AETN Presents; On the Front Row with Jack Mitchell and His Big Band

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You You You Aetn presents front row with
Jack Mitchell and his big band taped in front of a live audience at the University of Central, Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds performance hall We want to do something a little different tonight the band is going to tune up Oh So now We're gonna start off with a tune called strike up the band
Of the the this is a world war two thing I guess the most famous band of all would be Glenn Miller's and We want to really start our program off with the Miller's theme song Moonlight serenade Oh
Thank you the next
two we're gonna do here is something featuring our vocalist Susan wiser Oh You You
Thank you, Ella This time it's a tune from the late 30s it was still a big hit all during the war Remember during the war For two years and two months they were not allowed to record because of the union restrictions on it So we had to get along with a lot of the old tunes. So this is one of them. I called all of me Oh All of me
Can't you see I'm no good Take my lips Oh can I go on dear without you Oh Oh
Oh My heart Was affected by world war two it was always it was in Europe long before it hit us and Real popular song that came
out of world war two was called a foggy day
Okay, this last two we're gonna play for you as a famous Benny Goodman song sing sing sing
I'll tell
you what we'll do if I can fix my drum, I just almost think fell apart I'll tell you what play you talk to him Not bad for an 84 year old drummer That's what he tells everybody anyway We're lucky it's only the drum falling apart up here Okay, we're gonna do route 66 for you. It's one of our favorites Oh
Oh If you ever planned to move the West Travel my
way that's the highway that's the best Get your kicks on 66 It was from Chicago to LA More than 2000 miles all the way That's your kicks on The city looks somebody pretty and see Gallup New Mexico flexive Arizona don't forget when on a king Get into this time When you take that California trick Get
your kicks
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Series
AETN Presents
Episode
On the Front Row with Jack Mitchell and His Big Band
Producing Organization
Arkansas Educational TV Network
Contributing Organization
Arkansas Educational TV Network (Conway, Arkansas)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-111-87brvbx7
NOLA Code
ARAF 000507 [SDBA]
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Description
Description
After many years as a side man, playing drums for some of the best bands and singers in America, Jack Mitchell organized his own 15-member big band in order to play the kind of music he wanted to present to the public- solid danceable and listening music. Mitchell has twice taken big bands to Washington, D.C., to play for Presidential Inaugural Balls. His Big Band has won the Ozark Music Award as best swing/jazz band. This versatile organization presents a wide range of music from beautiful ballads to waltzes, Latin, and swing. For this program, all the music will be from the WWII era and will be part of AETN's "The War" programming.
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Producing Organization: Arkansas Educational TV Network
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Arkansas Educational TV Network (AETN)
Identifier: cpb-aacip-e7f5b609d4e (Filename)
Generation: Master
Color: Color
Duration: 00:26:53:10
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Chicago: “AETN Presents; On the Front Row with Jack Mitchell and His Big Band,” Arkansas Educational TV Network, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 24, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-111-87brvbx7.
MLA: “AETN Presents; On the Front Row with Jack Mitchell and His Big Band.” Arkansas Educational TV Network, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 24, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-111-87brvbx7>.
APA: AETN Presents; On the Front Row with Jack Mitchell and His Big Band. Boston, MA: Arkansas Educational TV Network, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-111-87brvbx7