Big Band Bash

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Bunny Berigan Revisited Jan 02, 2021

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Bunny Berigan, his orchestra and trumpet, is the subject of this first program of the new year. It has been awhile since I last presented a program on Bunny. He was one of the most in demand trumpeters before he started his band. I'll be taking a look at his career and playing some oh his band's music as well as some of those great numbers he recorded with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey. I hope you enjoy this look at the career of the late Bunny Berigan. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Repeat of 1940's Christmas Traditions Part 2 Dec 19, 2020

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Continuing a repeat of a Holiday show from 2017, This is part 2 of a 1940's Christmas Traditions. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years everyone. Welcome to Part 2 of my 1940's Christmas Traditions show. Last time in between the music I read some holiday traditions started in the 1940's. On the show today, I am going to be reading some Stocking Stuffers from the Associated Press. Stocking Stuffers is a series produced by the Associated Press that consists of about 50 segments on various holiday traditions. Each segment is about 10 to 15 sentences. It is very interesting and I hope you enjoy these segments as well as the music. Happy Holidays everyone and thank you for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Repeat of 1940's Christmas Traditions Part 1 Dec 12, 2020

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone. For the holiday season I am rerunning some holiday shows I produced in 2017. This is part one of a program I call 1940's Christmas Traditions Part 1. Many of the ways we celebrate Christmas were started in the 1940's so I thought it would be interesting to learn how some of these traditions started. I am going to start the show with a segment from Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1940 lighting of the Christmas tree speech and then we'll be into some big band holiday favorites. All the songs on today's show were recorded in the 1940's. I will have some new shows when we start the new year of 2021. Thanks so much for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Pearl Harbor 79th Anniverary Dec 05, 2020

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For the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I have pulled out a radio remote from Glenn Miller. Broadcast on Nov 22, 1941 this show was part of Glenn's Sunset Serenade series. There aren't that many recordings and remotes from December 7th 1941 so I decided to play this show which has some patriotic moments from Glenn and his orchestra. I hope you enjoy the music from Glenn Miller as we remember the brave men and women who lost their lives 79 years ago at a base called Pearl Harbor. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Spotlight on Ralph Flanagan Oct 24, 2020

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In all the time I have been producing Big Band Bash, I have never produced one on the band of Ralph Flanagan. Ralph Flanagan led a very popular band in the early to mid 1950's. He led the Glenn Miller revival starting in the early 50's. Ralph started out as a pianist and then became an accomplished arranger with Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron and Charlie Barnet. I hope you enjoy this look at the music of one of the most popular bands of the 1950's, Mr. Ralph Flanagan. As always, thank you so much for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

500th Show Celebration Part 3 Oct 17, 2020

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This week wraps up my 500th show celebration. Today's bandleaders are Harry James, Les Brown, Jimmie Lunceford, and Stan Kenton. I think I have picked out some songs by each bandleader that you will enjoy. I have some new shows planned and in the works. It has been an honor to be able to go into your homes each week and play music from these great bandleaders. I hope I get to have a 1000th show celebration. As always, thank you so much for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

500th Show Celebration Part 2 Oct 10, 2020

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Today's show is part 2 of my 500th Big Band Bash celebration. This is a three part series where I have picked twelve of my favorite bands and divided them up into four bands per show. Then I further subdivided them by choosing four sides per band. It has been an interesting week trying to pick my favorites but I think I have chosen songs that you will enjoy as well. Today's show features the bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Here's to 500 past shows and maybe 500 future shows. Thank you all so much for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

500th Show Celebration Part 1 Oct 03, 2020

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Big Band Bash is a show I created to replace another show that had ceased production. The first show went on the air in 2004. I was very rusty back then but I think I have gotten better. Today's show is part one of a three part series where I have chosen some of my favorite songs from twelve different bands. I broke up my favorites into three shows, four bands per show and 4 songs per band. I had so many favorites that I had to draw the line somewhere. So for the next three weeks I hope you enjoy some of my favorite bands and songs. I have some new shows planned for the weeks to come. Thank you for listening to and supporting Big Band Bash. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

I Love Lucy: Lucy Ann Polk Sep 26, 2020

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Lucy Ann Polk was one of the most acclaimed jazz big band vocalists of the early 1950's having won the Downbeat girl singer poll two years in a row, in 1951 and 1952, when she sang for Les Brown's band. She only recorded about 3 albums so there is not much recorded material by her. I managed to find enough of her recorded output to pay tribute to this great singer. She left the business around 1960 and passed away in 2011 virtually unknown. I hope you enjoy this look at a great singer who only left us a handful of recordings. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Accompanied by Count Basie Sep 19, 2020

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The Count Basie Orchestra of the 1950's and 1960's was the orchestra that backed many of the great singers from those decades. On the show today, we'll be listening to several of those vocalists backed up by the Basie band. Some of the singers we'll be hearing include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Sarah Vaughn and others. I hope you enjoy this potpourri of singers with the great Count Basie Orchestra backing them up. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

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