This week Big Band Serenade presents Charlie Barnet. Music includes:"Cherokee"-1939,"The Right Idea"-1939,"I Can't Remember To Forget"-1940,"Harlem Speaks"-1941,"That Old Black Magic"-1942,"Skyliner"-1944,"West End Blues"-1944,"Cement Mixer"-1946,"Andy's Boogie"-1946,"East Side West Side"-1947(used in the opening) and "Pompton Turnpike" Purchase Charlie Barnet Music Here

Big Band Serenade presents Pianist and bandleader Carroll Gibbons was born in Clinton, MA, sometime during 1903, and it wasn't until he relocated to England in 1924 that he found acclaim for his musical talents. While playing piano at the Savoy Hotel, Gibbons helped form the Savoy Orpheans, a jazz outfit that included such other American players as Howard Jacobs on alto sax and Joe Brannelly on banjo. This week two 1934 Radio Programs for your enjoyment. Purchase Carol Gibbons Music Here

Billy Eckstine, his voice was robust, romantic baritone, with just a touch of huskiness on occasion to give it additional appeal. As for the delivery, much has been said and written about Billy's showmanship, the salient points of which are charm, poise and sincerity. Big Band Serenade presents this great singer with tunes from 1942 to 1950. Please Take our Listener Survey Purchase Billy Eckstine Music Here

Big Band Serenade presents music by Lionel Hampton from 1937-1947. Hamp was a featured star with Benny Goodman's Quartet from 1936 through 1940.He regularly led his own recording bands from 1937. In 1940, he moved back to Los Angeles and formed his own big band. From 1953 onward, he has undertaken many successful overseas tours visiting Europe, Japan, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, etc. Hamp appeared in the '50's film The Benny Goodman Story. Purchase Lionel Hampton Music Here

Woody Herman was a well-respected band leader, clarinetist, and saxophonist. He began the first of his own bands in 1936. Throughout his career, his bands were nicknamed "Herman's Herd" or "Swinging Herd" or a similar variation, after the great collection of jazz musicians and the force and originality with which they played. Music presented in this episode of Big Band Serenade is from 1937-1951. Purchase Woody Herman Music Here

This week on Big Band Serenade we presents a modern day jazz-singer-songwriter,Robin Stine who brews up a genre-bending blend of original jazz and bluesy folk tunes. Robin website: http://www.robinstine.com/

Big Band Serenade Presents Bunny Berigan (1908-1942), the well known jazz trumpeter He is often associated with the tune "I Can't Get Started," popularized by his 1937 recording. Purchase Bunny Bergan Music Here

Big Band Serenate presents Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 1937-1950. Purchase Sammy Keye Music Here

This week on Big Band Serenade, Jelly Roll Morton was the first great composer and piano player of Jazz, music from 1926-1939. Purchase Jelly Roll Morton Music Here

Big Band Serenade presents Chick Webb is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most influential jazz drummers of all time. Webb led the self-named Chick Webb Orchestra from 1926 to 1939 during the Swing Period of jazz. Music included in the program :The Rhythm Man,Clap Hand! Here Comes Charlie, I Want To Be Happy, Just a Simple Melody, Rock It For Me, I Got A Guy, A-Tisket, A Tasket, Liza, My Heart Belongs To Daddy, Undecided, and In The Groove At The Groove. Purchase Chick Webb Music Here

Big Band Serenade pays tribute to Mississippi Blues & Jazz from 1928-1940. Ruben Lacey, Mississippi John Hurt(cover photo), Frankie Trumbauer,Charlie Patton, Mississippi Mud Steppers,Mississippi Bracy, Jimmie Rodgers,Delmore Brothers, Bukka White and Lewis Bronzeville Five.

Big Band Serenade presents at tribute to New Orleans Jazz from 1923-1941 featuring; Cotton Pickers, New Orleans Bootblacks, Sidney Bechet, New Orleans Feetwarmers, Jelly Roll Morton Peppers, and Tal Henry & His Orchestra

Big Band Serenade presents the Best of Big Bands

Big Band Serenade presents, Henry Busse,Traditional jazz trumpeter, leader of group known as Busse's Buzzards who recorded and performed during the '20s,'30s and '40s. Present today is the Henry Busse Program 1935

On October 7,1942, Alton Glenn Miller reported for induction into the Army Air Corps. Within months he was entertaining the troops. In late 1943 he and the band arrived in England. This is a broadcast from December 1943, I Sustain The Wings.

Big Band Serenade Vocalist from 1942-1944 play (Photo Dooley Wilson)list: 1. Trav'lin Light 1942, Paul Whiteman&Billy Holliday 2. Just As Though You Were Here 1942,Russ Morgan 3. Who Wouldn't Love You 1942,Kay Kyser& Harry Babbit 4. As Time Goes By 1943, Rudy Valle 5. You'll Never Know 1943, Dick Haymes 6. I'll Get By(As Long As I Have You) 1944,Gen Krupa-Harry James-Count Basie 7. As Time Goes By 1943, Dooley Wilson 8. My Heart Tells Me(Should I Belive)1944,Gen Gray&The Casaloma Orchestra 9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 1943, The Ink Spots 10. It Could Happen to You 1944, Jo Stafford 11. Time Waits For No One 1944, Helen Forest