Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 28th Jan 2020

The Tuesday 28 January Phantom Dancer on radio and online has 1942-45 Django Reinhardt as your feature artist. The Phantom Dancer with actor and 1920s-30s singer Greg Poppleton is your two hour non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio. You can hear The Phantom Dancer online now at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ The last hour is all vinyl.

DJANGO WWII

Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer, Django Reinhardt returned to Paris from London as soon as war broke out in Septemeber 1939. Though he continued recording, Nazi-occupied France was a dangerous place for Reinhardt, as both a Romani and a jazz musician. During the Holocaust an estimated 600,000 to 1.5 million Romani throughout Europe were eventually killed. Additionally, the Nazi attitude towards jazz was antagonistic, labeling it 'degenerate music'. Official policy towards Jazz was much less strict in occupied France, with jazz music frequently played on both Radio France, the official station of Vichy France, and Radio Paris, controlled by the Germans. Reinhardt was the most famous jazz musician in Europe at the time, working steadily during the early war years and earning a great deal of money, yet always under threat.

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Reinhardt expanded his musical horizons during the war. By amplifying his guitar he was able to work in in large ensembles with horn sections. He also experimented with classical composition, writing a Mass for the Gypsies and a symphony. Since he did not read music, Reinhardt worked with an assistant to notate what he was improvising. His modernist piece Rhythm Futur was also intended to be acceptable to the Nazis. One of his songs, Nuages, became an unofficial anthem in Paris to signify hope for liberation. The single sold over 100,000 copies. Reinhardt's first attempt at escape from Occupied France led to capture. Fortunately for him, a jazz-loving German, Luftwaffe Officer Dietrich Schulz-Köhn, allowed him to return to Paris. Reinhardt made a second attempt a few days later, but was stopped in the middle of the night by Swiss border guards, who forced him to return to Paris again. In 1943, Reinhardt married Sophie "Naguine" Ziegler in Salbris. They had a son, Babik Reinhardt, who later became a respected guitarist in his own right. Django survived the war to be later killed by tobacco companies. Their poison killed him by brain haemorrage in 1953 Here is The Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, Django Reinhardt playing Komm Zuerruck with Stephane Grapelli and the Hot Club of France in an American short from early 1939. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANArGmr74u4 Make sure you come back to this blog, Greg Poppleton's Radio Lounge, every Tuesday, for the newest Phantom Dancer play list and Video of the Week!

28 JANUARY PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #421
107.3 2SER Tuesday 28 January 2020 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 - 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) National Program: ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 - 11pm Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 - 9pm 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	Swing and Jazz on 1949 Radio
Oye Negra	Adrian Rollini Trio	'Guest Star' Radio Transcription New York City 1949
Flying Home (theme) + Empty Glass	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Aquarium Restaurant New York City AFRS Re-broadcast 1949
One For My Baby + Lovely To Look At (Close)	Eddie Duchin Orchestra (voc) Bea Wain	'Eddie Duchin Show' Radio Transcription 1949
Set 2	Dance Bands
Isn't It Romantic (open) + We Belong Together	Matt Dennis Trio	'All-Star Parade of Bands' Chi-Chi Club WRCA NBC NY 13 Jun 1955
Cirribirribin	Whitey Berquist and the NBC Symphony Orchestra Chicago	'Monitor' WRCA NBC NY 19 Jun 1955
Medley: Easter Parade / You'll Never Know / Stars Fell on Alabama / The Best Things In Life Are Free / Close	Chuck Cabot Orchestra (voc) Lynn Avalon	Empire Room Rice Hotel CBS Houston Apr 1953
Set 3	Gypsy Jazz on 1945 Radio
Improvisation No. 6	Django Reinhardt	'Beaucoup de Music' AFN Paris 1 Dec 1945
Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schoen	Django Reinhardt with the Fud Candrix Orchestra	Comm Rec Brussels 16 Apr 1942
Honeysuckle Rose	Django Reinhardt Quintet	'Beaucoup de Music' AFN Paris 1 Dec 1945
Set 4	Jazz and Schmaltz on 1947-48 Radio
Theme + The Great Lie	Dodo Marmarosa	'Jubilee' AFRS Hollywood 1947
Poor Butterfly	Bobby Troup Trio (voc) Bobby Troup and Trio	'Jubilee' AFRS Hollywood 1 Mar 1948
Medley: The Egg and I / I Can't Believe It Was All Make-Believe + Hawaiian War Chant (Close)	Jack Barrow Orchestrad	'One Night Stand' Aragon Ballroom Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 1947
Set 5	1937 Radio Bands
I'd Do Anything For You	Seger Ellis and his Choirs of Brass	Radio Transcription New York City 1937
Swing, Benny, Swing	Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Bloch and Sully, Martha Tilton, Alexander Chorus	'Camel Caravan' KNX CNS Los Angeles 10 Aug 1937
Never In A Million Years	Hal Kemp Orchestra (voc) Bob Allen	'Chesterfield Show' WABC CBS NY 1937
Blue Skies	George Hall Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York City 1937
Set 6	Eddie Condon's Blue Network Jazz Concerts 1944-45
Pee Wee's Town Hall Stomp	Eddie Condon Group (cl) Pee Wee Russell	'Eddie Condon's Town Hall Jazz Concert' WJZ Blue NY 1944
Blues 'Round My Head	Eddie Condon Group (cl and voc) Woody Herman	Eddie Condon's Town Hall Jazz Concert' WJZ Blue NY 27 Jan 1945
Wherever There's Love	Eddie Condon Group (voc) Lee Wiley	Eddie Condon's Town Hall Jazz Concert' WJZ Blue NY 23 Sep 1944
I Got Rhythm	Eddie Condon Group	Eddie Condon's Town Hall Jazz Concert' AFRS Rebroadcast 14 oct 1944
Set 7	Bop Vocals on 1948-50 Radio
Embraceable You	Charlie Parker Quintet (voc) Chubby Newsome	'Symphony Sid Show' Birdland WMCA NY 30 Jun 1950
Salt Peanuts	Charlie Parker Quintet (voc) Band	'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NY 22 Jan 1949
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Jackie Cain and Roy Kral	'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NY 1949
Body and Soul + Close	Stan Kenton Orchestra	'All Star Parade of Bands' Bordland WNBC NBC NY 20 Jun 1953
Set 8	Great Women Jazz Singers on The Air 1944-45
What More Can A Woman Do?	Sarah Vaughan	Comm Rec New York City 25 May 1945
Summertime	Mildred Bailey	'Music Till Midnight' WABC CBS NY 12 Jan 1945
No Love No Nothin'	Dinah Washington	'One Night Stand' Trianon Ballroom Southgate Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 16 Jun 1944
Deed I Do	Lena Horne	'Jubilee' AFRS Hollywood 1944