Best Big Band/Swing Song of All Time?
Frangland
27-02-2006, 17:16
Ripping off the punk thread.
What's the best big band/swing song of all time?
Some of the major artists of that time were:
Glen(n) Miller
Tommy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
Guy Lombardo
Duke Ellington
Sammy Kay (?)
Count Bassie (?)
...and many more!
Discuss!
Frangland
27-02-2006, 17:18
Moonlight Serenade & String of Pearls! Glenn Miller was da bomb! Woot!
Drunk commies deleted
27-02-2006, 17:53
Do Cab Calloway and his band count? If so I nominate "The Jumpin' Jive".
The Nazz
27-02-2006, 17:56
I've long been fond of Count Basie's "Jumping at the Woodside" and "One O'Clock Jump."
IL Ruffino
27-02-2006, 18:15
That one with the trumpets.
Vittos Ordination2
27-02-2006, 23:35
Stompin at the Savoy, Christopher Columbus by Benny Goodman
Dododecapod
28-02-2006, 04:21
I must admit to a particular love of "Pennsylvania 6-5000".
Intangelon
28-02-2006, 17:26
"Four Brothers" from Jimmy Giuffre (composer) and Woody Herman's Thundering Herd.
"Shiny Stockings"
"Flight of the Foo Bird"
"Ya Gotta Try"
"Count 'Em"
"Whirlybird"
"Wind Machine"
"Li'l Darlin'"
"Moten Swing"
all via Count Basie
"Cottontail"
"Take the A Train"
"Harlem Air Shaft"
"Caravan"
all via Duke Ellington
"Sing Sing Sing" via Benny Goodman (and the righteous Gene Krupa)
Check out these bands, too:
Frankie Trumbauer
Fletcher Henderson
Lionel Hampton (especially his theme "Flying Home")
Bunny Berigan
Benny Moten
I think the Dorseys and Glenn Miller were okay, but they didn't feature improvisation nearly as much and were mainly meant for swaying, not swinging.