Today we pay tribute to sublime alto-sax man Johnny Hodges, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 25 July 1907, and play some of his greatest work with Duke Ellington’s orchestra. We’ve also got two great versions of Cole Porter classic Night and Day, and tunes by Fats Waller, Bud Freeman, Glenn Miller and more…

‘Dancing on the Stars’ – Hot Ginger Radio Show #22

Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 22

TX date: 25 July 2010

Track listing:

An hour of sounds from our trip to the fantastic Hepcats’ Holiday weekender in Weston Super Mare this month. We talk to organisers Robert and Claire Austin and lots of swingin’ holidaymakers and play an hour of non-stop tunes all heard over the weekend.

Hepcats’ Holiday Special – Hot Ginger Radio Show #21

Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 21 (Hepcats’ Holiday Special]
TX date: 18 July 2010

Track listing:

01 – The Cats and the Fiddle – Hep Cats’ Holiday (1940)
02 – Glenn Miller Orchestra (v. Marion Hutton) – Wanna Hat With Cherries (1941)
03 – Little Maxie Bailey – Drive, Soldiers, Drive (1953)
04 – Dusty Brooks – (My Baby Loves) Chili Dogs (1952)
05 – Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra – Down South Camp Meeting (1934)
06 – Jimmy Lunceford & His Orchestra – Harlem Shout (1936)
07 – Count Basie Orchestra – Broadway (1940)
08 – Andy Kirk And His 12 Clouds Of Joy – Take It And Git (1942)
09 – The Cadets – I Want You (1956)
10 – Sydney Bechet – Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me (1951)
11 – Teddy Hill & His NBC Orchestra – King Porter Stomp (1937)
12 – Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra – Let Me Off Uptown (1940)
13 – Slim Gaillard – The Jam Man (1946)
14 – Count Basie Orchestra – Red Bank Boogie (1943)
15 – Don Albert & his Orchestra – Rockin’ and Swingin’ (1936)
16 – Billie Holiday – Nice Work if You Can Get It (1956)
17 – The Swallows – It Ain’t the Meat (1951)
18 – Will Bradley – Scrub Me, Mama, With A Boogie Beat (1940)
19 – Duke Ellington Orchestra – Swingin’ On The Campus (1939)
20 – Louis Jordan – Caldonia (1945)
21 – Pete G & the Magnitones – Caldonia (2010)

In honour of Bastille Day, this week’s Hot Ginger Radio Show is an hour of French swing and chanson: lots of lovely Django Reinhardt, Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Josephine Baker and more. Ooh la la! Just click here and écoutez…

French Swing Special – Hot Ginger Radio Show #20

Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 20 [French special]
TX date: 11 July 2010
Track listing:

01 – Django Reinhardt and Stefan Grapelli – Ultrafox
02 – Charles Trenet – Boum!
03 – Jean Sablon – Si Tu M’aimes
04 – Django Reinhardt – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
05 – Django Reinhardt – Smoke Rings
06 – Edith Piaf – La Vie En Rose
07 – Maurice Chevalier – Toi Et Moi
08 – Tino Rossi – J’attendrai
09 – Django Reinhardt – Them There Eyes
WHAT’S SWINGIN’ [Duke Ellington - Jumpin' Punkins]
10 – Jean Sablon and Mireille – Puisque Vous Partez en Voyage
11 – Django Reinhardt – My Sweet
12 – Josephine Baker – Si J’etais Blanche
13 – Yves Montand – Les Feuilles Mortes
14 – Django Reinhardt – I Got Rhythm

An hour of top quality retro with some great tracks from this week’s featured artist, Bolton-born bandleader Jack Hylton & his Orchestra, plus tunes by Carroll Gibbons, Buddy Johnson, Jimmy Noone and news of a new Birmingham magazine launching this week with a special feature on Hot Ginger. Press play and turn up those speakers….

‘Swing is in the Air!’ – Hot Ginger Radio Show #19