Prom 35: Story of Swing

11 Aug 2015, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 11 Aug 2015 Next Event

Proms 2015 Prom 35: Story of Swing

19:30 Tue 11 Aug 2015 Royal Albert Hall

Guy Barker and his Big Band are joined by Winston Rollins and his Big Band for an evening celebrating all things swing. Jazz singer Clare Teal presents. Broadcast on 麻豆社 Four on Friday 28 August.

Programme

- - Louis Armstrong
  - West End Blues/Struttin' With Some Barbecue (arr. Guy Barker)
- - Harry James
  - Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (arr. Guy Barker)
- - Cab Calloway
  - Minnie the Moocher
- - Kansas Joe McCoy
  - Why Don鈥檛 You Do Right? (arr. Mel Powell, adapted Guy Barker)
- - Louis Prima
  - Sing, Sing, Sing (arr. Jimmy Mundy, adapted Guy Barker)
- - Cole Porter
  - What Is This Thing Called Love? (arr. Sonny Burke)
- - Jimmy Davis
  - Roger 鈥淩am鈥� Ramirez
  - Jimmy Sherman
  - Lover Man (arr. Toots Camarata)
- - Fats Waller
  - A Handful of Keys
- - Paul Whiteman
  - Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight
- - Lester Young
  - Lester Leaps In
- - Tommy Dorsey
  - Opus 1 (arr. Guy Barker)
- - Glenn Miller
  - Song of the Volga Boatmen (arr, Guy Barker)
- - Hoagy Carmichael
  - Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
- - Fletcher Henderson
  - Sugar Foot Stomp (arr. Guy Barker)
- - Benny Goodman
  - King Porter Stomp
- - Gene Gifford
  - Smoke RIngs
- - Tommy Dorsey
  - Marie
- - Mack Gordon
  - Harry Warren
  - (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
- - Duke Ellington
  - I Got It Bad, And That Ain't Good
- - Russ Columbo
  - Clarence Gaskill
  - Prisoner of Love
- - Gene Krupa
  - Let Me Off Uptown
- - Will Hudson
  - White Heat
- - Guy Barker
  - Battle Royal medley

Performers

Clare Teal
vocalist/presenter
vocalist/presenter
Jamie Davis
vocalist
vocalist
Elaine Delmar
vocalist
vocalist
Guy Barker Big Band
Guy Barker
conductor
conductor
Winston Rollins Big Band
Winston Rollins
conductor
conductor

About this event

After the success of last year鈥檚 Battle of the Bands Prom, Clare Teal returns with a line-up of musicians to showcase the very best of the current UK jazz and big band scene. She鈥檚 joined by Guy Barker and Winston Rollins to tell the story of the birth of swing, including tributes to 鈥楰ing of Swing鈥� Benny Goodman and the great trombonist and bandleader Tommy Dorsey.

There will be one interval