Brass Unbound: Big Band Brass

Get your dancing shoes on – this week’s edition of Brass Unbound is focused on big band music. The dominant popular music form of the 1930s and 1940s, big band music has continued to develop to this day and to attract a new generation of players and listeners.

Star and Shadow volunteer and amateur trombone player Nick Brodin presents an hour of his favourite big band tracks including numbers from Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jimmy Lunceford, Stan Kenton and Count Basie amongst others. We’ll also hear from Dave Hignett, local trumpet player and leader of the Hexham-based Tyne Valley Big Band, who will be giving us some of his brassy big band recommendations.

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