Swing, jazz and blues - Dance to the music

Here is Wingy Manone and his Orchestra performing "Ochi Chornya" in a recording from 1938. The YouTube poster, edmundusrex has u...

Charleston became a dance craze in the 1920's and traveled over to Europe as well. Above is a video clip from 1929 with a British band ...

One of my favorite swing tunes is the classic swing song "Christopher Columbus". Here is a great version of "Christopher Col...

Sarah Vaughan is one jazz singer I haven't featured yet on the blog, but now is the time. Here is Sarah Vaughan singing the song Perdid...

If you have been a long time reader of this blog you might remember the dancer Al Norman and his rubber legs . In the video clip above Al No...

Did you know that it's Louis Prima who is the voice behind King Louie in the Disney movie The Jungle Book . Enjoy this video clip from ...

Outside it's unusually warm for being February, could it be an effect of global warming or is it love in the air for the upcoming Valent...

Splanky played by Count Basie is one of the classic swing songs you should know of. Here is a excellent up-tempo version of Splanky by Count...

A classic swing tune: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) performed by Duke Ellington . Do you have more information ...

Here's a scene from the British tv comedy series " Jeeves & Wooster " where Bertie sings the jazz song Nagasaki written i...

Ginger Rogers was quite a Charleston dancer, in fact that was how she started her career as a dancer and actress. Here is a scene from the...

Swinging on a star is a nice lightharted song that first appeared in the movie " Going my way " (1944) starring Bing Crosby. Here...

Here is a video clip from the movie Boy! What a Girl! where Betti Mays sings the song "Crazy Riffin" which is played by Big Sid C...

Here's a great version of "Everyday I have the blues" performed by Katie Webster & Gatemouth Brown . I've heard about ...

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

Enjoy this video clip with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing to the song "I Won't Dance" . The video clip is from the mov...

Here's a video clip with Harry James and his orchestra playing Don't Be That Way . An uptempo song with great energy. The video clip...

Enjoy this video clip from Newport Jazz Festival 1958 with Dinah Washington singing All Of Me .

I'll continue the theme with superb jazz double bass playing: Today it's Cleveland Eaton on the double bass when he played with Coun...

It's time again for the Ray Brown Trio to entertain you, this time Ray Brown is joined by Larry Fuller on piano and George Fludas on d...