Swing (Big Band) Favorites

(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over --- Larry Clinton/George Benson
A Fine Romance --- Billie Holiday/Ella Fitzgerald
A Handful Of Stars --- Glenn Miller/Nat King Cole
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening --- Glenn Miller, Torme/Shearing
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square --- Glenn Miller/Dexter Gordon
A Sinner Kissed An Angel --- Harry James/George Shearing
A String Of Pearls --- Glenn Miller
Air Mail Special --- Benny Goodman
All of me
All Or Nothing At All --- Frank Sinatra/John Coltrane
All The Things You Are --- Tommy Dorsey/Charlie Parker
All Through The Day --- Frank Sinatra
April In Paris --- Glenn Miller/Count Basie
Aren't You Glad You're You --- Bing Crosby/Mel Torme
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home --- Jimmie Lunceford
Back in your own backyard
Be Careful, It's My Heart --- Frank Sinatra
Besame mucho (kiss me much)
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea --- Benny Goodman/Ella Fitzgerald
Bewitched --- Leo Reisman/Paul Desmond
Bijou --- Woody Herman
Blue And Sentimental --- Count Basie
Blue Flame --- Woody Herman
Broadway --- Count Basie/Dexter Gordon
By Myself --- Fred Astaure/Art Farner
Candy --- Johnny Mercer/Nat King Cole
Caravan --- Duke Ellington/Wes Montgomery
Cheek To Cheek --- Fred Astaire/Billie Holiday
Chelsea Bridge --- Duke Ellington
Cherokee (Indian Love Song) --- Count Basie/Sonny Stitt
Close As Pages In A Book --- Benny Goodman
Come Rain Or Come Shine --- Margaret Whiting/Art Tatum
Come Sunday --- Duke Ellington/Oscar Peterson
Cow-cow boogie
Darn That Dream --- Mildred Bailey/Miles Davis
Day By Day --- Frank Sinatra/Lee Morgan
Dearly Beloved --- Dinah Shore/Wes Montgomery
Doctor Jazz --- Woody Herman
Don't Explain --- Billie Holiday/Chet Baker
Don't Get Around Much Anymore --- Duke Ellington
Don't Take Your Love From Me --- Glen Gray/John Coltrane
Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care To Know) --- Duke Ellington
Down Under --- Woody Herman
Early autumn
East of the sun (and west of the moon)
Easy Living --- Billie Holiday/Clifford Brown
Easy Street --- June Christy
Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love) --- Charlie Parker
Ecstasy
Elmer’s tune
Everything But You --- Duke Ellington
Everything Happens To Me --- Tommy Dorsey/Thelonious Monk
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye --- Stan Kenton/John Coltrane
Ev'rything I Love --- Peggy Lee/Bill Evans
Fella With An Unbrella --- Bing Crosby
Fine And Mellow --- Billie Holiday
Flamingo --- Duke Ellington/Dizzy Gillespie
Flat foot floogie
Flying home
Foolin' Myself --- Billie Holiday
For Dancers Only --- Jimmie Lunceford
For You, For Me, For Evermore --- Judy Garland/Dick Haymes
Frenesi
Full Moon And Empty Arms --- Frank Sinatra/Freddie Hubbard
God Bless' The Child --- Billie Holiday/Wes Montgomery
Golden Earrings --- Pegggy Lee/Kenny Dorham
Gone With The Wind --- Clifford Brown
Goodbye --- Benny Goodman/Oscar Peterson
Harlem nocturne
Heart And Soul --- Lary Clinton/Betty Carter
How Are Things In Glocca Morra --- Buddy Clark/Wynton Marsalis
I Can't Get Started With You --- Bunny Berigan/Charlie Parker
I Concentrate On You --- Tommy Dorsey/Oscar Peterson
I Could Write A Book --- Eddy Duchin/Miles Davis
I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night --- Frank Sinatra
I Didn't Know What Time It Was --- Jimmy Dorsey/Charlie Parker
I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) --- Sarah Vaughan
I Don't Want To Walk Without You --- Artie Shaw
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good --- Duke Ellington
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues --- Jack Teagarden/Billie Holiday
I Hadn't Anyone Till You --- Ray Noble/Billie Holiday
I Hear A Rhapsody --- Jimmie Dorsey/Bill Evans
I Just Found Out About Love --- Dick Haymes/Shirley Horn
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart --- Duke Ellington
I Love You --- Jo Stafford/John Coltrane
I Remember You --- Cannonball Adderley
I See Your Face Before Me --- Glen Gray/John Coltrane
I Should Care --- Frank Sinatra/Bill Evans
I Wish I Were In Love Again --- Bing Crosby/Ella Fitzgerald
I’m beginning to see the light
I’m just a lucky so and so
I’ve got my love to keep me warm
If I Loved You --- Frank Sinatra
I'll Be Around --- Glenn Miller/Billie Holiday
I'll Be Seeing You --- Frank Sinatra/Billie Holiday
I'll Never Smile Again --- Tommy Dorsey/Bill Evans
I'll Take Romance --- June Christy/Carol Sloane
I'll Walk Alone --- Dina Shore/Charlie Parker
I'm Beginning To See The Light --- Harry James/Duke Ellington
I'm Glad There Is You (In This World Of Ordinary People) --- Jimmy Dorsey/Stan Getz
I'm Just A Lucky So And So --- Duke Ellington/Wes Montgomery
I'm Old Fashioned --- Fred Astaire/John Coltrane
Imagination --- Tommy Dorsey/Sarah Vaughan
In A Sentimental Mood --- Duke Ellington
In The Blue Of Evening --- Tommy Dorsey/Benny Goodman
In The Mood --- Glenn Miller
In The Still Of The Night --- Tommy Dorsey/Oscar Peterson
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) --- Louis Jordan/Nat King Cole
It Could Happen To You --- Jo Stafford/Miles Davis
It don’t mean a thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
It Might As Well Be Spring --- Dick Haymes/Kenny Dorham
It Never Entered My Mind --- David Allyn/Frank Sinatra
It Will Have To Do Until The Real Thing Comes Along --- Andy Kirk/Billie Holiday
It's A Blue World --- Tony Martin/Coleman Hawkins
It's Been A Long, Long Time --- Harry James/Louis Armstrong
It's Only A Paper Moon --- Ella Fitzgerald/Miles Davis
I've Found A New Baby (I Found A New Baby) --- Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm --- Billie Holiday/Ella Fitzgerald
I've Got You Under My Skin --- Ray Noble/Bill Evans
I've Heard That Song Before --- Harry James
Java jive
Jersey Bounce --- Benny Goodman/Ella Fitzgerald
Jitterbug Waltz --- Fats Waller/Art Tatum
Johnny Come Lately --- Duke Ellington
Juke box Saturday night
June In January --- Bing Crosby/Art Farmer
Just a gigolo
Lazy river
Let's Get Away From It All --- Tommy Dorsey
Let's Get Lost --- Teddy Powell/Chet Baker
Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee --- Ethel Merman
Like Someone In Love --- Bing Crosby/John Coltrane
Long Ago (And Far Away) --- Jo Stafford, Stitt/Ammons
Love you madly
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) --- Billie Holiday/Charlie Parker
Marie --- Tommy Dorsey
Midnight sun
Mood indigo
Moonlight Becomes You --- Glenn Miller/George Shearing
Moonlight In Vermont --- Ella Fitzgerald
My Funny Valentine --- Lee Wiley/Miles Davis
My Heart Belongs To Daddy --- Mary Martin/Charlie Parker
My Last Affair --- Mildred/Bailey/Ella Fitzgerald
My Shining Hour --- Fred Astaire/John Coltrane
My Ship --- Gertrude Lawrence/Miles Davis
My Silent Love --- Harry James/Zoot Sims
No More --- Billie Holiday/Tommy Flanagan
Nobody's Heart --- Mel Torme
Nuages --- Django Reinhardt
On A Slow Boat To China --- Kay Kyser/Charlie Parker
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) --- Johnny Mercer/Frank Sinatra
Out Of This World --- Bing Crosby/John Coltrane
Pennies From Heaven --- Bing Crosby/Zoot Sims
People Will Say We're In Love --- Frank Sinatra
Perfidia
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) --- Glenn Miller/Ahmad Jamal
Polka Dots And Moonbeams --- Tommy Dorsey/Paul Desmond
Prelude To A Kiss --- Duke Ellington/Billie Holiday
Rag mop
Raincheck --- Duke Ellington/Art Farmer
Ridin' High --- Benny Goodman/Ella Fitzgerald
Right As The Rain --- Lena Horne/Maureen McGovern
Russian Lullaby --- Bing Crosby/John Coltrane
Satin doll
Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) --- Frank Sinatra/Oscar Peterson
Say It (Over And Over Again) --- John Coltrane
Sentimental Journey --- Les Brown/S. Getz/J. Smith
Skylark --- Billy Eckstine/Stan Getz
Sleepy Lagoon --- Harry James
Solitude
Some Day My Prince Will Come --- Oscar Peterson/Bill Evans
Something I Dreamed Last Night --- Ella Logan/Miles Davis
Something To Live For --- Duke Ellington/Carol Sloane
Sophisticated lady
Speak Low --- Glenn Miller/McCoy Tyner
Stompin' At The Savoy --- Benny Goodman/Ella Fitzgerald
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time) --- Ethel Waters/Frank Sinatra
Sunrise Serenade --- Glenn Miller
Sweet And Lovely --- Woody Herman/McCoy Tyner
Swinging On A Star --- Bing Crosby/Oscar Peterson
Take The 'A' Train --- Duke Ellington/Dizzy Gillespie
Tangerine --- Jimmy Dorsey/Gene Ammons
Thanks For The Memory --- Mildred Bailey/Stan Getz
That Old Black Magic --- Bing Crosby/Ella Fitzgerald
That Old Feeling --- Shep Fields/Teddy Wilson
That Ole Devil Called Love --- Billie Holiday/Chet Baker
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
The House I Live In --- Frank Sinatra/Sonny Rollins
The Lady Is A Tramp --- Tommy Dorsey/Ella Fitzgerald
The Lady's In Love With You --- Benny Goodman/Jimmy Rowles
The Last Time I Saw Paris --- Hildegarde/Michel Legrand
The Nearness Of You --- Connee Boswell/Abbey Lincoln
The Night We Called It A Day --- Tommy Dorsey/John Coltrane
The Star-Crossed Lovers--- Duke Ellington
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top --- Miles Davis
The Very Thought Of You --- Bing Crosby/Tommy Flanagan
Them There Eyes --- Billie Holiday/Ella Fitzgerald
There Is No Greater Love --- Stan Kenton/Miles Davis
There Will Never Be Another You --- Woody Herman/Sonny Rollins
There's A Small Hotel --- Benny Goodman/Johnny Smith
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) --- Billie Holiday/Ella Fitzgerald
Things Ain't What They Used To Be --- Duke Ellington
Thinking Of You --- Fred Astaire/Sarah Vaughan
This Can't Be Love --- Cannonball Adderley
This Love Of Mine --- Tommy Dorsey/Sonny Rollins
This Year's Kisses --- Billie Holiday/Teddy Wilson
Tuxedo Junction --- Erskine Hawkins/George Benson
Undecided --- Benny Goodman
Up With The Lark --- Bill Evans
Violets For Your Furs --- Gene Krupa/Billie Holiday
Wait Till You See Her --- David Allyn/Phil Woods
What A Diff'rence A Day Made --- Dinah Washington
When You Wish Upon A Star --- Cliff Edwards/Bill Evans
Where Or When --- Clifford Brown
Who Wouldn't Love You --- Kay Kyser
Who? --- Tommy Dorsey
Why Can't I? --- Sarah Vaughan
Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money, Too!) --- Peggy Lee/Ella Fitzgerald
Wild Root --- Woody Herman
Will You Still Be Mine --- Tommy Dorsey/Sonny Rollins
Willow Weep For Me --- June Christy/Dexter Gordon
Yes Indeed --- Tommy Dorsey/Ron Carter
You came a long way from St. Louis
You Don't Know What Love Is --- Billie Holiday/John Coltrane
You Turned The Tables On Me --- Benny Goodman/Kenny Burrell
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To --- Dinah Shore/Ella Fitzgerald
You're Blasé --- Sarah Vaughan/Stan Getz
You're Easy To Dance With --- Peggy Lee
You're Nearer --- Carol Sloane

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