Every jazz lover of a certain age; it seems; instinctively understands the meaning of swing; when used in a musical context. Stuff Smith; The Spencer Trio; Joe Venuit; Kansas City Six; Artie Shaw truly understood the meaning of swing!
't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
1. Stuff Smith - Upstairs
2. Chick Webb - Ain't Got Nobody/In A Little Spanish Town
3. Bunny Berigan - Chicken And Waffles
4. Louis Jordan - Swingin' In The Coconut Trees
5. Louis Jordan - Doug The Jitterbug
6. The Spencer Trio - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
7. The Spencer Trio - Lorna Doone Shortbread
8. Bud Freeman - Three Little Words
9. Joe Venuti - Raggin' The Scale
10. Adrian Rollini - Josephine
11. Artie Shaw - Dr. Livingstone, I Presume/When The Quail Come Back To San Quentin
12. Kansas City Six - Countless Blues
13. Harry James - Home James
14. Art Tatum - Body & Soul
15. Cleo Brown - I'll Take The South
16. Fats Waller - The Minor Drag
17. New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Oh! Susannah, Dust Off That Old Piano
18. Johnny Dodds - 29th And Dearborn
19. Benny Goodman - China Boy
20. Tommy Dorsey - When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam'