Repertoire of this Boston swing band
Our large repertoire is mostly big band swing music, and includes many big-band classics, hits, and theme songs, such as:
Count Basie’s “One O’Clock Jump”, “Shiny Stockings”, and “April in Paris”
Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train”, “Satin Doll”, and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”
Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood”, “String of Pearls”, “Moonlight Serenade”, and “Tuxedo Junction”
Benny Goodman’s “Sing Sing Sing”, “Don’t Be That Way”, and “Stomping at the Savoy”
Lionel Hampton’s “Flying Home” and Gene Krupa’s “Drum Boogie”
Also included are many fascinating obscure musical gems from the swing era.
A few numbers tend toward a classic Rhythm & Blues flavor — for example, “Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie” (Louis Jordan), “All Right, Okay, You Win” (Count Basie/Joe Williams), and “Night Train”.
We have enough Duke Ellington and Count Basie material in our book (see below) for a complete concert devoted to either one of these two important innovative jazz figures.
Each member of The Swing Legacy has extensive experience in a wide variety of musical situations, and a large repertoire of standard songs. So in addition to our library of written arrangements, we can improvise a version of practically any request (excluding contemporary pop and rock).
Any of The Swing Legacy arrangements listed below can be purchased.
Repertoire of Written ArrangementsThese arrangements are for sale and are described on the Charts page. |
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Slow (below 100 beats per minute) |
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Early Autumn |
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Sophisticated Lady |
Duke Ellington |
All Too Soon |
Duke Ellington |
Warm Valley |
Duke Ellington |
Azure |
Duke Ellington |
Li’l Darling |
Count Basie |
Memory |
Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Cats” |
Misty |
Erroll Garner |
Summertime |
George Gershwin |
Mood Indigo |
Duke Ellington |
Black Coffee |
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Transblucency |
Duke Ellington |
I Can’t Get Started |
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Moonlight Serenade |
Glenn Miller |
My Funny Valentine |
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A Blues Serenade |
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Echoes of Harlem |
Duke Ellington |
Indigo Echoes |
Duke Ellington |
Satin Doll |
Duke Ellington |
Everything But You |
Duke Ellington |
Chelsea Bridge |
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn |
Body and Soul |
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Just Squeeze Me |
Duke Ellington |
Willow Weep for Me |
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Groove (100-140 beats per minute) |
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Blue Moon |
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These Foolish Things |
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Esquire Swank |
Duke Ellington |
Don’t Ever Say Goodbye |
Duke Ellington |
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore |
Duke Ellington |
The Duke |
Dave Brubeck |
I’m Beginning to See the Light |
Duke Ellington |
Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Night Train) |
Duke Ellington |
Every Day I Have the Blues |
Joe Williams/Count Basie |
They Can’t Take That Away From Me |
George Gershwin |
Take Love Easy |
Duke Ellington |
A Sailboat in the Moonlight |
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Just A-Settin’ and A-Rockin’ |
Duke Ellington |
Tuxedo Junction |
Glenn Miller |
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be |
Duke Ellington |
Fly Me To the Moon |
Frank Sinatra |
Splanky |
Count Basie |
A String of Pearls |
Glenn Miller |
Shiny Stockings |
Count Basie |
The Late Late Show |
Nat King Cole |
Opus One |
Tommy Dorsey, Sy Oliver |
Straight Life |
Count Basie |
Low Life |
Count Basie |
New York, New York |
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Moten Swing |
Count Basie |
Up Jumped You With Love |
Fats Waller |
Fish for Supper |
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All Right, Okay, You Win |
Joe Williams/Count Basie |
Moondance |
Van Morrison |
In a Mellotone |
Duke Ellington |
April In Paris |
Count Basie |
Blues in Hoss’ Flat |
Count Basie |
Sesame Street |
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Medium (140-200 beats per minute) |
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Sweet Daddy Spo-de-o |
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Corner Pocket (Until I Met You) |
Count Basie |
Nails |
Count Basie |
Queer Notions |
Coleman Hawkins |
On Revival Day |
Bessie Smith |
Perdido |
Duke Ellington |
Ooh Shoo Bee Doo Bee |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Don’t Be That Way |
Benny Goodman |
Jive at Five |
Count Basie |
You're My Baby, You |
Count Basie |
Wild Man |
Duke Ellington |
Keeping Out Of Mischief Now |
Fats Waller |
Back Room Romp |
Duke Ellington |
Evening |
Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing |
Yogi |
Count Basie |
Fancy Dan |
Duke Ellington |
Stomping At the Savoy |
Benny Goodman |
Band Call |
Duke Ellington |
Go Away Blues |
Duke Ellington |
In the Mood |
Glenn Miller |
Strutting On the Campus |
John Kirby Sextet |
You Took Advantage Of Me |
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Suddenly It Jumped |
Duke Ellington |
Sent For You Yesterday |
Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing |
Fifteen Minute Intermission |
Cab Calloway |
Stomp Caprice |
Duke Ellington |
Drum Boogie |
Gene Krupa |
Rock-a-Bye Basie |
Count Basie |
Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie |
Louis Jordan |
Topsy |
Cozy Cole |
Love Jumped Out |
Count Basie |
Johnny Come Lately |
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn |
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t ... |
Duke Ellington |
Honeysuckle Rose |
Fats Waller |
Take the A Train |
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn |
Lounging At the Waldorf |
Fats Waller |
I'll Always Be In Love With You |
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Tuesday At Ten |
Count Basie, Benny Goodman |
Business in G |
Count Basie |
Blue on Blue |
Count Basie |
Kansas City Boogie Woogie |
Count Basie |
C Jam Blues |
Duke Ellington |
Taps Miller |
Count Basie |
Christopher Columbus |
Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson |
A Smooth One |
Benny Goodman |
Bugle Blues / Old Miss |
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S Wonderful |
George Gershwin |
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |
St. Nicholas |
Hoof It |
The Swing Legacy |
Sweet Georgia Brown |
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One O’Clock Jump |
Count Basie |
Flying Home |
Lionel Hampton |
Drummer’s Delight |
Duke Ellington |
Main Stem |
Duke Ellington |
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Fast (above 200 beats per minute) |
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Menelik, the Lion Of Judah |
Duke Ellington |
Undecided |
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Taxi War Dance |
Count Basie |
Super Chief |
Count Basie |
Tickle-Toe |
Count Basie |
Sing Sing Sing |
Benny Goodman |
I’m Walking |
Fats Domino |
Ring Them Bells |
Duke Ellington |
The Little Goose |
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Whirly-Bird |
Count Basie |
Jumping At the Woodside |
Count Basie |
I Got Rhythm |
George Gershwin |
Mop Mop |
Coleman Hawkins |
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Latin |
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The Girl From Ipanema (bossa nova) |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Mount Harissa |
Duke Ellington |
Caravan |
Duke Ellington |
Limbo Jazz (calypso) |
Duke Ellington |
Mambo Inn (mambo) |
Machito, George Shearing |
Compadre Pedro Juan (merengue) |
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Waltz |
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Moon River |
Henry Mancini |
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Additional Repertoire for VocalistHere are some additional songs featuring our vocalist, |
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Slow
As Time Goes By Groove
Ain’t Misbehaving |
Medium
All of Me Fast
A Fine Romance Latin
Girl From Ipanema (bossa nova) |