New album from Royal Air Force Squadronaires & Todd Gordon

NEW CD RELEASE

The Royal Air Force Squadronaires and Todd Gordon release Helping the Heroes in the UK on November 5th.

This is the acclaimed big band's first vocal album and Todd duets on several tracks with wonderful guest vocalists (see artwork). Featuring new arrangements, it's a great "feel-good" album, recorded under the watchful eyes and ears of veteran producer Ken Barnes who's worked with many of "the greats" such as Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Fred Astaire, Johnny Mercer and Jack Jones.

All profits from the sale of the album will go to the British charity, Help for Heroes.

You can order it now from Amazon and other online retailers as well as record stores - and click here for the first review...

"Helping The Heroes brings some of Britain's finest singers together with one of the country's best big bands. The result is a definitive big band album: dynamic, technically impressive and hugely enjoyable." - All About Jazz (Canada)

Playlist: 29 Oct 2012 (4pm UKT) & 2 Nov 2012 (5pm PST)

Intro: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - from Todd Gordon's forthcoming album with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires, Helping the Heroes

1. Sunday - Frank Sinatra: Swing Easy

2. Deep in the Night - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand

3. The Song Is You - Vic Damone: Live in Las Vegas

4. Days of Wine and Roses - Peggy Lee: Mink Jazz

5. Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Dean Martin: This Time I'm Swingin'

6. Travellin' Blues - Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck: Take Five

7. Save the Last Dance for Me - Harry Connick Jr: Only You

8. Now It Can Be Told - Ella Fitzgerald: Irving Berlin Songbook

9. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle - Teresa Brewer & Count Basie: The Songs of Bessie Smith

10. Well, So Long - Tina May: No More Hanky Panky!

11. Slide, Mr Trombone - Ernie Andrews: In the Dark

12. Lonely Town - Blossom Dearie: Blossom Dearie Sings Comden & Green

13. I Get a Kick Out of You - Frank Sinatra: Live from Las Vegas

14. Before Love Went Out of Style - Cleo Laine & Dudley Moore: Smilin' Through

15. Every Time It Rains - Jacqui Dankworth: Back to You

16. Me and My Shadow - Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr: The Summit

Playlist: 22 Oct 2012 (4pm UKT) & 26 Oct 2012 (5pm PST)

Intro: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - from Todd Gordon's forthcoming album with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires, Helping the Heroes

1. Poor Butterfly - Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington: Francis A & Edward K

2. Stairway to the Stars - Johnny Hartman: I Just Dropped By to Say Hello

3. Down Among the Sheltering Palms - Bing Crosby: Bing with a Beat

4. I'm Through with Love - Bob Manning: Lonely Spell

5. Honey, Honey (Bless Your Heart) - Perry Como: Como Swings

6. Moments Like This - Tony Bennett: The Art of Excellence

7. If You Live the Life, You Pay the Price - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones!

8. Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays

9. Brazil - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me

10. Cherry Red - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues

11. When Joanna Loved Me - Matt Monro: Here's to My Lady

12. My Kind of Girl - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?

13. The Girl from Ipanema - Sammy Davis Jr & Count Basie: Our Shining Hour

14. Make Someone Happy - Jimmy Durante: Jimmy Durante's Way of Life

15. Come In from the Rain - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

16. I Love Paris - Long John Baldry: Looking at Long John Baldry

17. And I Love Her - Jack Jones: There's Love and There's Love and There's Love

18. Isle of Capri - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me

Playlist: 15 Oct 2012 (4pm UKT) & 19 Oct 2012 (5pm PST)

Intro: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - from Todd Gordon's forthcoming album with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires, Helping the Heroes

1. Three Coins in the Fountain - Frank Sinatra: The Capitol Singles Collection (Disc 1)

2. Some of These Days - Jimmy Rushing: The Jazz Odessey of James Rushing Esq

3. Everyday I Have the Blues - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings Again

4. Please Be Kind - Mavis Rivers & Red Norvo: We Remember Mildred Bailey

5. Gotta Travel On - The Hi-Lo's: The Hi-Lo's Happen to Folk Songs

6. You Make Me Feel Brand New - Peggy Lee: Let's Love

7. Just One of Those Things - Billie Holiday: Songs for Distingue Lovers

8. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Carmen McRae: Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics

9. That's Enough - Burton Cummings: Burton Cummings

10. Long Ago (and Far Away) - Jo Stafford: The Best of the Capitol Years

11. A Fine Romance - Ella Fitzgerald: Jerome Kern Songbook

12. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Dinah Washington: Dinah

13. Pick Yourself Up - Mark Murphy: Crazy Rhythm

14. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night

Playlist: 8 Oct 2012 (4pm UKT) & 12 Oct 2012 (5pm PST)

Intro: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - from Todd Gordon's forthcoming album with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires, Helping the Heroes

1. If You Go Away - Frank Sinatra: My Way

2. I'm Beginning to See the Light - Rosemary Clooney & Woody Herman: My Buddy

3. Nature Boy - Johnny Hartman: For Trane

4. If You Could See Me Now - Sarah Vaughan: Send in the Clowns

5. My Shining Hour - Ernestine Anderson: Nver Make Your Move Too Soon

6. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) - Frank Sinatra: Nice 'n' Easy

7. Amtrak Blues - Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues

8. Do It Again - Trudy Richards: Crazy in Love!

9. Gone with the Wind - Ella Fitzgerald: Live from The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver

10. Bridges - Andy Bey: Tuesdays in Chinatown

11. Charleston - Louis Prima: Louis Prima

12. Street of Dreams - Billy May & His Orchestra with The Encores: Capitol Single

13. All of Me - Dinah Washington: Newport '58

14. Watcha Know, Joe? - Jo Stafford: Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey

15. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Tony Bennett: Tony Sings for Two