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Question:I am doing a dance with my dance partner thats going to be a swing/tap type thing.
I want it to be fast and fun, something big band-y.
If you can, give me the title of the song and the performers of the best arrangement.
thanks so much!


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am doing a dance with my dance partner thats going to be a swing/tap type thing.
I want it to be fast and fun, something big band-y.
If you can, give me the title of the song and the performers of the best arrangement.
thanks so much!

Contemporary Musicians

Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra - Bill's Bounce, Streamliner
Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - Gangster of Love
Boilermaker's Jazz Band - I Wanna Be a Rug Cutter
George Gee - Sent for you Yesterday, Here You Come Today
Jonathon Stout and the Campus Five - Boog It, Massachusetts
Lavay Smith - Evil Gal Blues
Lincoln Jazz Center Orchestra - C Jam Blues
Solomon Douglas Swingtet - For Dancer's Only
Stompy Jones - Mondine, 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days

"Neo-Swing"

Atomic Fireballs - Hit by a Brick
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Go Daddy-O
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump, Jive and Wail
Indigo Swing - Another Day in LA
Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos - Mr. Zoot Suit
Royal Crown Revue - Hey! Pachuco
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell, Put a Lid on It

Jump Blues

Big Joe Turner - Evenin'
Bull Moose Jackson - Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
Cleanhead Vinson - Juicehead Woman
Louis Jordan - Caldonia, Cole Slaw, Saturday Night Fish Fry
Ruth Brown - Daddy, Daddy, Teardrops from my Eyes
Wynonie Harris - All She Wants to Do is Rock, Good morning Judge

Big Band Era:

Artie Shaw - Man From Mars, Traffic Jam
Benny Goodman - Rose Room, the Standard
Count Basie - Splanky, Corner Pocket
Django Reinhardt - St. Louis Blues
Duke Ellington - Take the A Train
Gene Krupa - Drum Boogie
Lionel Hampton - Lavendar Coffin
Lucky Millinder - Apollo Jump
Sidney Bechet - Viper Mad
Tommy Dorsey - At the Fat Man's