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Clare Teal’s Big Band Ballroom
Clare delves into the vast array of big band sounds from the 1950s picking out the fabulous hi-fi sound of Count Basie with April in Paris, Duke Ellington's Satin Doll, Ted Heath's Hot Toddy and Stan Kenton and Nat King Cole with Orange Coloured Sky.
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Count Basie
April In Paris
- April In Paris.
- 005.
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Anita O’Day
Take The A Train
- Anita Sings The Winners.
- 001.
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Duke Ellington
Satin Doll
- 1953-1955.
- 001.
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Machito
Tanga
- Afro Cuban Jazz Suite.
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Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton
Orange Coloured Sky
- Big Band Cole.
- 013.
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Ray Anthony
Peter Gunn
- Brass Galore.
- 017.
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Frank Sinatra
I've Got You Under My Skin
- Songs For Swinging Lovers.
- 009.
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Ella Fitzgerald
It's A Lovely Day Today
- Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook.
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The Sauter–Finegan Orchestra
Doodletown Fifers
- Inside The Sound.
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The Four Freshmen
Love Is Just Around The Corner
- Four Freshmen and Five Trombones.
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Ted Heath
Hot Toddy
- Headin' North And Other Hit Singles.
- 011.
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Mel Tormé & Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette
Lullaby of Birdland
- Mel Torme with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette.
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Ken Mackintosh
The Creep
- Off Shore.
- 006.
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Earl Bostic
Flamingo
- Special Delivery Stomp.
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Dinah Washington
What A Diff'rence A Day Made
- The Queen of the Blues.
- 011.
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Count Basie
Splanky
- The Atomic Mr Basie.
- 009.
Broadcast
- Sat 16 Apr 2016 14:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 2 50s
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