Music of the Jazz and Swing era's
Why is Swing music cool?... It definitely is...!
One of the reasons (without wanting to get TOO technical) is due to its shuffle rhythms that accent the off beats (much like cool reggae music, as opposed to classical and oompah music for example…). It’s this music that’s at the heart of Lindyhop and Jazz dance, so here are a few examples of classic Swing tracks to get your ears around…
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Perdido (1941) Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra |
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Minor Swing (1935) Django_Reinhardt |
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The Goon Drag (1941) Lester Young |
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Smooth Sailing (1953) Ella Fitzgerald |
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Tuxedo Junction Erskine Hawkins and his orchestra |
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Harlem Madness (1932) Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra |
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'Taint what you (it's the way 'hat you do it) Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra |
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Beale Street Blues (1927) Jelly Roll Morton |
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Perdido Street Blues (1940) Louis Armstrong and his orchestra |
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Savoy (1946) Lucky Millinder and his orchestra |
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Hit that Jive Jack Skeets Tolbert and his gentlemen of swing |
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Flat Foot Floogie Slim and Slam |
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Everybody eats when they come to my house (1940) Cab Calloway and his orchestra |
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Skaters Waltz in Swingtime (1939) Bob Crosby and his orchestra |
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Jumpin' at the woodside Count Basie and his orchestra |
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Love me or leave me (1934) Benny Goodman and his orchestra |