Jazz singer Clare Teal returns with a line-up of musicians to showcase the best of the current UK swing and big band scene and tell the story of the birth of swing.
Following the success of 2014's Battle of the Bands Prom, Clemency Burton-Hill and Clarke Peters present the inimitable and talented jazz singer Clare Teal who returns with a line-up of musicians to showcase the very best of the current UK swing and big band scene.
Clare is joined by trumpeter and composer extraordinaire Guy Barker and trombonist and multi-instrumentalist Winston Rollins to tell the story of the birth of swing, including tributes to 'King of Swing' Benny Goodman and the great trombonist and bandleader Tommy Dorsey. Special guests include saxophonist jazz supremo Denys Baptiste, English singer Elaine Delmar and the compelling deep baritone voice of American singer Jamie Davis.
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Music Played
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Louis Armstrong
West End Blues Struttin With Some Barbecue
Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Ella Fitzgerald
Sing Me A Swing Song
Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. -
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Fletcher Henderson
Sugar Foot Stomp
Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Benny Goodman
King Porter Stomp
Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Gene Gifford
Smoke Rings
Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. -
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Tommy Dorsey
Marie
Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Glenn Miller
(I've Got A Girl In) Kalamazoo
Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: The Promunards. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Cole Porter
What Is This Thing Called Love
Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: The Promunards. -
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Duke Ellington
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Russ Columbo
Prisoner of Love
Composer: Clarence Gaskill. Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. -
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Gene Krupa
Let Me Off Uptown
Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. -
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Will Hudson
White Heat
Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Jack Matthias
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile
Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Benny Goodman
Why Don't You Do right?
Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Fats Waller
Handful of Keys
Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Jimmy Sherman
Lover Man
Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. Performer: Elaine Delmar. -
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Paul Whiteman
Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight
Performer: Andrew Playfoot. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. -
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Lester Young
Lester Leaps In
Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Tommy Dorsey
Opus 1
Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Glenn Miller
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. -
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Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher
Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Clarke Peters. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. Performer: The Promunards. -
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Louis Prima
Sing, Sing, Sing
Performer: Jamie Davis. Performer: Clare Teal. Performer: Clarke Peters. Performer: Elaine Delmar. Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band. Performer: The Promunards. -
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Guy Barker
Battle Royal Medley
Performer: Guy Barker Big Band. Performer: Winston Rollins Big Band.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Clemency Burton-Hill |
| Presenter | Clarke Peters |
| Producer | Stephanie McWhinnie |
| Director | Janet Fraser-Crook |
| Executive Producer | Francesca Kemp |
| Singer | Clare Teal |
| Musician | Guy Barker |
| Composer | Guy Barker |
| Musician | Winston Rollins |
| Musician | Denys Baptiste |
| Singer | Elaine Delmar |
| Singer | Jamie Davis |
Broadcast
- Fri 28 Aug 2015 19:30
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