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From 1930s dance culture sparking the big band revolution, through the politics of race shaping the music, it’s the rise, fall, and legacy of the big bands. We’ll talk with music historian Jeffery Magee about the rich history of big bands, discover why the big band sound is still finding a home in communities across America well past the heyday of swing, and go in search of music from the more experimental side of the big band sound.

Episode Transcript

Host: Jeff Haas

Guests: Jeffery Magee, Tom Cunniffe, Mike Hunter, Zach Cody

Music

• Count Basie “Boogie Woogie”
• Duke Ellington “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”
• Jimmy Smith  and Lalo Schifrin “The Cat”
• Duke Ellington “Rockin’ In Rhythm”
• Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing”
• Duke Ellington “Black and Tan Fantasy”
• Artie Shaw “The Continental”
• Billy Eckstine “Oop Bop Sh' Bam”
• Tito Puente “Rumba on the Patio” 
• Duke Ellington “Jungle Nights in Harlem”
• Duke Ellington “Blues in Orbit”
• Glenn Miller “In the Mood”
• Benny Goodman “Blue Skies”
• Count Basie “Tickle Toe”
• Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Tickle Toe”
• Harry Roy “The Man From Harlem”
• Boyd Raeburn “Body and Soul”
• Sun Ra “Space is the Place”
• Duke Ellington “Creole Rhapsody”
• Duke Ellington “The Telecasters”
• Duke Ellington “Blue Pepper”
• Stan Kenton “Egdon Heath”
• Toshiko Akiyoshi “Kogun”
• Duke Ellington “Amad”
• Charles Mingues “Solo Dancer”
• Duke Ellington “Ain't Misbehavin’”
• Count Basie “One O’Clock Jump”
• The Masters of Music Big Band “Fly Me to the Moon”
• Count Basie “Lil’ Darlin’”
• Erskine Hopkins “Tuxedo Junction”

Original Air Date: July 8, 2012

Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas

Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon

Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras

Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller

Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras

Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In”

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