Denny Farrell’s Original Big Band Showcase covers all of the great big bands and jazz groups of our times, from the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s, ’50s and today. Hosted by Denny Farrell, “The Original Big Band Showcase” is heard around the world and is considered the best link to the past, with the door wide open to the future for top-quality musicians and artists.
Denny Farrell’s award-winning “Original Big Band Showcase” airs every Saturday night right from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. Central. Toll free request line: .
Also available: Denny Farrell’s Late Night Chicago Radio, which airs on WCGO Sundays from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. Central.
ABOUT THE HOST
Meet your host, Denny Farrell, Big Band Hall of Fame inductee and winner of the National Ballroom & Entertainment Association's Award for his outstanding radio show. Denny is one of Chicago's “very own” and is rated as one of the top broadcasters in the country with his very distinctive format that combines swing, sweet, Dixieland, and jazz. Denny's background is like a who's who in the big band & jazz industry.
Announcing chores have tied him to such greats as: Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Sammy Kaye, Bob Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Ralph Marterie, Harry James, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Guy Lombardo, Maynard Ferguson, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Red Norvo, Helen Forrest, Peggy Lee, Artie Shaw, The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Larry O'Brien, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Lee Castle, to name only a few.
Denny has also been the voice for many well-known companies and organizations, including Delta Airlines, Motorola, Jewel and Dominick's grocery stores, Cadillac, Northwestern University, AARP, Gerber Collision & Glass, the U.S. Government, Loyola Hospital, Caterpillar Inc, Applebees, Air-o-Swiss, Alexian Brothers Hospital, ComEd, and many more!
Learn more at www.dennyfarrell.com and thevoicebank.com.
