VOLUME XXXVI BIG BAND JUMP NEWSLETTER JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1995
UPCOMING BBJ PROGRAM TITLES Hackett plays his mellow cornet, combinations develop. The very best of Lionel Hampton both sings and plays the late 40’s Sauter-Finegan will be January 7-8,1995 (This list- sweet and swing, Bobby Haggart’s heard, some very old but very good VOCALISTS ing repeat- contributions include playing, writ Artie Shaw, Bobby Sherwood’s short 1936 TO 1948/ ed from ing and arranging, and Woody lived band will perform and to lighten PIANO PLAYERS previous Herman swings without restraint. issue for the overall sound, the talented George new subscriber convenience.) The vo- January 21-22, 1995 W hile we Shearing will contribute his excellent calists KEATING/ were piano magic. have al- KAEMPFERT/ checking w a y s KENTON & KRUPA out artists February 18-19, 1995 Truth is, been alphabeti BROWN/BARNET this foolin' with us, cally, we ran across four varied sounds BUTTERFIELD around in but they in the “K’s”. The seldom-heard Brit & BASIE the old were part ish orchestra of Johnny Keating, the r e c o r d ofthe Big German 60’s thumping recording of stacks in the back room is more fun Bands in Bert Kaempfert, the later 40’s Stan than an older adult ought to have. For the era Kenton from radio transcriptions, and this one we’ve teamed Les Brown, covered Gene Krupa’s excellent band, so often by this under-rated. This alphabetical tie-in is Charlie Barnet, Count Basie and the hour, not fun! seldom-heard Billy Butterfield. Brown perform- is still pluggin’, Basie’s “ghost” band BBJ Host Don Kennedy jng as January 28-29, 1995 Alphabeti- is still on the road, Barnet contributed single stars with studio orchestra as LUNCEFORD/ cal refer- so much he should be remembered, and later occurred. The most famous of LIGHT/ ence makes Butterfield’s trumpet has the warmth these vocalists are heard with the LOMBARDO strange and sincerity of tone that’s just not orchestras which helped to make & LONGO bedfellows! heard as often as it should be. them originally famous, including Here we are Ella Fitzgerald, Bonnie Baker, Bon in the “L” file and we discover such February 25-26,1995 In our con- Bon, Dick Haymes, Frank Sinatra, varied orchestras as Jimmie Lunceford Helen Forrest, Bob Eberly and Ray from the late thirties, Enoch Light with DORSEY/DORSEY tinuing ef- Eberle, June Christy, Anita O’Day his ping-pong sound of the sixties, the DAVIS & DEE fort to lend and Peggy Lee. timeless Guy Lombardo and the fresh, co n sid er new sound of the west coast’sPat Longo. able variety to the program, we’ve put The second hour is devoted to the together the two Dorsey Orchestras piano players who were so influential February 4-5,1995 We’ve (playing separately, of course), plus the in the development of Big Band ar MARTER1E/ com bined semi-novelty sounds of Danny Davis rangements and styles, as well as the MORROW/ some mem and the Nashville Brass. Leaven with smaller group styles. We can’t play all MONTENEGRO orable bands a touch of Lenny Dee (how’d he get in of them, of course, but the genius of & MAY from the here?) and you certainly have different Fats Waller, the single hit of Avery "M" file. kinds of music, but all with the flavor, Parrish, the recollection of Earl Hines Trumpeter Ralph Marterie is recalled, if not the actual, Big Bands. with his orchestra, Duke Ellington, Buddy Morrow’s pre-T.D. orchestra is Erroll Gamer, Count Basie and Eddie featured, Hugo Montenegro and his Heywood are represented along with giant studio group plays boogie, and March 4-5, 1995 The most some of the familiar and more obscure the ubiquitous Billy May’s Big Band is BIG BAND recogniz- melodies by them. re-visited. THEMES able of the melodies January 14-15, 1995 Wediscov- February 11-12,1995 You see, played by the Big Bands; heard on HAMPTON/ ered four SAUTER- when we’re every dance band broadcast, every HACKETT/ top instru- FINEGAN/ restricted ballroom appearance and on record. HERMAN mentalists SHAW/ to a certain Both the upbeat and the sentimen & HAMPTON (and some SHEARING & letter of the tal themes will be heard, as well as singing) SHERWOOD alphabet a few vocal themes.... all recalling in the “H” section of the library, and and we the combination of this quartet made are endeavoring to inject some new poignant memories. so much programming sense we put material along with the familiar, some them together in a single show. Bobby interesting and sometimes unlikely
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