Here's a list of jazz full of pizzazz - guaranteed to make you, at least, stomp your feet a couple of times beneath that lifeless laptop lid.

Many people today see jazz as a gloomy, bluesy sound but that is not in any way right: jazz always was, from Storyville to the Cotton Club to 8tracks, a steaming-hot celebration of life.

Most of these are well-known, and artists include good ol' chaps such as Louis Armstrong (well, of course!), Art Tatum and Sarah Vaughan.
I hope you enjoy!

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