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For Dancers Only: A Lindy Hop CompilationJazz/Essential. How often does one find a single CD full of Lindy Hop songs — that’s a question DJ’s often ask themselves. Well, here’s one, because it’s a compilation created by swing DJ’s! Included are songs from Jay McShann, Clark Terry, Junior Mance and Al Grey. Definitely check [...]

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Barbara Morrison Live at the 9:20 Special Jazz/Essential. This is a must have for any modern-day Lindy Hopper and Jazz fan. Barbara has an incredible voice as well as personality and spunk, and that certainly shows in this [...]

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Live in Swing City - Swingin’ With Duke - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. An Essential. Favorites include Happy Go-Lucky Local, C-Jam Blues, Bli-Blip, and the lesser known, but equally good Black and Tan Fantasy. This album might be [...]

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Are You Hep to the Jive? - Cab Calloway. An Essential. Contains some very fun songs. Subjects include marriage, food, jungle animals!
Song list:
1. Boo-Wah Boo-Wah
2. Are You All Reet?
3. Hey Now, Hey Now
4. Everybody Eats When They Come To My House
5. Are You Hep To The Jive?
6. The Calloway Boogie
7. Hep Cat’s Love [...]

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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin, Too! - various. An Essential. More of the same lounge feel type of big band music.
Song list:
1. Frenesi - Eydie Gorme
2. Night And Day - Steve Lawrence
3. Charade - Bobby Darin
4. A Lot Of Livin’ To Do - Nancy Wilson
5. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days - [...]

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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin - various. An Essential. As much as the lay-person may refer to the sounds on this disc as elevator music, this album, along with it’s sequel contains many dance-able tracks, all in Hi-Fi, and yes, “lounge-y”. After all, with songs by several members of the Rat Pack, what [...]

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Oscillatin’ Rhythm: Great Swing Hits in Hi-Fi- various. An Essential. Containing 19 tracks, this album high quality stereo renditions of traditional big band swing music. Tempos vary, and you will find plenty of songs to which you can Lindy, ECS, Balboa/Shag.
1. Apollo Jumps - [...]

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Really Swingin’: Frankie Manning’s Big Band Favorites - various artists. An Essential. One of the best ways to start your collection, this album contains 16 tracks of big band swing music picked out by the man himself, Frankie Manning.
Songs in this album:
1. Shiny Stockings - Count Basie & His Orchestra
2. Swingin’ At Newport - [...]

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