Make Believe Ballroom

The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.  On this week's program: A song from the 1700s that was swingin in the 1930s and 40s, a questionable...

17 Okt 202558min

The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.  On this week's program: A trivia question about a dance enjoyed by young and old alike, a groundbre...

10 Okt 202558min

The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.  On this week's program: Did Big Bands of the 30s and 40s ever play classical music, the B side of a...

3 Okt 202558min

The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.  On this week's program: Lionel Hampton changes instruments, a unique big band business model, Charl...

26 Sep 202558min

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. On this edition - the first bandleader ever to appear on the radio, orchestras that were art...

19 Sep 202558min

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a Duke Ellington story, a listener's famous big band relative, an underrated vocal group, a...

12 Sep 202558min

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - one of the forefathers of swing, a song from the 1920s that took decades to get its just du...

5 Sep 202558min

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a second string band that was anything but second best, a crooner of the 1930s whose life e...

29 Aug 202558min