IHTSB Oct 8, 2023
On today’s show we’ll be listening to big bands in recordings from the Swing Era. Also known as the Big Bands era, this period spanned the years from the mid 1930s through to the late 1940s. Many of the jazz artists from earlier days got together in large orchestras, performing in the studios, on tour, on radio to produce some amazing music. There were more arrangements, orchestras playing in the call and response format, with lots of brilliant solo performances dotted through the pieces. Enjoy some classic jazz from these wonderful bands!
Artist Year Song Time
1 Jimmie Lunceford 1935 Rhythm Is Our Business 3:13
2 Artie Shaw 1939 Diga Diga Do 2:40
3 Tommy Dorsey 1936 Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now 2:46
4 Jimmy Dorsey 1949 In A Little Spanish Town 3:15
5 Benny Goodman 1936 Down South Camp Meeting 3:17
6 Fletcher Henderson 1937 Back In Your Own Backyard 2:30
7 Don Redman 1935 Exactly Like You 2:31
8 Count Basie 1938 Swingin’ The Blues 2:48
9 Larry Clinton 1941 Jazz Me Blues 3:12
10 Chick Webb 1937 Strictly Jive 3:16
11 Erskine Hawkins 1939 Tuxedo Junction 3:16
12 Duke Ellington 1942 Perdido 3:15
13 Glenn Miller 1937 I Got Rhythm 3:00
14 Harry James 1947 Things Ain’t What They Used To Be 3:46