The penultimate installment – and with the usual MixCloud and Spotify links. Enjoy!
I’ve also created a Spotify playlist to host all the tracks (or all the ones i can find on Spotify anyway) – and each week, I’ll keep adding the tracks for the week. You can find it here!
| Track | Artist | Album | Time | BPM | Plays | |
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| 20 | Take It From The Top | Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra | Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934-1941) (disc 7) | 2:57 | 161 | 150 |
| This is just classic Chick / Ella – a gorgeous track from the Savoy’s heyday. Listen on Spotify |
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| 19 | The Goon Drag (Gone Wid De Goon) | Sammy Price And His Texas Blusicians | Swing Time – The World’s Greatest Jazz Collection 1933-1957: Vol. 74 | 3:08 | 142 | 151 |
| Basie’s sidemen, having a lot of fun without Basie. Sammy Price on the piano. Listen on Spotify |
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| 18 | Effervescent Blues | John Kirby and His Orchestra | 1940/1941 Loch Lomond | 2:42 | 135 | 153 |
| John Kirby, a wonderful bass player, led one of the greatest jazz bands of his time… Listen on Spotify |
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| 17 | Shake It | Jelly Roll Morton | Jelly Roll Morton Selected Hits Vol. 7 | 2:50 | 149 | 155 |
| A taste of New Orleans, from one of the biggest characters in jazz. Listen on Spotify |
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| 16 | You Hit My Heart With A Bang | Bob Zurke | Honky Tonk Train Blues | 2:43 | 169 | 155 |
| Such a great track – some neat breaks, fantastic swinging instrumentals – it’s a real blast to dance to. Listen on Spotify |
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| 15 | Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho (10-15-46) | Kid Ory | Complete Jazz Series 1945 – 1950 | 3:11 | 159 | 158 |
| There’s about a million great swing versions of Joshua. This is one of my favourites. Listen on Spotify |
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| 14 | T’Ain’t What You Do | Jimmie Lunceford | The Genius Of | 3:07 | 159 | 163 |
| So… according to this, I’ve DJ’d at least 163 Shim Shams. I’m so sorry… Listen on Spotify |
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| 13 | Oakland To Burbank | Ray Noble | Noble Classics | 3:08 | 154 | 172 |
| There’s not a lot of great danceable swing from Ray Noble – but this track is great. Listen on Spotify |
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| 12 | C Jam Blues | Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra | Live In Swing City Swingin’ Wi | 3:17 | 145 | 177 |
| It’s a great version of C Jam, but also a seriously overplayed one. Still great. Listen on Spotify |
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| 11 | Wang Wang Blues (Straycat Edit) | Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band | Kid Ory New Orleans Jazz Man | 3:47 | 154 | 177 |
| A great track once it gets going – but that I do find that intro a little long and tedious. Which is why I play one of my edits, where I trimmed the intro right back. Sorry, Mr Ory… Listen on Spotify |
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Footnote: – For anyone who doesn’t know the term, BPM is short for Beats Per Minute, and is a standard way for DJs to measure track speed.
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