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Clare celebrates the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra, which had its beginnings in Manchester under conductor Alyn Ainsworth and featured Syd Lawrence and Johnny Roadhouse as players.

With the release of a new collection from the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra, Clare celebrates the music of the affectionately known NDO, with its famous players such as Syd Lawrence and Johnny Roadhouse and its beginnings in studio 1 Piccadilly in the mid 1950s. It rose from the ashes of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Variety Orchestra, which was founded in 1951 and would go on to perform almost daily on radio and TV.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 May 2013 22:00

Music Played

  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Fanfare/On Ilkley Moor Baht 'At

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Where or When

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Ritual Fire Dance

    • A Legend Reborn!.
    • CHRY.
    • NDO CD 101.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Here There and Everywhere

    • Diamonds, The Best of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NDO.
    • NDO.
    • CD 101/2.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    A Hard Day's Night

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Cheeky Waltz

    • A Legend Reborn!.
    • CHRY.
    • NDO CD 101.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Mad About the Boy

    • A Legend Reborn!.
    • CHRY.
    • NDO CD 101.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Cool

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    In the Still of the Night

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Pete Kelly's Blues

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Heatwave

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Perdido

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

    • Diamonds, the Best of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NDO.
    • NDO.
    • CD 101/2.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    But Beautiful

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Fascinating Rhythm

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    Tiger Rag

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.
  • The Northern Dance Orchestra

    After You're Gone

    • Pure Gold the Early Years.
    • NDO.
    • CD 103/4.

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra

Pictured is Alyn Ainsworth conducting the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra Experimental Stereo Recordings

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra Experimental Stereo Recordings

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Northern Dance Orchestra with Alyn Ainsworth conducting and a young Syd Lawrence playing trumpet, far left.

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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NDO recording Make Way For Music

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NDO recording Make Way For Music
The NDO recording Make Way For Music radio show with compere Roger Moffat pictured between the trombones and the trumpets, with script in hand

Concerts For The Coming Week

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Len Phillips Big Band

Hayling Island

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Tuesday 14 May

Echo Four Two Big Band

Whixley

Yorkshire

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Tuesday 14 May

Surrey Jazz Orchestra

Carshalton

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Tuesday 14 May

Swinging at the Cotton Club

Buxton

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Wednesday 15 May

Dan Spanner Big Band

Islington

London

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Wednesday 15 May

Southside Big Band

With Gary Rutter

Kings Heath

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Friday 17 May

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Big Band

With Matthew Ford

Birmingham

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Saturday 18 May

Clare Teal Big Band

Cambridge

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Saturday 18 May

Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra

Cromer

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Saturday 18 May

Girls Only Jazz Orchestra

Salisbury

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Saturday 18 May

Nick Ross Orchestra

Harlow

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Sunday 19 May

Fat Chops Big Band

With Gary Grace

Coventry

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Sunday 19 May

Cedars Big Band

Sticklepath

Barnstaple

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Sunday 19 May

NYJO Nonet

Henley on Thames

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Sunday 19 May

Glenn Miller orchestra UK

Leamington Spa

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Sunday 19 May

Len Phillips Big Band

Sidcup

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 May 2013 22:00