Big Band Remote

BIG BAND REMOTES 08

Episode 8 of our Big Band Remotes features radio broadcasts by the bands of BENNY GOODMAN, GLENN MILLER, FREDDY NAGLE, ANSON WEEKS, COUNT BASIE, ARTIE SHAW, TOMMY DORSEY and WOODY HERMAN.

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Big Band Remotes and radio programs with vocalist Bob Eberly, Carroll Gibbons, Benny Goodman, Al Overland, Anson Weeks, Ben Pollack and Bill Snyder (poor quality).

ANSON WEEKS

CARROLL GIBBONS

BEN POLLACK

RAY EBERLY

John Packer's Battle of the bands

REMEMBERING BIUG BAND SINGERS "Tom Snyder"

A big band remote (a.k.a. dance band remote) was a remote broadcast, common on radio during the 1930s and 1940s, involving a coast-to-coast live transmission of a big band. This episode is number 6 in our posts of podcasts and includes broadcasts by Anson Weeks, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Ben Pollock, Bill Snyder, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza and Boyd Raeburn.

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ARTIE SHAW brief bio and Ritz Carlton, Boston. Radio show August 19, 1930 on NBC Network. Helen Forrest, vocalist. COUNT BASIE NBC Parade Of Bands from Birdland, NYC July 7, 1956. TED WEEMS on Beat The Band radio show April 7, 1940 with vocalist Perry Como. Garry Moore is host. BEN POLLACK radio remote broadcast. DICK JURGENS Hotel Clairmont remote on NBC Jun 26, 1946. BENNY GOODMAN Camel Caravan radio show Swing School in CBS August 10, 1937. DICK STABILE on Navy Swings transcription. DORSEY BROTHERS from Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler NYC on NBC. DUKE ELLINGTON November 7, 1940. GLENN MILLER September 25, 1940. GLEN GRAY Meadowbrook Ballroom.

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COUNT BASIE at Birdland's fifth anniversary. NYC December 16, 1954. Excerpted from live television on NBC-TV's Tonight Show with host Steve Allen. George Shearing and vocalist Sarah Vaughan with others. CHARLIE BARNETT June 3, 1944. From KHJ, Los Angeles over Mutual Network. FRANKIE MASTERS January 26, 1947 broadcast from The Majestic Theater, San Antonio, Texas. BENNY GOODMAN "Swing School" November 16, 1937, NYC. Vocalist Martha Tilton. Announcer (Doctor) Dan Seymore. GENE KRUPA August 15, 1945 from The Astor Hotel, Times Square NYC from WOR over MUTUAL Network. Vocalist Anita O'Day. ANSON WEEKS from Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, California. JOAN BROOKS SHOW with ARCHIE BLYER's Orchestra on CBS Radio June 7, 1944. ARTIE SHAW ORCHESTRA Edited out takes from broadcasts 1936-1938.

JOAN BROOKS

ANITA O'DAY

MARTHA TILTON

SARAH VAUGHAN

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GLENN MILLER Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania NYC, NBC October 25, 1940.
HARRY JAMES U.S. Marine Corps transcription. Vocalist Peggy King (Photo, 1961).
JIMMY DORSEY Hollywood Palladium, NBC. Vocalist Bob Eberly.
BEN POLLACK, NYC.
BOB CROSBY Ford V-8 Review 1936.
CHARLIE BARNET NYC, CBS, November 22, 1948.
RUSS MORGAN Air National Guard transcription. Vocalist Rosemary Clooney. Announcer Bill Cullen.
AL OVERLAND Montana Skyline Supper Club, Billings. 1948.
ANSON WEEKS Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, California. February 24, 1932.

BIG BAND REMOTE 02

This episode features the band of Al Overton in Billings MT. NBC's All Star Parade of Bands with Stan Kenton (Photo). A tribute by the US Air Force Band component, The Airmen of Note, with a tribute to Glenn Miller. The final remote is from Los Angeles with the Dale Jones Orchestra.

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Remote from Los Angeles with the Boyd Rayburn Orchestra. Buddy Morrow's band with Rosemary Clooney for The National Guard. Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on CBS Radio.

OZZIE NELSON ORCHESTRA "Blackhawk Ballroom"

March 3, 1940 The Ozzie Nelson Orchestra performing from the Blackhawk Ballroom in Chicago over the Mutual Network, WGN Chicago. The Blackhawk was a restaurant in the Chicago Loop from 1920 to 1984. It served a menu of American cuisine, notably prime rib and a signature "spinning salad bowl," and was, in the early part of its history a nationally known entertainment venue for Big Band music. From 1930 through the 1940s, Nelson's band recorded prolifically—first on Brunswick (1930–1933), then Vocalion (1933–1934), then back to Brunswick (1934–1936), Bluebird (1937–1941), Victor (1941), and finally back to Bluebird (1941 through the 1940s). Nelson's records were consistently popular, and in 1934, Nelson enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder," which he introduced. Nelson’s primary vocalist was Rose Anne Stevens, who appeared in the 1942 movie Down Rio Grande Way and Tomorrow We Live. Later in his big band career, Harriet Hilliard replaced Stevens and Harriet's perky vocals added to the band's popularity. Ozzie and Harriet married and went on to family sitcom history on radio and TV with their sons David and Rickie.----(WIKIPEDIA)

CHUCK CECIL "The Swingin Years"

Chuck Cecil (December 26, 1922 – April 30, 2019) was a veteran Los Angeles radio broadcaster and longtime host of the syndicated program "The Swingin' Years", a "Best of" radio show.

RAY HERBECK ORCHESTRA

Here is a big band remote on NBC Radio aired April 18, 1945 from the Mural Room of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Ray Herbeck was born on 27 November 1910, Los Angeles, California, USA, and died om 17 January 1989, in Phoenix, Arizona. His orchestra was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1935. The Ray Herbeck Orchestra later moved to Chicago following the lucrative Midwest one-nighter circuit. With their theme song, ‘Romance’, Herbeck’s was one of the most commercially orientated orchestras of the day. Herbeck previously worked with Leighton Noble's band.

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Glenn Miller at Glen Island Casino

This episode of Glenn Miller's band is a radio remote from The Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle New York and has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944 missing in action) was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known Big Bands. Miller's notable recordings include "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "A String of Pearls", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", and "Little Brown Jug". While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Glenn Miller disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel.

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SANDY DeSANTIS BAND "Vancouver Ballroom"

1938 CBC Radio remote from Vancouver's Palomar Ballroom. Sandy DeSantis, a popular band leader and trumpeter extraordinaire was born in Vancouver BC. He began his professional gig in the 1930’s at the Venice Cafe on Main and Keefer (544 Main Street). Himie Singer built the renowned Palomar Ballroom during that time, opening a spectacular new venue

BOB CROSBY Live In San Francisco

Bob Crosby from San Francisco on NBC in 1940 with announcer Bill Goodwin. Episode 7. George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which was formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show and was also seen on The Jack Benny Program. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957). Crosby received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for television and radio.

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BENNY GOODMAN at Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania

Benny Goodman "The King of Swing" holding court at the Madhattan Room on October 23, 1937 and broadcast live over CBS Radio. From the legendary Big Band ballroom which hosted major artists and popular radio broadcasts at the Hotel Pennsylvania.

Bill Watrous, whose crisp and graceful playing made him one of the world's most respected trombonists, died on July 3 at a hospital in Los Angeles

Born: June 8, 1939; Died: July 2, 2018 BILL Watrous, who has died aged 79, was a trombonist who gave the instrument the same status as a solo voice as the trumpet had been given by Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis and the saxophone by Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Other trombonists had led bands but few played with just a rhythm section and, with his highly developed technique that earned him wide recognition as the finest trombonist of the late 20th century, Watrous opened the trombone up to previously undreamed of possibilities. William Russell Watrous was born in Middletown, Connecticut. His father, whom Bill idolised, was a trombonist who had worked in vaudeville during the Depression and had played for a time with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. As a child Bill discovered his dad’s trombones in a cupboard and became fascinated with them. His dad began teaching him to play at the age of six and from then on Bill was determined to become a professional musician, although he might also have become a pro baseball player as he could apparently swing a bat as well as he could swing a tune. Around the age of 11 or 12, Bill and some friends, with one or other of their parents, began making the 150 mile round trip to New York at weekends to listen to jazz. He remembered hearing Charlie Parker playing with Thelonious Monk on one occasion and on another hearing Charles Mingus. When he left school he joined the US Navy where he took little interest in becoming a sailor but made good use of his time by learning to read music (he had previously memorised everything by ear). Along with his already well-developed facility, partly inspired by listening to his early favourite, J.J. Johnson, his sight-reading ability helped Bill to find work in New York after he completed his Navy service. He played with Quincy Jones, Woody Herman and, briefly, Count Basie, joined Kai Winding’s trombone group, which featured four trombonists and a rhythm section, and as a busy session player he appeared in the house band of the popular TV series The Dick Cavett Show. Watrous also toured with pop singers including Paul Anka before, in 1969, he formed his own band, Manhattan Wildlife Refuge, which was signed to Columbia Records by legendary talent scout John Hammond. Manhattan Wildlife Refuge did not enjoy the popularity of some of Hammond’s other signings, which included Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, but it did redefine people’s perception of what could be played on the trombone. Thereafter, anyone looking for someone to play the seemingly impossible would call on Watrous’s skill, speed of articulation and wonderfully rounded tone. Having moved to Los Angeles in 1976 his adaptability found him working on sessions with trumpet star Freddie Hubbard and Brazilian singer-songwriter Milton Nascimento as well as on recordings with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. He also worked in quintets alongside saxophonists Phil Woods, Buddy Tate, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Londoner Peter King and in 1980 he recorded an album for a Japanese label with alto saxophonist Art Pepper. Around the same time, Pepper, who had made a successful comeback after years of drug addiction, recorded one of his greatest triumphs, Blues for the Fisherman, live at Ronnie Scott’s in London for the small independent jazz label Mole Records. Two years later, on his first ever trip to the UK, Mole recorded Watrous at Pizza Express in London and gave Watrous similar exposure. Featuring a local rhythm section of pianist Brian Dee, bassist Len Skeat and drummer Martin Drew, the recording showcased Watrous’s ability to deliver technically challenging solos while also playing with soul and melodic sensibility. As much as Watrous enjoyed playing live – as a soloist with rhythm section, with big bands or in trombone summits with fellow trombonists Kai Winding, Jiggs Whigham and Albert Mangelsdorff – he was also deeply committed to passing on his skills to college students, as his father had done with him, and to sharing his passion for the trombone. For 20 years he taught at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and he had a long-running jazz festival named in his honour at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He was also an enthusiastic advocate for the annual National Trombone Workshop at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, which he enjoyed telling people had begun with exactly 76 trombones but went to cater for many more. He is survived by his wife, Maryanne and his son, Jason. ROB ADAMS (Herald, Scotland)

Bill Watrous, Trombonist and Bandleader, Is Dead at 79

William Russell Watrous III (June 8, 1939 – July 3, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love," which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name. A self-described "bop-oriented" player, he was well known among fellow trombonists as a master technician and for his mellifluous sound. WIKIPEDIA

ARTIE SHAW Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists"

Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor. Also an author, Shaw wrote both fiction and non-fiction. Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." WIKIPEDIA

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