1935); From Spirituals to Swing, 1938.

Songs include: Ole Buttermilk Sky by Kay kyser, Cabin In the Sky by Ella Fitzgerald, Blue Skies by Count Basie, Riders In the Sky by Bing Crosby and Orange Colored Sky by Nat King Cole. 

Bringing a little slice of life from back home to the troops serving overseas, GI Jill is in charge of the jukebox of the air. Playlist: Count Basey leads off…

John Hammond was a visionary jazz producer and talent scout who discovered or championed Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, and Lester Young. A tireless advocate for integration, he helped break racial barriers in jazz, produced historic recordings, and brought Black artists to wider audiences through concerts and radio.Music: Count Basie: "One O'Clock Jump" (1937), Bessie Smith: "Downhearted Blues" (1923); Garland Wilson: "St. James Infirmary/ When Your Lover Has Gone" (1931); Billie Holiday: “Your Mother's Son-in-Law” (1933); Billie Holiday: "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (1935); Benny Goodman: "After You've Gone" (1935); From Spirituals to Swing, 1938.

Here's a preview from a new podcast, Charlie's Place. How did a Black man in the 1940s Jim Crow South open a club where Black and white people danced together? Charlie's Place was revolutionary, and that meant it was dangerous. Host Rhym Guissé explores the unbelievable true story of Charlie Fitzgerald, a mysterious Black businessman whose nightclub became an unlikely site of integration in Myrtle Beach. Charlie broke down racial barriers through the power of music and dance, hosting some of the greatest musicians of our time: Little Richard, Count Basie, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, and many more. But who was Charlie? How did he rise to power? And what price did he pay for achieving the impossible—an integrated club in the Jim Crow South? This is a story of joy and passion that erupted into violence and changed a community forever. Listen to Charlie's Place wherever you get your podcasts. Binge the entire season early and ad-free by subscribing to Pushkin+. Sign up on the Charlie's Place show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Here's a preview from a new podcast, Charlie's Place. How did a Black man in the 1940s Jim Crow South open a club where Black and white people danced together? Charlie's Place was revolutionary, and that meant it was dangerous. Host Rhym Guissé explores the unbelievable true story of Charlie Fitzgerald, a mysterious Black businessman whose nightclub became an unlikely site of integration in Myrtle Beach. Charlie broke down racial barriers through the power of music and dance, hosting some of the greatest musicians of our time: Little Richard, Count Basie, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, and many more. But who was Charlie? How did he rise to power? And what price did he pay for achieving the impossible—an integrated club in the Jim Crow South? This is a story of joy and passion that erupted into violence and changed a community forever. Listen to Charlie's Place wherever you get your podcasts. Binge the entire season early and ad-free by subscribing to Pushkin+. Sign up on the Charlie's Place show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Listen to the second episode in our three-part series exploring the music of Reunald Jones, a legendary Indiana trumpet player with deep connections to the Avenue scene.  During his remarkable career, Jones performed with the biggest stars in American music, including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones, and Nat King Cole. But he's best known for his work with Count Basie. Jones was a member of the Count Basie band from 1952, to 1957. During that time, he led the band's trumpet section, and he became known for playing the trumpet with one hand.  Jones was a member of Basie's orchestra during a high point with the band. During the years Jones played with Basie, the band played their first dates in Europe and recorded classic albums like “Live at Newport”, “April in Paris”, and “Basie in London”. Listen to this program for music featuring Reunald Jones' recordings with Count Basie.

On tonight's show: Count Basie, vocal Helen Humes, My Heart Belongs to Daddy Oscar Aleman, Cherokee Charlie Parker, I'll Remember April Stan Getz, Four Sarah Vaughan, All the Things You Are Miles Davis, Oleo Frank Sinatra, Have You Met Miss Jones Sonny Stitt, Confirmation Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Days of Wine and Roses Boots Randolph, The Girl from Ipanema Erroll Garner, All the Things You Are The Taylor Eigsti Trio, In A Sentimental Mood

Listen to the first episode in our three-part series exploring the music of Reunald Jones, an important jazz trumpet player with deep connections to the Avenue neighborhood. During his legendary career, Jones performed with the biggest stars in American music, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones, Nat King Cole and many others.  Jones was born in Indianapolis in 1922. Music was part of his family legacy, his father John Wesley Jones was a musician, and his cousin Roy Eldridge, was a famous jazz trumpet star. Jones' family had strong ties to the Avenue neighborhood. During the early 1900s, his father was a choral director for the Bethe A.M.E. church and a bandleader, for the Senate Avenue YMCA. In the 1930s, his sister, Louise Fields, was an editor for the Indianapolis Recorder.  After spending the first decade of his life in Indianapolis, Jones moved with his family to Muncie, Indiana. By age 15, Jones was playing trumpet in a local Muncie band that included Doc Wheeler on trombone. Wheeler became a star on the Avenue scene during the 1930s. In the early 1940s, Jones and Wheeler reunited for a series of recordings with Bluebird Records.  By age 20, Jones left Muncie to pursue a life in music. He performed with a variety of regional territory bands, including Speed Webb's Hoosier Melody Lads, where he had the chance to play with his cousin Roy Eldridge. By the mid 1930s, Jones was in New York, where he began his recording career.  Join us this week to hear Jones' early recordings with Mezz Mezzrow, Lil Hardin, Don Redman, Jimmie Lunceford and more.

Tonight's Jazz Feature is a style known as "Mainstream Jazz". It really represents a concept where young and older musicians share a common ground. Some players are adaptable and some are not . This session called "The Jo Jones Special" represents some of the old and some of the new. It was recorded in August of 1955 with the leader Jonathan "Jo" Jones on drums. A master drummer was Jo. He assembled a fine group here with Emmett Berry on trumpet, Bennie Green on trombone and Eli "Lucky" Thompson on tenor saxophone on the front line. On piano is Nat Pierce, Basie stalwarts Freddie Green on guitar and Walter Page on bass work hand in glove with Jo Jones. An honored guest on the first and last tune of this album is Count Basie himself replacing Nat Pierce. Enjoy this fine music tonight on "The Jo Jones Special".

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Alain Locke's classic essay "The New Negro" and the literary anthology featuring the work of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen and other significant black writers of the day.The rising artistic scene would soon be known as the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important cultural movements in American history. And it would be centered within America's largest black neighborhood -- Harlem, the "great black city," as described by Wallace Thurman, with a rising population and growing political and cultural influence.During the 1920s, Harlem became even more. Along "Swing Street" and Lenox Avenue, nightclubs and speakeasies gave birth to American music and fostered great musical talents like Count Basie, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington. Ballrooms like the Savoy and the Alhambra helped turn Harlem into a destination for adventure and romance.What were these two worlds like -- the literary salons and the nightclubs? How removed were these spheres from the everyday lives of regular Harlem residents? How did the neighborhood develop both an energetic and raucous music scene and a diverse number of churches -- many (like the Abyssinian Baptist Church) still around today?Visit the website for more details and more podcastsGet tickets to our March 31 City Vineyard event Bowery Boys HISTORY LIVE! hereAnd join us for our Gilded Age Weekend in New York, May 29-June 1, 2025. More info here.This episode was edited by Kieran Gannon