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In Memoriam Page Wilson: Oh, Didn't He Ramble - Sat, 03/19/2011

This week on the Sound of Swing a memento mori... "In Memorium Page Wilson: 'Oh, Didn't He Ramble'"

Thought provoking music from several contemporary artists as well as those from the 78 rpm era.

  • Page Wilson / Virginia
  • Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen / Oh, Didn't He Ramble
  • Edward R. Murrow, Louis Armstrong / Flee As A Bird To The Mountain/O Didn't He Ramble
  • Bessie Smith / Careless Love Blues
  • Bessie Smith / St. Louis Blues
  • Tom Waits / Get Behind The Mule
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Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1936

        

              

          
by Steve Clark
Mon, March 14, 2011
        

                    

      

      
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
      
Last Saturday's program (3/12) on the Sound of Swing was a sampling of the big bands recorded in the years just before U.S. involvement in World War Two – 1938 through 1941.

        

    
 
  

  

    

              
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Pre-War Big Bands, Part Two - Sat, 03/12/2011

          

          

       

  
A continuation of last week's sampling of the big bands recording in the years just before U.S. involvement in World War Two, 1938 through 1941.

    
  • Fred Astaire / Let's Face The Music And Dance
  • Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald / F.D.R. Jones
  • Mildred Bailey / When That Man Is Dead And Gone
  • Jack Jenny and His Orchestra / Stardust
  • Harry James and His Orchestra / All Or Nothing At All
  • Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra / Sweet Lorraine
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Pre-War Big Bands, Part One - Sat, 03/05/2011

          

          

       

  
“America in 1938”

While Socialists, Communists and Fascists were making power grabs in Europe, America's attention was often elsewhere. Here’s just some of the things that were happening in 1938 America:


    

  • DuPont announced the name for its new synthetic yarn: "nylon."
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  • Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.
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  • Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral.
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  • Superman mades his first appearance in Action Comics #1.
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  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra / Roll 'Em
  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra / Superman
  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra / How Long Has Been Going On?
  • Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra / Jack the Bear
  • Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra / Conga Brava
  • Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra / Concerto for Cootie
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Origins

        

              

          
by Steve Clark
Thu, February 3, 2011
        

                    

      

      
Jitterbug Dancers
      
The Sound of Swing began over 20 years ago on WCVE Public Radio. It was a bit of a fluke. A producer in another part of the country offered a swing music program for distribution on the Public Radio Satellite System, and WCVE Public Radio decided to add it to its schedule. The program guide went to press listing the new program, but by the time the start date rolled around, the producer, for whatever reason, had withdrawn the offering.

        

    
 
  

    

  
      
  
  
  
  
  

   


  
  



  



                    

                  

                                  

              

            

                                      

                
	


		
	
		


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