| Programme Name: | Details: |
|---|
| 2, 3, 4 The Art Of Arranging | ...John Dankworth explores how arrangers have written for small groups, from the Miles Davis nonet to the bands of Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis. In the studio he demonstrates how the BENNY GOODMAN Quartet and the John Kirby Sextet achieved their unique sounds.... |
| Aaron Copland (1900-1990) | ...With its infectious rhythms, many avant-garde choreographers of the time were drawn to Copland's music. Donald Macleod introduces a ballet written for Martha Graham which was an instant success with the public and critics alike; plus the famous fanfare which found its way into Copland's third symphony and a concerto commissioned by one of the leading bandleaders of the day - BENNY GOODMAN.... |
| Arrangers Anonymous | ...Originally a piano solo by Jelly Roll Morton, written as early as 1906. It went on to be arranged by Fletcher Henderson for his own orchestra and later BENNY GOODMAN's band - and stomped on to be revived by Gil Evans on his late - Fifties LP New Bottles, Old Wine.... |
| Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | ...With no desire to stay in a country for which his unwavering loyalty apparently counted for nothing, Bartok finally turned his back on Hungary for good, to make a new life for himself and his wife in America. Donald Macleod looks at this poignant, final episode in the life of one of the 20th Century's greatest composers. Seven pieces from Mikrokosmos for 2 pianos (No 2)Béla Bartók (piano)Ditta Pasztory-Bartok (piano)Contrasts (1st mvt: Verbunkos)Béla Bartók (piano)BENNY GOODMAN (clarinet)Jozsef Sigeti (violin)String Quartet No 6 (3rd mvt)Takacs QuartetConcerto for OrchestraAmsterdam Concertgebouw OrchestraAntal Dorati (conductor).... |
| Bela Bartok (1881-1945) | ...BENNY GOODMAN (clarinet)... |
| Benny Goodman - King Of Swing | |
| Clare Teal | ...Music from the year 1931 also features including Fletcher Henderson's Sugarfoot Stomp, The Charleston Chasers featuring Jack Teagarden and BENNY GOODMAN with Basin Street Blues and the unique vocal style of Al Bowlly with Goodnight Sweetheart.... |
| Discovering Music | ...The BENNY GOODMAN Legacy... |
| Frank Sinatra - The Voice Of The Century | ...David Jacobs presents a 13-part series on the many facets of the great entertainer. 6: `From Coast to Coast - Frank Sinatra on the Air'. This programme concentrates on Sinatra's radio years. Featuring rare broadcast duets with Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly and Jimmy Durante, plus vintage performances with BENNY GOODMAN, Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.... |
| Hundred Years From Today - The Genius Of Jack Teagarden, A | ...In the 1920s Jack played and sang in his lazy Texan drawl with everyone who was anyone: Red Nichols, BENNY GOODMAN, Eddie Condon and Louis Armstrong, before joining Paul Whiteman as the star soloist for five years in the 1930s. Alongside archival interviews with Jack and Charlie Teagarden, Geoffrey Smith is joined by trombonists Roy Williams and Scott Stroman to look at Jack's early work and examine what made up that unique sound.... |
| Jazz Century | ...Russell Davies presents a 52-part history of jazz. 23: The Big White Bands. Jazz came closest to being the pop music of its time in the late thirties with the rise of well drilled and stylish big bands fronted by star leaders like BENNY GOODMAN, Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman.... |
| Jazz Club [radio Ulster] | ...Walter Love presents a look back to some of the swing performers of the 1930s to mark the anniversary of a concert in New York's Carnegie Hall by King of Swing BENNY GOODMAN ... |
| Jazz Library | ...The King of Swing, and one of the finest of all jazz clarinetists, BENNY GOODMAN recorded prolifically, and was as dazzlingly talented in a big band setting as in a small group. He encouraged multi-racial bands, with his trio, quartet and sextet, and helped bring guitarist Charlie Christian to a wider audience.... |
| Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats | ...The name of tenor saxophonist Stan Getz may forever be associated with the Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto in their 1963 hit, The Girl From Ipanema. Arguably the enormous acclaim by a huge popular market attributed to just one recording belittles Getz' contribution to jazz history. Stan Getz was after all, a great player and inspiration to all who came in contact with him including John Coltrane. Having served his apprenticeship with the likes of Jack Teagarden, Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, BENNY GOODMAN, and finally Woody Herman, he formed a classic quintet. Ken Clarke talks to his bass player Bill Crow about working with Stan Getz during that period.... |
| Kingdom Of Swing, The | ...Malcolm Laycock presents a six-part series telling the story of clarinettist and bandleader BENNY GOODMAN.... |
| Kings Of Swing | ...Linton Chiswick presents a new three-part series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders BENNY GOODMAN and Artie Shaw.... |
| Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) | ...BENNY GOODMAN (clarinet)... |
| Millennium Jazz With Courtney Pine | ...Courtney Pine presents a six-part series charting the development of jazz this century. In this second programme he focuses on the leading players of the swing era, with music from BENNY GOODMAN, Coleman Hawkins and Count Basie.... |
| Performance On 3 | ...Clarinettist Richard Stoltzman brings his jazz background and breathtaking technique to solo works for clarinet, including Copland's concerto which was written for jazzman BENNY GOODMAN. A John Adams piece inspired by the Kentucky-based Shaker community also features, alongside one of the great masterpieces from 20th Century America - Aaron Copland's portrait of rural life in the Appalachian Mountains.... |
| Phil Collins Big Band Bash | ...In the penultimate programme of his series tracing the evolution of big bands, Phil Collins explores the influence on today's soloists of the greats of the past like BENNY GOODMAN, Harry James, Kenny Baker and Gerry Mulligan.... |
| That Western Swing Thing | ...In the 1930s, when the urban dance halls of America were ringing to the swing sounds of BENNY GOODMAN, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie, a unique form of dance music was taking hold in the rural South West. Exposed to big band influences through the radio, rural string bands took jazz and big band music and adapted it for their traditional instruments. Country fiddles, banjos and steel guitars played alongside horns, drums and pianos. Also feeding into this music were the diverse cultural influences prevalent in 1930s Texas and Oklahoma. This was an area filled with the sounds of different communities. Czech and German polka, Mexican mariachi, Cajun and blues were all part of the soundtrack of the Southwest and bled into this new style of music, which would later become known as 'Western Swing'. It was a sound which was to become the lifeblood of the Texan dancehall for the next twenty years, and provide America with a musician regarded by many as 'the best band leader of all time' - Bob Wills.... |
| Words And Music | ...Including poems by Anna Akhmatova, Mikhail Lermontov and Osip Mandelstam, and music by Borodin, John Field and BENNY GOODMAN. Readings by Andrew Sachs and Siobhan Redmond ... |