Prom 30: Battle of the Bands

Tv Series
Tv Show :
BBC Proms
2014
Episode Number :30
Rate : Not Rated
RunTime :85 mins
Air Date :2014-08-17
Story : Jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal transports us back to the heady days of the swing band era of the 1930s and 1940s in a recreation of the bands of Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Conductor James Pearson of the Count Pearson Proms Band takes on Grant Windsor of the Duke Windsor Proms band in a roof-raising battle, with help from vocalists Gregory Porter and Vula Malinga. The evening culminates in a bespoke rousing 'battle royal' for the biggest audience ovation. Presented by Katie Derham.