Big Band Remotes
Various
Big Band Remotes from the 40's and 50's.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
Chapters
Reviews
Band Remotes
The Bridge
I was a little young for some of the Big Bands, however my neighbor was Murray Mecekren the Trombone/Sax player for Harry James and other, it was pure joy to hear him practice. Doubt that I spelled his name correctly. Then years later I acquired a good buddy name Herb Jefferies, who was with Duke Ellington for some time, and he is still singing. Last LP I got of his was "Bronze Buckaroo Rides Again," nice LP on CD. I was told by Herb and a friend of his that Steve Allen liked Murray so much that he snatched up everything he could find of his playing, and re-recorded them, then sent out those recordings to his friends. To me, the Big Band Remotes are a way of catching up with some of the good music of the time. My thanks go out to those who saved this stuff, and those who keep it available to us.
The magic of OTR at its best
Daniel Beller
It is a delight that the Internet Archive makes available such a vast vault of OTR to the world. The Band Remotes, appearances of Bands for Radio transcribed to 14" 33 1/3 rpm acetates, preserved the magic of the golden era of radio. All the performances in this collection as well as in the BAND REMOTES one, are top notch, and a real joy. They bring alive an era of great music and musicians, that even 60 years after, are unsurpassed.
Fantastic!
Luckymudster
These remote (and other) shows are so stunningly great! There simply are not enough superlatives to describe how much I have enjoyed them and how appreciative I am to the uploaders!! Thank you!!!
The Count Basie Band at Birdland, January 1953
PatonsPage
Basie's great 1953 Big Band playing some wonderfully recorded sets from his gig at Birdland over the first two weeks of the year.
Fantastic
doug8916
I grew up listening to some of these Big Bands as a youth in the late 40's early 50's. Listening to these makes everything seem so much better.
marvelous airchecks
The Reaper
Great recordings, really fun to listen to with good sound. The Count Basie, Gene Krupa and Fletcher Henderson sessions are hitting the spot for me tonight.
Priceless
DaNess
I dig JaZZ A lot so this collection is simply priceless to me, I'm downloading the entire directory right now.
Great stuff
wil333
Love this site ---just wish you could post more...I've heard all these more than once.