Play Ball!

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow: Jazz and American Popular Song
Length: 59:02

An hourlong program of jazz and American popular song, celebrating the coming of Spring and Summer...and the baseball season, with songs about baseball! Read the full description.

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Playing: Play Ball!
From: WFIU

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Afterglow salutes warmer weather and the beginning of the baseball season with a tribute to America's national pastime. Stepping up to the plate are Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelley, Les Brown, and Sarah Vaughan, with Count Basie, Vince Guaraldi, and Dave Frishberg on deck as well. We'll also hear Mickey Mantle join Teresa Brewer for a call-and-response on "I Love Mickey," the Treniers serenading the "Say-Hey Kid" Willie Mays, and comedian Phil Foster issuing a humorous but passionate 1957 plea to "keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn." Perfect for spring or summertime programming!

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Piece Description

Afterglow salutes warmer weather and the beginning of the baseball season with a tribute to America's national pastime. Stepping up to the plate are Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelley, Les Brown, and Sarah Vaughan, with Count Basie, Vince Guaraldi, and Dave Frishberg on deck as well. We'll also hear Mickey Mantle join Teresa Brewer for a call-and-response on "I Love Mickey," the Treniers serenading the "Say-Hey Kid" Willie Mays, and comedian Phil Foster issuing a humorous but passionate 1957 plea to "keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn." Perfect for spring or summertime programming!