Phantom Dancer :: 5:00pm 16th May 2020
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
A set from 1930s radio by composer, pianist and band leader, Johnny Green. He wrote jazz standards, film scores and won 4 Academy Awards. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
Harry ' The Hipster' Gibson is your feature artist this week. Hear him play 2 Bix Beidebecke piano compositions, In a Mist / Candlelight on live 1944 radio Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
Harry Reser, virtuoso 1920s-30s banjo star and band leader, the first to record 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town', is your feature artist on this week's Greg Poppleton Phantom Dancer. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
Dixieland revival features on this week's Phantom Dancer swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio. You'll hear Jimmy Dorsey (in a radio transcription), Muggsy Spanier, Kid Ory and Turk Murphy live on 1950s San Francisco radio. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
Sauter-Finegan, Stan Kenton and Billy May were three 1953 bands making way-out sounds on NBC radio and are this week's Greg Poppleton Phantom Dancer feature artists. Read their stories, hear then on live 1953 radio and see the whole Phantom dancer play list here. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
Lord Invader is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. He was a Calypso singer and composer who began performing in the 1930s and recorded in the US from 1941. Read his story, see this week's playlist, and hear the show from 7 April. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
1940s trumpet player band leaders: Pippo Barzizza, Charlie Spivak and Randy Brooks, are the Phantom Dancer feature artists kicking off this week's non-stop live radio mix. See the playlist, band leader bios, link to radio show here. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
The Thrasher Sisters, Andrew Sisters and Trio Lescano from the 1940s are your Phantom Dancer feature artists this week for your self-isolating pleasure. Read More