01/25/12 Episode – Jazz in the 20s and 30s

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Ahem.. sorry for the 2 weeks hiatus.. I was.. busy. But rest assured I did not abandon the show. So, for your listening pleasure, here are 2 podcast episodes, originally aired on 12/25 and 2/1. They both feature music from the 20s and 30s and jazz pioneers including Fats Waller, Cleo Brown and Bessie Smith. I hope you enjoy those 2 episodes.


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2012 Day of Noise on KZSU is next Sunday (2/12/12)

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for those who might be interested…
KZSU will host the Day of Noise on Sunday 2/12/12. It is a 24-hour celebration of experimental and improvised music. A tribute to all things strange and beautiful, the 10th edition of the Day of Noise features 27 artists and counting. To listen live, tune in to 90.1FM on any radio in the Bay Area or listen live at KZSU Live.

01/18/12 Episode – B Jazz

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It’s the new quarter on Stanford campus, which means that All That Swing has a new schedule – now every Wednesday 1-2pm PST. You can still tune in to 90.1 MHz on your FM dial or kzsulive.stanford.edu on your computer and hear it live.
This week, we have a bit of mish-mosh – mostly vintage tunes from the 20s and the 30s. Nonetheless, there is an underlying theme, albeit a loose one – will you find it?
Other highlights include a sailor’s song, a cowboy’s song and a (chronological) series of female jazz singers who share more than one thing in common..


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01/04/12 Episode – Crooners and Popular Singers on Both Sides of the Atlantic

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Two guests join us in the studio this week to talk about crooners and popular singers in the 30s, 40s and 50s. One listener calls in to correct me after I said that “Wait ’till the Sun Shines, Nelly” reminds me of the early 40s. Maurice Chevalier sings more silly songs and Frank Sinatra undergoes some serious vocal mutation. It’s all in this week’s episode of All That Swing!


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12/21/11 Episode – Exotic Sound in Jazz and Popular Music from the 20s, 30s and 40s

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This week we take a deliberate side track and explore the influence of Latin America and other “exotic” places into the sound of the 20s, 30s and 40s. Dance bands and cabaret productions of that era often incorporated songs with an exotic sound – in particular rhumba, cha cha cha and other Cuban styles. Joining us for this episode is a special guest – Emily Kopley. We even play some Bing Crosby – but not the type you’d hear at the mall around this time of the year. And a slightly irreverent (and perhaps insensitive by today’s standards) but highly comical song by Maurice Chevalier.


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12/07/11 Episode – Cabaret Music in pre-war Germany

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This week we attempt an exploration of pre-war cabaret music in Germany – I say “attempt” because the topic is vast and I can only scrap the surface (and anything more would require serious preparation or having an expert in the studio). Anyway, this is a topic that speaks to me for various reasons. Cabaret was a flourishing institution in the Weimar Republik and got shut down as soon as the Nazis came to power. A lot of artists – those who had experienced the exhilarating freedom of expression in Berlin and Munich during the late 20’s – fled Germany in 1933 or 1934, including many Jewish artists. This episode will try to present some of those artists and songs that are associated with that era – including the Comedian Harmonists, Marlene Dietrich and songs by Kurt Weill.

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11/30/11 Episode – Django Reinhardt and his Legacy

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All That Swing returns after a 1 week hiatus, which was no excuse to stop listening to KZSU. In fact I had my friend The Ambassador play some of his finest soul LPs instead. I hope some of you took advantage of it.

Anyhow, we’re back and this week we tried to draw a musical map of Django Reinhardt and his legacy, particularly his French legacy. We started the hour with a previously unreleased solo recording (in fact it had been recorded by a radio listener over his or her transistor radio during a live broadcast – you too can be a hero ;)). Then we wandered onto Django’s legacy in France and the Netherlands with artists such as Stephane Grappelli, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre and Sanseverino. We made a final stop in Brazil with another guitar virtuoso, Baden Powell.


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11/16/11 Episode – The Songbook of Cole Porter (part II)

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Special on Cole Porter
This is the 2nd half of a 2-part series on Cole Porter. Unfortunately, last week’s show did not record properly. I will try to post a mock version with no comment at a later time. In this podcast episode, lots of songs from Porter’s musicals – Out of this World, Silk Stockings, Nymph Errant…


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11/02/11 Episode – The Songbooks of Irving Berlin and the Gershwins

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Special on Irving Berlin and George & Ira Gershwin
After last week’s show on Rodgers and Hart, this week’s show explores the songs of Irving Berlin and George and Ira Gershwin. The classics are there – Summertime, I Got Rhythm, The Man I Love, Blue Skies – but not necessarily in their most “classic” version. Some lesser-know tunes and a mash-up are added to the mix.


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