VOLUME 102 BIG BAND JUMP NEWSLETTER JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 and puzzling others. When we first came up with this hit recordings made in his garage. The audio portion of ‘musical quiz show’ a couple of years ago, pleased parts of the Les Paul interview in this issue will be heard listeners wrote to say they identified all the bands before on the program. their identity was revealed. Others wondered why we would produce such aprogram. Here’s the reason: It gives February 18-19, 2006 Published in this issue, listeners an opportunity to hear superb arrangements by MOMENTS IN MUSIC I as occasionally in the top name bands not generally played on this kind of past are background an­ program while at the same time couching those unfamiliar ecdotes connected with various top recordings. We’ve recordings in a reasonably pleasing format. We play the collected together those stories to make up this and the unfamiliar recording, then identify the band after it’s next BBJ program. Since interesting events occur to played. To lighten the load we also insert the oft-played every kind of musical endeavor, this program promises to recordings by those same bands. be eclectic. There will be stories about recordings by singers, small groups, large bands and instrumental solo­ January 28-29, 2006 It wasn’t long be- ists packed together into one program. REMEMBERING MANCINI fore Henri Mancini left us February 25-26, 2006 when BBJhost Don Kennedy had the oppor­ MOMENTS IN MUSIC II tunity to talk with the masterful composer/ arranger/conductor. We hear some of those The genesis of this and Mancini comments along with his magnifi­ the program before is a cent music created for movies and televi­ series titled ‘Moments In sion, plus emotionally satisfying medleys. Music ’ produced for inter­ Included will be highlights from the movie mittent use by radio sta­ ‘Victor-Victoria’ as well as PETER GUNN, tions in order to present PINK PANTHER and MOON RIVER. some of the classic Big Band recordings in a short February 4-5, 2006 The Great Am­ feature. This format al­ RE-BORN HITS erican songbook lows them to be dropped is full of re­ into programs of other type cycled music. Just as certain motion pic­ music as a bit of music tures seem to be made over and over, (think history. The features have King Kong) so popular melodies are re­ been so well received, and introduced to the public in different form. In ------cover so much musical ter­ this session we check out the story of the original source ritory, it seemed like a good idea to create a full BBJ with of the composition and then present the re-bom version. them. JOHNSON RAG, for example, had at least two lives. I CRIED FOR YOU was bom in 1923 but re-introduced to March 4-5, 2006 There is so much of a new generation in the ’40s. Similarly, Rudolph Friml’s ARTIE SHAW REVIEW the music of Artie INDIAN LOVE CALL was given a different veneer by Shaw never played be­ Artie Shaw. Some enlightening moments in this BBJ. cause it is eclipsed by the Shaw recordings now a perma­ nent part of the Big Band idiom. In this program we hear February 11-12, 2006 There are pioneers in every not only those oft-repeated Shaw classics, but some others LES PAUL PROFILE endeavor. Les Paul is a perhaps as worthy of exposure but not so frequently heard. pioneer in music and elec­ Along the way we hear comments from the leader of the tronics, combining the two to create the first multiple Artie Shaw ‘ghost band,’ Dick Johnson. track tape recording, and inventing the solid body guitar. Assisted with Les Paul’s comments, we hear the story behind his rise to fame including his work as a hillbilly ANSWERS TO FIRST NAME QUIZ player, his association with Bing Crosby, his work for the Armed Forces Radio Service and V-Discs and his record­ 1 - Oran 2 - Francis 3 - Edward 4 - William ing of LOVER and the other electronically multi-layered 5 - Charles 6 - Kenneth 7 - John 8 - Thomas 9 - Leon 10-Leon 11-Joseph 12-Roland

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