Jumpin' In (radio programme)

Jumpin' In

Manx Radio logo for Jumpin' In
Genre	Jazz music
Running time	Fridays, 9:00pm-10:00pm
Country of origin	Isle of Man
Language(s)	English
Home station	Manx Radio
Starring	Howard "H" Caine. Chris Caine
Created by	Howard Caine
Original release	13 January 2017 – present
Audio format	FM and MW radio and online
Opening theme	Jumpin' In
Website	http://www.manxradio.com/blog.aspx?blogid=14760

Sweet & Swing, is a radio programme broadcast on Manx Radio and features music from the Big Band Era. The show is jointly presented by Jim "The Jazz" Caine (also known as: "Manx Radio's very own Music Man") along with his son, Howard Caine (who is referred to by Jim Caine as "H"). In January 2017 Manx Radio introduced a sister programme to Swet & Swing. This new programme is titled Jumpin' In and now alternates on Manx Radio's Friday night schedule over a fixed scheduled period.

Sweet & Swing features music from the 1920s through to the 1950s; however music by contemporary Big Bands is also included on the playlist. The programme is transmitted on the station's 9:00pm – 10:00pm slot on Friday nights and is broadcast on FM and MW frequencies as well as world wide through the Manx Radio website.

The programme begins shortly after the conclusion of the previous music slot at 9:00pm. Howard Caine commences each episode with the sentence; "A very good evening to you" and then proceeds to play the show's theme tune, Slow Train Blues by Eric Winstone.

Howard Caine then continues by playing several records as a prelude to the show's main content, which is entitled Featured Artist.

The Featured Artist segment of the show is recorded at the home of Jim Caine, referred to by his co-presenter as "The Maestro" due to his encyclopedic knowledge of the artists and songs of the Sweet & Swing era. Previously Featured Artist would encompass the bulk of the transmission, but in more recent times the format has changed insofar as it now comprises a montage of previous recollections from Jim Caine recalling various artists.

Howard Caine often refers to Jim Caine's house as either "Music Man HQ," "Maestro HQ" or "Maestro Towers" and until the change in format he would begin that particular segment of the show with a brief résumé of the past week's weather before that week's chosen artist was revealed.

Numerous artists have featured over the history of the show, some of whom have been known personally to Jim Caine (an accomplished jazz musician and raconteur in his own right). Such artists which have been featured include a diverse mix of repertoire ranging from the sounds of Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Ray Noble, Harry Roy, Geraldo, Tommy Dorsey, Ambrose, Ted Heath, and Jack Hylton, through the swing era to the modern era with the likes of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra and The RAF Squadronaires.