BILLY MAY – Billy SPEAKS of Tweety, Sylvester and Sinatra!!!
Billy May was Frank Sinatra’s swingin’est arranger. In this RARE INTERVIEW Billy May speaks about his amazing career, from his earliest studies, through arranging for Charlie Barnet, Glenn MILLER, hav...
3 Maj 202229min
JIMMY RUSHING & COUNT BASIE – a SWINGIN’ FRIENDSHIP! RARE Interview!
Jimmy Rushing was best known as the bluesy vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948. In fact, as you will hear, Basie originally started it as Rushing’s backing group. Their swingin’ frie...
30 Apr 202226min
WINNER! UKSC BEST SONG Johnny Schaefer / Melissa Manchester interview
UK Songwriting Contest Best Original Song Winner “You Can’t Hide the Light” JOHNNY SCHAEFER tells of the creation of the award-winning duet with GRAMMY® Award-winning legend MELISSA MANCHESTER and Pro...
30 Apr 202212min
PEGGY LEE & Benny GOODMAN! How Pot gave them a HIT! A SPECIAL POT-CAST!
Featuring a rare interview with PEGGY LEE herself, we learn how she got her start UPFRONT with the King of Swing, BENNY GOODMAN at the age of 19. And in this POT-CAST, she tells why their big hit “Why...
26 Apr 202226min
SARAH VAUGHAN & BILLY ECKSTINE – with Bop, Bird & Diz!!!
I wrote and hosted a series called “Upfront” for BBC Radio 2 in 2002. At the end of the 1940s, the musical world was changing. Bebop was growing and the big bands only had a few years to live. But the...
18 Apr 202226min
MEL TORMÉ & ARTIE SHAW – A Meeting of Minds!
In 2002, I wrote and hosted a series of documentaries called “Upfront” – about singers who made their names upfront with the big-bands. Here, I present the hippest of all singers Mel Tormé making his ...
14 Apr 202226min
Radio Richard Episode 100! The Story of HERB ALPERT & The Tijuana Brass
In 2001 I wrote and presented two series of “The Arrangers” for BBC Radio 2, examining the creators of iconic sounds in jazz & pop. The fascinating story of HERB ALPERT & the Tijuana Brass is told in...
9 Apr 202224min
ESQUIVEL! The King of SPACE AGE LOUNGE MUSIC!
In 2001, I wrote and presented a documentary series for BBC Radio 2, “The Arrangers” produced by @elizabethclark. It featured Robert Farnon, Neal Hefti, Herb Alpert, Stan Kenton, Quincy Jones, Pete Ru...
29 Mars 202227min
