Conductors featured regularly on Big Band Special included American jazz trombonist Jiggs Whigham, leading British arrangers Mark Nightingale and Steve Sidwell, the BBC Big Band's baritone saxophonist Jay Craig and Jöerg Achim Keller.
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Presented by Sheila Tracy from 1979 until 2001, other presenters have included Stacey Kent (2001–2004) and Helen Mayhew (2004–2006).
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