In the evening three days ago, Oliver submitted his list on Facebook and wrote:
“Since a while there is that Swing-alphabet craze going on! So sure I am in need to pull out a list too! But today I had a deep desire to Swing Out! So here are 26 songs of uptempo swing out madness!”
Consequently, the following list also includes BPM.
26 Swing Songs by Oliver Fuhrmann, Berlin Germany
all god's children got rhythm – bunny berigan & his orch – 200bpm
back beat boogie – harry james and his orchestra – 195bpm
carney-val in rhythm – billy taylor's big 8 – 205bpm
do you wanna jump, children? – count basie – 210bpm
every man for himself – coleman hawkins – 235bpm
flying home – lionel hampton and his orchestra – 195bpm
g.t. somp – earl fatha hines – 255bpm
harlem shout – jimmy lunceford – 195bpm
in the groove at the grove – chick webb – 190bpm
jumpin' at the woodside – count basie – 235bpm
knock,knock who’s there – fletcher henderson – 220bpm
little john special – lucky millinder and his orchestra – 210bpm
my blue heaven – glenn miller & his orch – 255bpm
number 19 – earl fatha hines – 210bpm
old joe's hittin' the jug – stuff smith & onyx club boys – 255bpm
passage interdit – glenn miller army air force band – 230bpm
queen isabel – cab calloway & his orch – 185bpm
riff time – erskine hawkins – 210bpm
swingtime in the rockies – benny goodman and his orchestra – 230bpm
traffic jam – artie shaw and his orchestra – 260bpm
up jumped the devil – earl fatha hines – 180bpm
vamp – frankie newton – 210bpm
whoa babe – lionel hampton – 195bpm
x y z – earl hines & his orch – 295bpm
yellow fire – roy eldridge 250bpm
zootcase – stan getz – 235bpm
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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