In February, BlueNotes Classic Jazz turns the clock back to the decades of the 1930s and ’40s. Join host Larry Beck for the BlueNotes annual salute to bands and vocalists of the Swing Era, a time when jazz was America’s most popular music. Featured artists include Benny Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Peggy Lee, and Artie Shaw. Several rare radio transcriptions are also on the playlist.

First Hour

1. “Down South Camp Meeting” – Benny Goodman
2. “Topsy Turvy” – Cab Calloway
3. “That Drummer’s Band” – Gene Krupa
4. “Chasing Shadows” – Louie Prima
5. “Airmail Special” – Lionel Hampton
6. “Opus No. 1” – Harry James
7. “St. Louis Blues” – Maxine Sullivan
8. “It’s Time for T” – Jack Teagarden
9. “Mr. Meadowlark” – Ted Weems w/Perry Como & Elmo Tanner
10. “White Cliffs of Dover” – Vera Lynn
11. “I’m Free/What’s New?”- Bob Crosby
12. “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby” – Al Jolson
13. “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” – Kay Kyser
14. “Any Old Time” – Artie Shaw/Billie Holiday

Second Hour

1. “Opening Theme/I Know Why” – Glenn Miller/John Payne & The Modernaires
2. “Nat Meets June” – Nat King Cole & June Christy
3. “Belgium Stomp” – Jimmie Lunceford
4. “The Duke Steps Out” – Duke Ellington
5. “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” – Tommy Dorsey
6. “Oh! Look at Me Now”- Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra
7. “Contrasts” – Jimmy Dorsey
8. “Ridin’ High” – Benny Goodman
9. “Elmer’s Tune” – Benny Goodman/Peggy Lee
10. “One O’clock Jump” – Count Basie
11. “At Last”- Glenn Miller
12. “West End Blues” – Charlie Barnett
13. “Sing Me a Swing Song” – Ella Fitzgerald
14. “I Can’t Get Started” – Bunny Berrigan
15. “Snowfall” – Claude Thornhill