Today we have special guest Lorna Rose co-presenting the show and we celebrate the birthdays of three jazz legends: featured artist Dinah Washington (born 29 August, 1924),  Jack Teagarden (born 29 August, 1905) and Charlie Parker (born 29 August, 1920).
We also have tracks by the likes of  Nina Simone, Lil Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and a special competition to win Sugabilly tickets!
Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 27
TX date: 29 August 2010
Track listing:
01 – Dinah Washington – Cry Me A River [1959]
02 – Jack Teagarden – Swingin’ on the Teagarden Gate (BB3)
03 – Charlie Parker – Scrapple from the Apple [1947]
04 – Lionel Hampton Sextet (v. Dinah Washington) – Evil Gal Blues [1944]
05 – Dinah Washington – Come Rain or Come Shine [1954]
06 – Tommy Dorsey (v. Edythe Wilson) – The Music Goes Round and Round [1935]
07 – Duke Ellington – Mood Indigo [1930]
08 – Nina Simone – Mood Indigo [1958]
09 – Glenn Miller – Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar [1940]
10 – Dinah Washington – I Could Write a Book (arr and conducted by Quincy Jones) [1955]
11 – Dinah Washington – Manhattan [1959]
12 – Jimmie Lunceford – Running a Temperature [1936]
13 – Lil Armstrong – Let’s Get Happy Together [1936]
14 – Dinah Washington – I Get a Kick Out of You [1952]
