After a break of two months, we've got a new Jazz Song Alphabet by Bill to share.
He wrote: “I cheated on the X and got all the artists as well other than Q; but I'll argue that Sidney is playing with his Quartet so it counts. :)”
26 Swing Songs by Bill Speidel, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Anything Goes – Ambrose and his Orchestra
Borneo – Bix Beiderbecke
Cruisin’ with Cab – Cab Calloway
Diga Diga Doo – Duke Ellington
Echoes of Harlem – Roy Eldridge Quartet
Fidgety Feet – Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
Gin for Xmas – George Gee and His Jump, Jive and Wailers
Hamfat Swing – Harlem Hamfats
I’m Glad I’m Not Dead (Today’s the Day) – Indigo Swing
Jacquet in the Box – Jonathon Stout and His Campus Five
Kater St. Rag – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Lindy Hop – Lil Armstrong and her New Orleans Wanderers
Mr. Ghost Goes to Town – Mora’s Modern Rhyhmists
Nobody’s Sweetheart Now – Red Nichols & His 5 Pennies
On the Sunny Side of the Street – Sy Oliver’s Orchestra
Page Mr. Trumpet – Pete Johnson
Quiet Please (Live) – Sidney Bechet Quartet
Rhythm – The Spirits of Rhythm
Sweet Safronia – Slim and Slam
The Sheik of Araby – Jack Teagarden
Undecided – Alex Pangman w/ BUcky Pizzarelli
Vibraphonia – Joe Venuti
When I get Low, I Get High – Chick Webb
TeXas TeX – Tex Beneke
You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) – Nikki Yanofsky
Zaggin’ with Zig – Ziggy Elman
You can listen to the alphabet on Spotify:
What is you favorite song in Bill's Jazz Song Alphabet? Leave a comment below!
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