Today Stephen plays a fine selection of swing from the likes of Fletcher Henderson, Glenn Miller, Ella Mae Morse and many more, plus he announces the winner of our Perfect Swing! CD competition!

‘Tidal Wave’ – Hot Ginger Radio Show #34

Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 34
TX date: 24/10/10

Track listing:

01 – Fletcher Henderson – Tidal Wave (1934)
02 – Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra – Casa Loma Stomp
03 – Ray Noble (v. Al Bowlly) – Shout For Happiness
04 – Heinz Muller – So SchÅ¡n Wie Heut’
05 – Glenn Miller – SNAFU Jump
06 – Bob Crosby – Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Girl)
07 – Bud Freeman & His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra – The Eel
08 – Lester Young – It’s Only A Paper Moon
09 – Coleman Hawkins – Chicago
10 – Django Reinhardt – Djangology
11 – Eddie Lang – Walkin’ the Dog
12 – Ella May Morse – Jumpin’ Jack
13 – Fats Waller – That’s What The Well-Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear
14 – Freddie Slack – Furlough Fling
15 – Carroll Gibbons – From The Top Of Your Head
16 – Benny Goodman – All The Cats Join In

To coincide with Andy’s  Top 10 desert island swing tunes being published in this month’s Radar Magazine, he spins them here for your delight. Lorna joins him and starts off the show with a few of her own current faves.

To get your copy of Radar Magazine, go to theradarmagazine.co.uk and check out their list of outlets. It’s only £2.50 and is a cracking read.

Jazz Andy’s Top Ten – Hot Ginger Radio Show #33

Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 33 – Jazz Andy’s Top Ten (in association with Radar Magazine)
TX date: 17 October 2010

Track listing:

This week, Stephen put together a one-hour special featuring the best vocalists of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, featuring Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Al Bowlly and many more…

‘Sing It Way Down Low’ – Hot Ginger Radio show #32

Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 32 – Vocalist Special
TX date: 10/10/10

Track listing:

01 – Cab Calloway – Hey Now, Hey Now
02 – Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans (v. Al Bowlly) – A Great Big Bunch of You
03 – Django Reinhardt (v. Freddy Taylor) – Nagasaki
04 – Teddy Wilson (v. Billie Holiday) – Sugar
05 – Tommy Dorsey (v. Edythe Wright) – On The Beach at Bali Bali
06 – Oscar Rabin And His Band (v. Dinah Miller) – Woe Is Me
07 – Nat Gonella And His Georgians – Oh! Mo’nah
08 – Mildred Bailey – When The Day Is Done
09 – Louis Prima – Sing It Way Down Low
10 – Hoagy Carmichael – Rockin’ Chair
11 – Fats Waller – The Sheik of Araby
12 – Ella Fitzgerald – Moon Ray
13 – Dorsey Brothers (v. Frank Sinatra) – East of the Sun
14 – Ella Mae Morse – No Love
15 – Helen Humes & The Bill Doggett Octet – Be Baba Leba
16 – Al Bowlly and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans – Snuggled on Your Shoulder
17 – Billie Holiday – All Of Me
18 – Bert Firman & his Orchestra – My Pet
19 – Bunny Berigan (v. Bernie Mackay) – Flat Foot Floogie
20 – Jack Payne And His Orchestra – It’s A Hap-Hap-Happy Day