Dec 30, 2025
The Later Days of Big Bands: From the Culture Desk
Join co-hosts Joshua Michael Stewart & Scott Graves on a musical look at just what all those Big Band musicians were doing decades after the end of the Big Band Era.
The popular culture phenomenon of swing music did not end when the record deals started drying up. The spectrum and synthesis of styles, the premium musicianship and the comradery between bands and fans continued to the present date.
We bring you more than a dozen recordings in their whole from the seventies to now including mostly musicians and bands still very much alive.
You'll experience the music of Buddy Rich, Clayton/Hamilton Big Band, Count Basie, The Either Orchestra and folks new to the scene like Omar Thomas.
And my co-host put together a larger playlist for those of you who want to swing the night away!