The Spirit of Swing

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: St. Clair Records
• ASIN: B0006BGWN2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,162,049 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jumpin’ At The Woodside (Count Basie)

2. Heebie Jeebies (Louis Armstrong)

3. The Jumping Jive (Cab Calloway)

4. Swing Out (Chick Webb feat. Ella Fitzgerald)

5. You’ve Gotta Eat Your Spinach Baby (Bunny Berigan)

6. I Got Rhythm (Django Reinhardt)

7. For Stompers Only (Stan Getz)

8. Just Jivin’ Around (Lester Young)

9. Rhythm Is Our Business (Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra)

10. Flatbush Flanagan (Harry James & His Musicmakers)

11. Jungle Drums (Artie Shaw)

12. Boogie Woogie Boogie (Erroll Garner)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars The Way We Were in WWII, March 23, 2005

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E. Carter "The Marching Bugler" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Spirit of Swing (Audio CD)

I had a lot of fun listening to this CD. In particular, I enjoyed my favorite, Louis Armstrong, singing a high fidelity later version of Heebie Jeebies. Though recorded in his more mature years, Louis still has fun with it. The rest of the music "really swings" and is great fun. Jive Junction, the DVD of the 1943 movie, was a surprise - I didn't realize teenagers were already acting that much like the 1950s in 1943! Listening to the teen lingo of the day is nostalgic as well. Speaking of nostaliga, the second half of the movie was filmed at the Hollywood Bowl. You can see the venue and hear the Bowl orchestra as they were in 1943! The video quality is certainly watchable. However, the audio "snaps" and "pops," vertical black lines and other visual dirt will make you appreciate the work the studios have done to restore the classics.