Synopsis

Jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal evokes the vibrant atmosphere of the swing band era – the 1930s and 1940s – through recreations of the music performed by Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Conductor James Pearson, leading the Count Pearson Proms Band, faces off against Grant Windsor of the Duke Windsor Proms band in a thrilling musical contest, with vocalists Gregory Porter and Vula Malinga lending their voices to the fray. The performance builds to a spectacular, rousing finale designed to