Big Band Serenade

This brilliant pianist speaks candidly and openly about the prejudice he experienced toward his blindness as a young musician.  He recalls joining Claude Bampton and his all blind orchestra in the late 1930s, and arriving in the U.S. in 1946 with $2,000 in his pocket and no prospects for a job.  He credits Lionel Hampton pianist Milt Buckner with inventing the locked hand style that would become G...

Arnold Dean offers a retrospective of the year 1941, from fashions (remember the zoot suit?) and books (Keys of the Kingdom, Berlin Diary) to the movies we watched (Citizen Kane, Blossoms in the Dust, Sergeant York).  Bandleaders Artie Shaw and Woody Herman describe where they were when they first heard the news of Pearl Harbor.

Great tunes to give you the Christmas Spirit of faith and family.

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One Night Stand with the Big Bands hosted by  Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw. Listen to Big Band Serenade Radio, All the shows and music that you love;       Click Here to listen-------> Big Band Serenade Radio

Although some of his recordings were on the periphery of jazz and his orchestra was at its most popular in the early '40s, Claude Thornhill's main importance to jazz was the influence that his arrangements and orchestra's sound had on cool jazz of the late '40s.

One Night Stand with the Big Bands hosted by  Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw. Listen to Big Band Serenade Radio, All the shows and music that you love;       Click Here to listen-------> Big Band Serenade Radio

Sam Donahue (18 March 1918 – 22 March 1974) was an American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist, trumpeter and musical arranger. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he is probably best known for his work with Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Billy May, and many others.

One Night Stand with the Big Bands hosted by  Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw. Listen to Big Band Serenade Radio, All the shows and music that you love;       Click Here to listen-------> Big Band Serenade Radio

Chubby, diminutive singer known for her rather large voice, Dolly Dawn began singing at New York's Hotel Taft with the George Hall Orchestra in 1935 while she was still in her early teens. Listen to Big Band Serenade Radio, All the shows and music that you love;       Click Here to listen-------> Big Band Serenade Radio

One Night Stand with the Big Bands hosted by  Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw. Listen to Big Band Serenade Radio, All the shows and music that you love;       Click Here to listen-------> Big Band Serenade Radio

Orrin Tucker (born February 17, 1911) was an American bandleader, born in St. Louis, Missouri, whose theme song was Drifting and Dreaming. Tucker's biggest hit was 1939's Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!, sung by vocalist "Wee" Bonnie Baker.

One Night Stand with the Big Bands hosted by  Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw. Listen to Big Band Serenade Radio, All the shows and music that you love;       Click Here to listen-------> Big Band Serenade Radio

Bandleader, conductor, pianist, composer, and arranger for the orchestras of Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, and Alvino Rey. Big Band Serenade Radio Tune in today to hear all the great shows! http://www.shoutcast.com/shoutcast_player?stationid=997748&Genre=big&ContentFlag=1&isCallInternal=&related=

One Night Stand with the Big Bands hosted by  Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.

American jazz guitarist, composer and big band leader.

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra performed for 13 radio shows per week in a BBC studio and were constantly shuttled to different bases (35, all told) by aeroplanes that unfortunately had unpressurized cabins, which caused a persisting bad case of ringing in the ears for Miller. In the next five and a half months, they would perform in 71 concerts, which were all broadcast over the Allied Expeditiona...

Bandleader, violinist and trombonist Ted Weems and his orchestra were among the most popular attractions on the Midwest music circuit throughout the period separating the two World Wars, earning their greatest success with the novelty hit "Piccolo Pete." Listen To Big Band Serenade Radio, just click the link, http://www.shoutcast.com/shoutcast_player?stationid=997748&Genre=big&ContentFlag=1&isCall...

Theodore Leopold Friedman , better known as Ted Lewis , was an  American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and schmaltzy sentimentality that was a hit with the American public. He was known by the moniker "Mr. Entertainment".

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His recording career spanned from test cylinders for Thomas Edison in 1912 to the stereophonic age in 1980, with total disc sales in excess of 80 million copies. It is doubtful that anyone in popular music had a longer recording career, one that spanned seven decades. SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS       

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Her husky, surprisingly sensual voice and exquisitely cool readings of pop standards distinguished her singing, but Lee Wiley earns notice as one of the best early jazz singers by recognizing the superiority of American popular song and organizing a set of songs around a common composer or theme -- later popularized as the songbook or concept LP. She was also a songwriter in her own right, and one...

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