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Christmas Cocktails

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Five programmes exploring dance band recordings from 1930-45. 1: Christmas Swing. Numbers recorded in the 1930s and 1940s by the American swing bands of Hal Kemp , Chick Webb , the Dorsey
Brothers and Jimmie Lunceford ; from
Paris, guitarist Django Reinhardt ; and appearances by vocalists
Frances Langford , Louis Jordan , Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.
Producer John Thornley

Contributors

Unknown:
Hal Kemp
Unknown:
Chick Webb
Unknown:
Jimmie Lunceford
Guitarist:
Django Reinhardt
Unknown:
Frances Langford
Unknown:
Louis Jordan
Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Producer:
John Thornley
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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