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Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 13th Apr 2021

Lester Young, jazz tenor saxophonist called 'The Prez', is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist from live 1940s-50s broadcasts. Young was one of the most influential saxophinists, playing "a free-floating style, wheeling and diving like a gull, banking with low, funky riffs that pleased dancers and listeners alike". Alcohol killed him. Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 6th Apr 2021

Ruth Etting was a US singer/actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She never had voice lessons and had over 60 hit recordings. She worked on stage, radio and film. She was known as 'America's Radio Sweetheart' and was also involved in a famous case of domestic violence with her mobster first husband. Read her story, Phantom Dancer play list, see videos and listen to the show here Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 9th Mar 2021

John Kirby, double bassist, tuba and trombone player, 1930s proponent of 'Chamber Jazz', Bach fan, and band leader is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist with Greg Poppleton. Read his story, see videos, see the radio playlist and listen to the shw here Read More