For our second installment of Swing Era classics we will examine the great songs of 1939 thru '42. You will hear more from Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and the Andrews Sisters, as well as great songs from Glenn Miller, Harry James, Artie Shaw, Vera Lynn, Helen Forrest, and Bing Crosby. Expect great songs like: "Brazil"," I Don't Want to Walk Without You", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Jersey Bounce", "A String of Pearls", "Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar", The Breeze & I", "In the Mood", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "We'll Meet Again"," Hold Tight, Hold Tight", "Take the 'A' Train", and "You Made Me Love You".
This concert is eligible for The Shedd's
Free Shedd Jazz Student Ticket program, which makes a limited number of free tickets to 2015-16 Shedd jazz concerts available to students elementary through college. The program is made possible by a grant from
Chamber Music America and
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Contact The Shedd Ticket Office for information.
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Shirley Andress, vocalsMarisa Frantz, vocalsSiri Vik, vocalsMatthew Leach, vocalsVicki Brabham, pianoMerlin Showalter, drumsKyle Smith, guitarCody Simmons, trumpetGlenn Bonney, tromboneJoe Freuen, tromboneKellyn Haley, tromboneJesse Cloninger, alto/bass saxophoneJosh Hettwer, tenor saxophone |
| |  | Amapola (1920) Albert Gamse (en), Joseph M. LaCalle (sp) (w) Joseph M. LaCalle (m) |
| |  | Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1940) Don Raye, Hughie Prince (w/m) |
| |  | Green Eyes (1929/31) Adolfo Utrera (sp), Eddie Rivera (en), Eddie Woods (en) (w) Nilo Menéndez (m) |
| |  | Jersey Bounce (1941) Buddy Feyne (w) Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson (m) |
| |  | Perdido (1942) Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder (w) Juan Tizol (m) |
| |  | Take The 'A' Train (1939) interpolated into Reveille with Beverly Joya Sherrill (w) Billy Strayhorn (m) |