A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Maria

Lovely how this is still alive! Sunday I got a message from DJ Maria from Athens, Greece who sent me her Jazz Song Alphabet. Enjoy her lovely list of juicy songs!

Alreet – Gene Krupa & his Orchestra

Boo Woo – Harry James And The Boogie Woogie Trio

Charleston – Enoch Light & the Charleston City All Stars

Diga Diga Doo – Rex Stewart & the Ellingtonians

Everybody Loves My Baby – Glenn Miller & his Orchestra

Fractious Fingering – Fats Waller

Get Your Boots Laced, Papa – Woody Herman

Hotter than ‘Ell – Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra

I’d Love to Take Orders from You – Mildred Bailey

Just You, Just Me – Red Norvo & his Orchestra

Krazy Kapers – The Chocolate Dandies

Let’s Misbehave – Irving Aaronson & his Commanders

My Woman – Al Bowlly with Lew Stone and his Monseigneur Band

Nosey Joe – Bull Moose Jackson

Old Man Mose – Louis Armstrong

Perfidia – Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with Helen Forrest

Queen Isabelle – Cab Calloway & his Orchestra

Ring ‘Dem Bells – Duke Ellington & his Orchestra

Splanky – Count Basie & his Orchestra

That’s a Plenty – Louisiana Rhythm Kings

Undecided – Chick Webb & his Orchestra feat. Ella Fitzgerald

Vol Vistu Gaily Star – Tommy Dorsey & Clambake 7

Who stole the lock – Jack Bland & his Rhythmakers

X Y Z – Earl “Fatha” Hines

You’ve Got Me Voodoo’d – Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra

Zig Zag – Casa Loma Orchestra

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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Paulo

Paulo Rodrigues aka DJ Paulo from Lisbon, Portugal from That Old Swing Magic gets his grove on and made this Jazz Song Alphabet:








Always - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes - Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
Cuttin' the Campus - John Kirby and His Orchestra
Don't Be That Way - Teddy Wilson
Evenin' - Jones-Smith Incorporated
Fiddle Dee Dee - Lionel Hampton and His Sextette
Good Queen Bess - Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong
Indiana - Oscar Peterson Trio
Jump Through the Window - Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra
Keep Smilin' - John Kirby & His Orchestra
Love Must Be Catchin' - Julie London
Mack The Knife (live in Berlin) - Ella Fitzgerald
No Soap, No Hope Blues - Anita O'Day
Out to Lunch - Coleman Hawkins Quintet
Put a Lid on It - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Queen Isabelle - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
Royal Garden Blues - Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
Spring Cleaning - Fats Waller and His Rhythm
The Gal From Joe’s - Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
Une Petit Laitue - Roy "King Jazz" Elridge and His Orchestra
Viper’s Dream - Quintette du Hot Club de France
Well, All Right Then - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Xico - Luisa Sobral
You Showed Me the Way - Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders
Zozoi - Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra


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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Superheidi

The first Jazz Song Alphabet from Rotterdam, Netherlands found its way to me. I'm happy to post DJ Superheidi's alphabet here. Don't miss this one!



Ay-Ay-Ay – Bunny Berigan
Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four – Will Bradley & Ray McKinley
Carioca – Artie Shaw
Down Home Jump – Lionel Hampton
Exactly Like You – Count Basie
Flying Home – Charlie Barnet
Gin Mill Special – Erskine Hawkins
How About That Mess – Lucky Millinder
I Gotta Swing – Blanche Calloway
Jumpin’ Jive – Ella Fitzgerald
Kingdom of Swing – Benny Goodman
Long Gone From Bowling Green – Willie Bryant
Malady in F – Glen Gray & Casa Loma Orchestra
Now They Call it Swing – Teddy Wilson & Billie Holiday
Organ Grinder’s Swing – Frank Froeba
Please Don’t Squabble – Harlan Leonard & His Rockets
Quatre Tickets – Alix Combelle
Riffin’ – Fletcher Henderson
Stompy Jones – Duke Ellington
There’s Rhythm in Harlem – Mills Blue Rhytym Band
Ultrafox – Quintette du Hot Club de France
Vid Den Gamla Kvarnen – Sonora “Swing Swingers”
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Kansas City Six
XIT Song – Billy Briggs
You Must Be Losing Your Mind – Fats Waller
Zuiderzee Blues – Freddy Johnson & the Rambler

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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Mad Oli

Oliver Fuhrmann aka DJ Mad Oli sends an alphabet. He is from Berlin, Germany and thus this is already the third alphabet from there!







All God's Children Got Rhythm - Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra
Back Beat Boogie - Harry James and His Orchestra
Carney-Val In Rhythm - Billy Taylor's Big 8
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? - Count Basie
Every man For Himself - Coleman Hawkins
Flying Home - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
G.T. Somp - Earl Fatha Hines
Harlem Shout - Jimmy Lunceford
In The Groove At The Grove - Chick Webb
Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie
Knock, Knock Who's There - Fletcher Henderson
Little John Special - Luckky Millinder
My Blue Heaven - Glenn Miller
Number 19 - Earl Fatha Hines
Old Joe's Hittin' The Jug - Stuff Smith & Onyx Club Boys
Passage Interdit - Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band
Queen Isabel - Cab Calloway
Riff Time - Erskine Hawkins
Swingtime In The Rockies - Benny Goodman
Traffic Jam - Artie Shaw
Up Jumped The Devil - Earl Fatha Hines
Vamp - Frankie Newton
X Y Z - Earl Hines
Yellow Fire - Roy Eldridge
Zootcase - Stan Getz

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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Kris

This alphabet comes from a real Ghentleman. It's Kris Bauwens aka DJ Kris from Ghent, Belgium.





At The Fat Man’s – Tommy Dorsey
Baby Face – Kid Ory and His Orchestra
Cote Azur – Fud Candrix Orchestra
Dutch Treat – Rex Stewart
Easy Come Easy Go Blues – Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards
Fade Out – Edmond Hall
Ginger Belle – Horace Henderson
Hot Lips – Red Nichols
I Found A New Baby – Charlie Christian
Jumpin Pumpkins – Duke Ellington
Keep Rockin’ – Harlan Leonard
Lafayette – Hot Lips Page
Meet The Band – Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
Now You’re Talking My Language – Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores
Octave Jump – Bob Chester
Posin’ – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
Queen Isabella – Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Struttin’ With Some Barbecue – George Wettling
This Way Out – Johnny Long
Uncle Bud – Erskine Hawkins
Virginia Plain – The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
Wir Tanzen Weiter – Stan Brenders Orchestra
XYZ – Earl Hines
You’ve Been Takin’ Lessons – Mound City Blue Blowers
Zero – Wingy Manone and His Orchestra

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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Joanna

Another DJane sent me the letters she likes to fill her words with. It's Joanna Lucero aka as DJ Joanna from Austin, Texas, USA with her alphabet!



At the Clambake Carnival - Cab Calloway
Blue Leaf Clover - Firecracker Jazz Band
Clambake in B Flat - Jimmy Noone
Doin' the Suzie-Q - Lil Hardin Armstrong
Egg Head - Benny Goodman
Feltner Alley Drag - Albanie and her Fellas
Give a Broken Heart a Break - Cleo Brown
Hawkins Barrel House - Bill Coleman
If You're a Viper - Harlem Hamfats
Just Floatin' Along - Roy Eldridge
Krum Elbow Blues - Duke Ellington
Lamplighter - Lionel Hampton
My Bucket's Got a Hole In It - Tin Pan Blues Band
No Calling Card - Wingy Manone
Onyx Club Spree - Stuff Smith
Page Mr. Trumpet - Pete Johnson
Queen Isabella - Edgar Hayes
Roll, Roll, Roll - Hot Lips Page
Spanish Shawl - Kid Ory
Throwing The Switch - Earl Hines
Uptown Shuffle - Erskine Hawkins
Viper's Dream - Mona's Hot Four
Wild Man Blues - Johnny Dodds
You Took My Man - Barney Bigard
Zigeuner - Artie Shaw


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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Sandrine

Get your ears tickled by Sandrine Gressier aka as DJ Sandrine from Toulouse, France. Let this new alphabet get you in the groove.





All Of Me - Duke Ellington
Besame Mucho - Wingy Manone
Corner Pocket [Aka Until I Met You] - Count Basie
Dipsy Doodle - Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald
Easy Does It - The Smoothies
Fuzzy Wuzzy - The Three Peppers
Good Morning - Jan Savitt
Happy Feet - Willie Lewis
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music - Mound City Blue Blowers
Jesse - Harry James
Knock-Kneed Sal (On the Mourner's Bench) - Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lafayette - Hot Lips Page
Minor Swing - The Boilermaker Jazz Band
Nagasaki - Charlie Barnet
Opus One - The Mills Brothers
Pussy In The Corner - Teddy Powell
Quand J'etais P'tit - Les Pommes De Ma Douche
Red Duster Rag - Kenny Baker
Shivers - The Ramblers & Theo Uden Masman
Troubled - Frankie Trumbauer
Up And At 'Em - Ben Bernie
Vol Vistu Gaily Star - Tommy Dorsey
Walk, Jenni, Walk - Benny Goodman
X-Temporaneous Boogie - Camille Howard (I played a lot this song, but some years ago !!)
Yacht Club Swing - Fats Waller
Zumba - Freddy Johnson


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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Impulse

Yet another Jazz Song Alphabet from Germany's capital Berlin. It's Joerg Heidemann aka DJ Impulse who sends a completely different compilation with tunes ranging from current artists to the oldies. Enjoy!


Ah Now - Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart 
Blue Drag - Freddy Taylor
Cheatin' Cheech - Joe Marsala
Definition Of Swing - Will Hudson and His Orchestra
Exactly Like You - Preservation Hall Hot 4
Fine And Mellow Blues - Nellie Lutcher
Gotta Be This Or That - Joe Marsala
Harlem - Harry Roy and his Tiger-Rag-A-Muffins
It Only Took A Kiss - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Jacquet And No Vest - Illinois Jacquet
Kansas City Riffs (LP Version) - Buster Smith
Let's Get Together - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Melody In Swing - Don Byas
Never Heard Of Such Stuff - Joe Sullivan
Oh! Baby - Eddie Condon
Pop Goes The Weasel - Raymond Scott and his Orchestra
Quiet Whiskey - Wynonie Harris
Red Hot Pepper - Wynton Marsalis
She'll Keep the Devil Dancing on your Heart - Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3
Take It Easy (2009 Digital Remaster) - Leo Mathiesen
Untitled-Slipped Disc - Benny Goodman
The Vamp - Boots & His Buddies
Wild Romantic Blues - Nellie McKay
Xdono - Alfredo Rey E Sua Orchestra
Your Feets Too Big - Mos Def
Zaza - Rex Stewart


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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Chrisbe

Christian Bossert aka DJ Chrisbe, a DJ from Zürich was one of the first ones to respond to the challenge and spelled the following.






At Soundown – George Van Eps 
Better Off Dead (2004 version)  - Linnzi Zaorski 
Caprice XXIV Paganini – Benny Goodman 
Don’t Mention It – Flavio Ambrosetti Sextett 
Evenin’ – Jones Smith Inc.
Flying Home – Jerry Thomas Swingtet
Goon Drag – Sammy Price and His Texas Bluesicians  
Harlem - Scott Wood & His Orchestra
If I Had You – Alix Combelle
Jazz A La Carte – Barney Bigard
Keep On Churnin’ – Wynonie Harris
Lumby – Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra  
Mahogany Hall Stomp – Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra
Number 26 In The Book – Original Teddies
Oh, I’m Evil – Una Mae Carlisle
Paris Blues - Django Reinhardt
Queen Isabelle – Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Reaxatious – Rex Stewart  
Some Of These Days – Joe Liggins
Texas Chatter – Harry James
Unsophisticated Sue – Jimmie Lunceford  
Vilia – Artie Shaw  
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans – Bill Coleman  
Xyz – Earl Hines
Yes, My Darling Daughter – Glenn Miller
Zig Zag – Casa Loma Orchestra

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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Dmitry

From Moscow, Russia Dmitry Smolin aka DJ Dmitry sends me an alphabet with lots of goodies!






Ain't It Nice - Alex Hill
Blue, Turning Grey Over You - Fats Waller
Chew Chew Your Bubble Gum - Larry Clinton
Down South Camp Meeting - Glenn Miller
Easy To Get - Eddie Condon
Flash - Harry James
Gentleman Jim - Woody Herman
Hot and Anxious - Don Redman
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Muggsy Spanier
Johnny, Get Your Horn and Blow It - Lionel Hampton
King Porter Stomp - Kansas City Band
Limehouse Blues - Ella Fitzgerald
Meet The Band - Edgar Hayes
No Name Jive - Charlie Barnet
One O'Clock Jump - Chick Webb
Pick-A-Rib - Benny Goodman
Quiet Please - Tommy Dorsey
Red Duster Rag - Kenny Baker
Stuff, Etc - Adrian Rollini
Tailspin - Dorsey Brothers
Up Jumped The Devil - Earl Hines
V-Day Stomp - The Four Clefs
Walkin' The Dog - Claude Hopkins
You Shall Reap What You Sow - Lil Hardin Armstrong
Zooming At The Zombie - John Kirby

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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Steve Conrad

After the open call for jazz song alphabets fellow DJ Steve Conrad from Phoenix, AZ, USA just sent me his alphabet. Enjoy!

DJ Steve Conrad says:
"I would love for people to find new music that does something for them like this list does for me."

Accentuate the Positive - Aretha Franklin
Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band
Communication - Slim and Slam
Do Your Duty - Tuba Skinny
Effervescent Blues - John Kirby
For Dancers Only - Billy May Orchestra
Goody, Goody - Jonathan Stout and HIs Campus Five
Hallelujah, I Love Him So - Peggy Lee
I Like Pie - Gordon Webster
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico - Sidney Bechet
Killin' Jive - Cats & The Fiddle
La Vie En Rose - Eddie Condon
Moten Swing - Kansas City Band
Nature Boy - Johnny Hartman
On Revival Day - LaVern Baker
Poetry Cocktail - Candye Kane
Queen Bee Blues - Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Rockhouse - Ray Charles
Shake That Thing - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald
Uncle Epp's Dream - Skeets Tolbert
Violent Love - The Big Three Trio
When I Get Low, I Get HIgh - Linnzi Zoarski
X-Ray Blues - Ray Charles & MIlt Jackson
Yacht Club Swing - Fats Waller
Zoot - Count Basie
 
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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Mitya

After the open call for jazz song alphabets Mitya Kuznetsov aka DJ Mitya from Moscow, Russia sent me his alphabet. Enjoy!

DJ Mitya says:
"Several overplayed and several not very popular songs for a good balboa party."



Air Mail Special Delivery - Harry James
Blue Skies - Ella Fitzgerald
Caribbean Clipper - Glenn Miller
Diga Diga Doo - Artie Shaw
Everybody's Truckin' - Modern Mountaineers
Farewell Blues - Delta Four
Georgia Jubilee - Gene Krupa
Haven't Named It Yet - Charlie Christian
In A Persian Market - Teddy Powell
Jim Town Blues - Fletcher Henderson
King Porter Stomp - Glenn Miller
Liebestraum (tk 1) - Bob Wills
Monkey Business - Claude Hopkins
Non-Stop Flight - Artie Shaw
Oh, Marie - Louis Prima
Prelude to a Stomp - Gene Krupa
Queen Isabella - Cab Calloway
Rug Cutter's Swing - Fletcher Henderson
Stompology - Lionel Hampton
That Blue-Eyed Baby from Memphis - Don Redman
Undecided - Ella Fitzgerald
Vibraphonia - Joe Venuti
William Tell - Bob Wills
Yes! Yes! - Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Zombie - Gene Kardos

Check the comments to find a link to listen to this fine playlist!


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A Jazz Song Alphabet by DJ Wuthe

After the open call for jazz song alphabets Stephan Wuthe aka DJ Wuthe am "Grammophon" from Berlin, Germany sent me his alphabet. Enjoy!

DJ Wuthe says:
"Tracks I play regulary or from time to time..." 


A rab Dance – Larry Clinton
Bei mir bist du schön – Arne Hülphers
Comin’ On – Artie Shaw
Dvanakt Taktu – Emil Ludvik
Exposition Swing – Duke Ellington
Free Wheeling – Artie Shaw
G. I. Jive – Louis Jordan
Here It Is Tomorrow Again – Teddy Wilson – Billie Holiday
I’m In The Mood For Love – Putney Dandridge
Jackass Blues – Savannah Syncopators (King Oliver)
Krazy Kapers – Benny Carter
Lullaby In Rhythm – Benny Goodman
Madhouse – Benny Goodman
Nightmare – Artie Shaw
On Again – Off Again – Hudson-De Lange
Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil – Chick Webb – Ella Fitzgerald
Queer Notions – Fletcher Henderson
Roll ’em – Benny Goodman
Shipyard Ramble – Erskine Hawkins
Them There Eyes – Billie Holiday
Us on A Bus – Fats Waller
Vibrollini – Adrian Rollini
Wigwammin’ – Red Norvo – Mildred Bailey
XYZ – Earl Hines
You’re The Cream In My Coffee – Stéphane Grappelly
Zaggin’ With Zig – Stan Brenders

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A Jazz Song Alphabet by Dr. Jazz

This week it's going to be a very simple post. It's a Jazz-Song Alphabet with some hidden treasures to please your ears. It's a funny task because some letters are overcrowded with good tunes, and others are tricky to fill. Also, even if you stick to not taking the same band twice, you will miss bands. Only enough reason to come up with more Jazz-Song-Alphabets. This is an open call - which other DJs come up with a different Jazz-Song Alphabet?

After You've Gone - Coon-Sanders Orchestra
Blues Galore - Johnny Dodds Chicago Boys
Clementine From New Orleans - Bix Beiderbecke
Dee Blues - Benny Carter
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo - Putney Dandridge
Four Four Rhythm - Paul Treiman & His Aristocrats
Gettin Together - Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet
Hep Tee Hootie - Jimmy Dorsey
I'm Painting The Town Red - Teddy Wilson
Jack, I'm Mellow - Trixie Smith
Kentucky - Buster Bailey
Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You - Artie Shaw
Missouri Gambler - Larry Clinton
Number 19 - Earl Hines
Organ Grinder's Swing - Bunny Berigan & His Boys
Puddin' Head Serenade - Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
Rocks In My Bed - Ivie Anderson
Squeeze Me - Tiny Parham and His Musicians
Tickle Toe - Count Basie
Undecided - John Kirby
Victory Stride - James P. Johnson
Wailing Blues - Wingy Manone & His Cellar Boys
You Ain't Living Right - Blanche Calloway & Her Band
Zulu Wail - Clarance Williams and Evelyn Preer

Check the Comment-Section for a download link.

Yours, Doctor Jazz

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EDIT 14.03.2013

The Challenge: 

• compile a jazz alphabet
• if you don't find a good song for a letter, send it anyway
• preferably don't repeat songs that have been in other compilations already
• preferably don't repeat the same artist
• send it to me, and I'll post your playlist on this blog :)