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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season - Prom 35 - The Story of Swing with BBC Radio 2
Performance Date11 August 2015
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:32
Main PerformersClare Teal - vocal, speaker,
Jamie Davis,
Elaine Delma,
Clarke Peters - vocals
Secondary PerformersAndrew Playfoot - vocal,
Denys Baptiste - tenor saxophone,
Anthony Kerr - vibraphone
Orchestra or BandWinston Rollins Big Band,
Guy Barker Big Band
ChoirsThe Prominards
ConductorsWinston Rollins,
Guy Barker
Set List'West End Blues Struttin With Some Barbecue', Armstrong, arr. Guy Barker,
'Sing Me A Swing Song', Fitzgerald, Chick (Claire Teal),
'Sugar Foot Stomp', Henderson, arr. G Barker,
'King Porter Stomp', Goodman,
'Smoke Rings', Gifford,
'Marie', Dorsey (Will Young),
'Kalamazoo', Miller (Jamie Davis),
'Work' Count Basie,
'I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)', Duke Ellington (Claire Teal),
'White Heat', Lunceford, arr. G Barker,
'Prisoner of Love', Gaskill, Columbo (Jamie Davis),
'Let Me Off Uptown', Krupa,
'Skyliner', Barnet, arr. G Barker
INTERVAL
'Trumpet Blues and Cantabile', Matthias, arr. G Barker,
'Why Don't You Do Right?', Goodman (Claire Teal),
'Q'tet Tune', Goodman,
Welcome to Elaine Delmar,
'Lover Man', Sherman (Elaine Delmar),
'Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight', Whiteman (Will Young),
'Frenesi', Shaw,
'Opus 1', Dorsey, arr. G Barker,
'Song of the Volga Boatmen', Miller, arr. G Barker,
'Minnie the Moocher', Calloway, arr. G Barker,
'Apple Honey', Herman (Jamies Davis),
'Sing Sing Sing - Medley', G Barker
Performance NotesProms debut performance by Elaine Delma.

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Recorded for broadcast on BBC Four on 28 August 2015.

After the success of last year’s Battle of the Bands Prom, Clare Teal returns with a line-up of musicians to showcase the very best of the current UK jazz and big band scene. She’s joined by Guy Barker and Winston Rollins to tell the story of the birth of swing, including tributes to ‘King of Swing’ Benny Goodman and the great trombonist and bandleader Tommy Dorsey.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/93),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£5-£38.00
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2015/93BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season - Prom 3511 August 2015
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10256BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/19606Teal; Clare (1973-); English jazz singer
DS/UK/9718Rollins; Winston (fl 1990s-2010s); English conductor, trombonist
DS/UK/1423Barker; Guy (26 December 1957); MBE; English jazz trumpeter and composer
DS/UK/1424Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra; fl 2010-; English jazz orchestra
DS/UK/20698Davis; Jamie (fl 1990s-); American jazz singer
DS/UK/11625Delmar; Elaine (1939-); English jazz singer
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
DS/UK/5095Peters; Clarke (1952-); American actor, singer, writer, director
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