Below are a few audio clips of some of the charts in the KJRO playbook you could hear at a “Tribute to the Great Big Bands of the Swing-Era” program: (*=on the Ellington Celebration CD; **=on the Flying Home CD):
o The Benny Goodman Orchestra.
**Sing, Sing, Sing.
**Swingtime in the Rockies (the 1938 Carnegie Hall version!).
**Don’t Be That Way.
Other charts that KJRO plays from the Benny Goodman Orchestra book: Bugle Call Rag; King Porter Stomp.
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o The Glenn Miller Orchestra.
**Chattanooga Choo Choo.
Other charts KJRO plays from the Glenn Miller Orchestra book: String of Pearls; Little Brown Jug; In the Mood; Moonlight Serenade; Pennslyvania 6-5000.
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o The Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra.
**For Dancers Only.
**Lunceford Special.
Other charts KJRO plays from the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra book: Four or Five Times; My Blue Heaven; Baby Won’t You Please Come Home.
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o The Harry James Orchestra.
**On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.
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o The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Rockin’ in Rhythm (*1930 and **1963 versions);
*Stevedore Stomp.
**In a Mellotone.
**Jive Stomp.
*Ring Dem Bells.
*Drop Me Off in Harlem.
Other charts KJRO plays from the Duke Ellington book: Take the A Train; Cottontail; Jack the Bear; Perdido; Diga Diga Doo; Tiger Rag.
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o The Count Basie Orchestra.
**Jumpin’ at the Woodside.
**Doggin’ Around.
Other charts KJRO plays from the Count Basie book: It’s Sand, Man; Yeah Man; Splanky.
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o The Artie Shaw Orchestra.
**Back Bay Shuffle.
Other charts KJRO plays from the Artie Shaw book: Begin the Beguine.
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o The Harlan Leonard Orchestra.
**Skee.
**Hairy Joe Jump.
**Too Much.
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KJRO also plays charts by several other big bands, to include Fletcher Henderson (Wrappin’ It Up; Christopher Columbus), Benny Carter and Jack Hylton.