Jazz Song Alphabet Vol. 25 – by Paulo Rodrigues

This alphabet comes Portugal.

Paulo wrote: “I'm not really a professional DJ, but I do DJ swing for our Lindy Hop community in Lisbon, Portugal. I've just published my take on the jazz alphabet, so I invite you to listen to it.

Hope you have as much fun listening to it as I did making it 😉

I did not look at the other playlists in order to avoid the songs being repeated. That would've been a bigger challenge, probably too big to handle!”

26 Swing Songs by Paulo Rodrigues, Lisbon Portugal

Always – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes – Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
Cuttin' the Campus – John Kirby and His Orchestra
Don't Be That Way – Teddy Wilson
Evenin' – Jones-Smith Incorporated
Fiddle Dee Dee – Lionel Hampton and His Sextette
Good Queen Bess – Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
Hello Dolly – Louis Armstrong
Indiana – Oscar Peterson Trio
Jump Through the Window – Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra
Keep Smilin' – John Kirby & His Orchestra
Love Must Be Catchin' – Julie London
Mack The Knife (live in Berlin) – Ella Fitzgerald
No Soap, No Hope Blues – Anita O'Day
Out to Lunch – Coleman Hawkins Quintet
Put a Lid on It – Squirrel Nut Zippers
Queen Isabelle – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
Royal Garden Blues – Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
Spring Cleaning – Fats Waller and His Rhythm
The Gal From Joe’s – Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
Une Petit Laitue – Roy “King Jazz” Elridge and His Orchestra
Viper’s Dream – Quintette du Hot Club de France
Well, All Right Then – Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Xico – Luisa Sobral
You Showed Me the Way – Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders
Zozoi – Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra


Paulo also published the alphabet on his blog (with a 8tracks playable widget).

The text is in Portuguese: he is describing how he got to make this playlist – seeing Veit's post first, and then the other ones on this website.

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

photo: andrewatla