After a long series of European entries, here is finally a compilation by a dancer, DJ, teacher and long time reader Ricky from Australia!
His comment: “I've been loving the alphabet series and discovered some great new songs and I couldn't resist submitting one so here is my 26 songs.”
26 Swing Songs by Ricky Lloyd, Canberra Australia
A Little Bird Told Me – Blue Lu Barker
Buck Them Dice – Fats Waller
Cheek to Cheek – The Darling Buds of May
Dig That Crazy Chick – Sam Butera & The Witness
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo – Michael McQuaid's Red Hot Rhythmakers
Flunky – The Swing Session
Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer – Laverne Baker
Hey Bartender – Floyd Dixon
I Diddle – Dinah Washington
Jeepers Creepers – Hot Jazz Band
Krum Elbow Blues – Mora's Modern Swingtet
Let's Get Drunk And Truck – The Original Salty Dogs Jazz Band
Murder, He Says – Duke Heitger & His Swing Band
Nobody But Me – Lou Rawls
Ochi Chornya – Wingy Manone
Posin’ – Jimmie Lunceford
Quasimodo – Charlie Parker
Red Top – Linoel Hampton
Sympathique – Pink Martini
Tutti Frutti – Slim & Slam
Uncle Bud – Erskine Hawkins
Vem Vet – Lisa Ekdahl
We Cats Will Swing For You – The Cats and The Fiddle
X-Ray Specs – Andy Fite
You Ain't Nowhere – McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Zip Gun Bop – Royal Crown Revue
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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