Jazz Song Alphabet Vol. 10 - by Andy Lewis

We reached number 10 and there are even more lists in the queue to be published.

Our next contributor is Andy Lewis aka DJ Straycat. He also created an alphabet and wrote: “Bandwagons are meant to be jumped on, so here's an A-Z list from the UK.”

26 Swing Songs by Andy Lewis, UK

At the Clambake Festival – Cab Calloway
Benny's Bugle – Charlie Christian
Chasing Shadows – Putney Dandridge
Don't Try Your Jive On Me – Danny Polo
Everything Is Jumpin' – Artie Shaw
Fat And Greasy – Fats Waller
Got The Jitters – Don Redman and His Orchestra
Hollywood Pastime – Larry Clinton & Bea Wain
I‘m In Sharp When I Hit The Coast – Big Joe Turner
Jeep Jockey Jump – Glenn Miller
King Porter Stomp – Buddy Featherstonaugh
Lord Deliver Daniel – Clarence Williams
Malady In F – Casa Loma Orchestra
Nickel In The Slot – Wingy Manone
Oriental Swing – Lil Hardin Armstrong
Pussy Willow – Duke Ellington & His Orchestra; Ivie Anderson & Herb Jeffries
Queen Isabella – Edgar Hayes
Rag Mop – Bob Crosby and the Bobcats
Snakehips Swing – Ken ‘Snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band
Town Hall Blues – Bud Freeman
Uptown Shuffle – Erskine Hawkins
Vol Vist Du Gaily Star – Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven
Wailing Interval – Duke Ellington
XYZ – Earl Hines
You Hit My Heart With A Bang – Bob Zurke
Zonky – Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band

Credit: Jazz Song Alphabet is an idea by Veit Hailperin. This series spontaneously emerged from my response to Veit’s blog post “A Jazz Song Alphabet“.

What do you think about the alphabet series? Have you already discovered new songs? Let us know in the comment section below!

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