Music Suggestions
Many of our students have asked us for recommendations for music to practice their dancing. We're passionate about swing music, and we think that listening to and dancing to good music is fundamental to growing as a dancer. Listing all of our favorite songs would be an impossible task! But, here are a few things to get you started.
Youtube: If you are a Youtube user one of our students was kind enough to compile the list we made for Spotify. Open the BLH playlist in YouTube.
Spotify: If you're a Spotify user, we have added most of these suggestions in a handily-compiled playlist! Open the BLH playlist in Spotify!
Recommended Music
| Song Title | Album | BPM | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Me | The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol.5 (19 | 106 | |
| All of Me | Swing and Dance with Frank Sinatra | 134 | |
| All the Cats Join In | The Best of Benny Goodman | 176 | |
| A Smo-o-o-oth One (Alternate Take) | The Genius of the Electric Guitar | 126 | |
| Banana Split For My Baby | Hey Boy, Hey Girl! | 137 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me | The Fabulous Sidney Bechet | 145 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Corner Pocket | April in Paris | 142 | |
| Darktown Strutters Ball | Stomping At The Savoy Featuring Ella Fitzgerald 19 | 186 | |
| Deed I Do | Swing Music | 117 | |
| Don't Falter at the Alter | Are You Hep To The Jive? | 142 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Easy Does It | Basie And Friends | 112 | |
| Every Day I Have The Blues | Breakfast Dance And Barbecue | 119 | |
| For Dancers Only | Black Legends of Jazz | 148 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Gangbusters | We Cats Will Swing For You | 188 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Good Daddy Blues | The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury Vol. 1 | 131 | |
| He Ain't Got Rhythm | All Time Classics | 160 | |
| Honeysuckle Rose | 1934-1935 - Lulu's Back In Town | 154 | |
| I Ain't Got Nobody | An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preser | 118 | |
| I Found My Yellow Basket (Single Version) | Ella Fitzgerald: The Early Years, Pt. 1 (1935-1938 | ||
| I Love Being Here With You | When the Sun Goes Down | 124 | |
| I'm beginning to See the Light | Swing Jazz From the 40's | 113 | |
| Jeep Jockey Jump | The War Years | 200 | |
| Jersey Bounce | Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie! | 132 | |
| King Porter Stomp | The Essential Benny Goodman | 181 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Lavender Coffin | Jukebox Hits 1943-1950 | 138 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Mama’s Gone Goodbye | Masters of Classic Jazz - Dixieland | 140 | |
| Minnie the Moocher | Are You Hep To The Jive? | 97 | |
| Minor Swing | The Best of Django Reinhardt | 202 | |
| One O'Clock Jump | Breakfast Dance And Barbecue | 166 | |
| Poutin' | King Of The Tenors | 103 | |
| Shiny Stockings | Count Basie's Finest Hour | 120 | |
| Smooth Sailing [With Bill Dog | Ella Fitzgerald - Ken Burns J | 114 | |
| Splanky | The Atomic Mr. Basie | 124 | |
| St. Louis Blues | The Essential Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 178 | |
| Stompin' at the Savoy - Take 1 | The Very Best of Benny Goodman | 152 | |
| Stomp It Out Gate | Harlem Hamfats Vol. 4 1938-1939 | 144 | |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | Compact Jazz | 149 | |
| They Can't Take That Away From Me | Ella and Louis | 101 | |
| Who ya hunchin'? | Spinnin' the Webb | 182 | iTunes / Amazon |
| Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams | Preservation Hall Hot 4 With Duke Dejan | 114 | iTunes / Amazon |
| You Showed Me The Way | The Early Years - Part I (1935-1938) | 107 |
