Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Can Can

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) is song that I love because of its funny, witty and silly lyrics. The lyrics makes me smile every time I hear them.

Here is a version of Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) that is sung by Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine in a scene from the movie Can-Can from 1960.

Check out an other bubbly performance of Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) by MaryAnne (ysabellabrave).

What do you think of this video clip with Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine? Please comment.

Big Band Bouquet by Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra

Tonight Thursday April 17th Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra will give a concert called Big Band Bouquet.

Big Band Bouquet celebrates the memory of Frank Sinatra who passed away 10 years ago. Besides playing some of the hits by Frank Sinatra, they will play big band classics by jazz legends as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Lars Gullin.



The Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra is led by one of my favorite jazz musicians: Ulf Johansson Werre.

The concert starts at 19.00 at Universitetsaulan (The University Hall). Tickets can be bought in the lobby from 18.00 and they cost 130 kr (90 kr if you're a student).

The pictures are taken by me at the orchestra's concert in December: Swingin' Christmas.

The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want to license them.

Have you heard Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra before? What do you think of them? Tell me.

Bert Kaempfert - Tuxedo Junction

Take a look at this video clip with Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra playing Tuxedo Junction. I really like the soft arrangement.



Wow, that what a call a BIG band. How many people are on the band stand? At least twenty.

Bert Kaempfert isn't very known by the general jazz public but some of his songs are: "L-O-V-E" which was made famous by Nat King Cole and "Strangers in the Night", a hit for Frank Sinatra. In Sweden almost everybody know Bert Kaempfert's song "Swingin' Safari" since it was (and maybe still is) the theme song for the tv quiz show for fifth-graders called "Vi i femman".

Tuxedo junction was written by Erskine Hawkins in 1940.

What do you think of Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra playing Tuxedo Junction? Tell me.

10 swing songs for Valentines day

Tomorrow is Valentines day so here is some tips on swing and jazz songs that will put you in to a romantic mood.

1. Lets do it by Billie Holiday
2. Peel me a grape by Diana Krall
3. Love me or leave me by Sammy Davis Jr
4. They cant take away from me by Frank Sinatra
5. L-o-v-e by Natalie Cole
6. Somebody loves me by Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra
7. I love being here with you by Barbara Morrison
8. My Funny Valentine by Chet Baker
9. Deed I do by Ella Fitzgerald
10. As long as I live by Ernestine Anderson

What is your favorite swing song about love? Tell me.