Benny Carter, Charlie Barnet etc.
Release Date: 15 June 2003
Label: Storyville Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 717101100323
Genres: Jazz Early Jazz
Description
This one-hour CD (20 tunes) is comprised of two Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) programs recorded in early 1945 in Los Angeles to entertain US troops abroad during World War II. The main acts are the Benny Carter and Charlie Barnet Orchestras, the Nat "King" Cole Trio, vocalist Betty Roché and comedian/entertainer Jimmy Durante. Like all AFRS shows, these two programmes present the top "entertainment" - jazz, popular music and comedy - acts of the early-mid 1940s. The two shows present top swing acts, where it is possible to detect the beginnings of bebop inspiration, especially in Charlie Barnet's Orchestra.
Tracklisting
Danish Radio Big Band
Thomas Fonnesbaek
Michel Petrucciani Trio
Carsten Dahl Golden Ratio Trio
Jacob Christoffersen Trio
Peter Vuust & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
Johnny Griffin Quartet
Kira Martini
