416 mixes with tracks by “count basie”

enjoy a trip back to the era where a national crisis was revived by a genre of music. Through innovation from pain and joy, these various artists express true emotion with bass and brass. relax and enjoy just a bit of this flavor.

The Duke / E. Garner / Monk / Peggy Lee / Nat King Cole / Count Basie / Oscar P / Earl Fatha Hines / The Bird / Art Tatum / Django

24 songs for when you're in a misty-eyed, dreamy mood. Songs from every decade - some sweeping, some sad, some tender, some cheesy, some sexy, some just plain romantic.

If you like this playlist, check out my sequel - http://8tracks.com/lostgirl91/in-love-with-being-in-love-part-2. Slightly different, but I think you'll like it anyway.

A good selection of big band music featuring artists like Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Louis Prima and more.

Some of the classics are on the playlist.... Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald

Nine songs including tracks by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.

60 Beautiful Jazz songs... Voices of Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington...

+ 31 tracks in Part 2

Enjoy!

A jazz study mix

he could see her dance from his bedroom window. hidden in the dark the she went around in circles, as if she were part of a invisible society made of ghosts of a long forgotten past.

1939 was a tough year with dark clouds ahead. Music and dancing remained swinging, no matter what. 8 tracks from 1939 that are just right for some balboa.

photo: Jitterbug Dance Contest
Los Angeles, view of part of the dancing area in Los Angeles as more than 1,000 jitterbugs representing 22 states and six foreign countries, went to town during the contest to pick the champion rug-cutters. The famed swing bands of Artie Shaw and Ken Baker supplied the hot licks.
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Eight tracks including music by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone and his Monseigneur Band, Casa Loma Orchestra, and Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra.