The Swing Legacy
Repertoire of this Boston swing band
Our large repertoire is mostly big band swing music, and includes many big-band swing 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. Arrangements marked “V” feature our vocalist Debby Larkin, and |
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Slow (below 100 beats per minute) |
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Sophisticated Lady (V) |
Duke Ellington |
All Too Soon (V) |
Duke Ellington |
Autumn Nocturne (V) |
Claude Thornhill |
Warm Valley |
Duke Ellington |
Azure |
Duke Ellington |
Li’l Darling |
Count Basie |
Misty |
Erroll Garner |
Early Autumn (V) |
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Summertime (I,V) |
George Gershwin |
Mood Indigo |
Duke Ellington |
Black Coffee (V) |
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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 (V) |
Duke Ellington |
Chelsea Bridge |
Ellington, Billy Strayhorn |
Body and Soul |
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Just Squeeze Me (I,V) |
Duke Ellington |
Willow Weep for Me (V) |
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Groove (100-140 beats per minute) |
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Blue Moon (V) |
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These Foolish Things (V) |
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Esquire Swank |
Duke Ellington |
Don’t Ever Say Goodbye |
Duke Ellington |
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (I,V) |
Duke Ellington |
The Duke |
Dave Brubeck |
I’m Beginning to See the Light (I,V) |
Duke Ellington |
Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Night Train) |
Duke Ellington |
Every Day I Have the Blues (V) |
Joe Williams/Count Basie |
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (V) |
George Gershwin |
Take Love Easy (V) |
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 (V) |
Frank Sinatra |
Splanky |
Count Basie |
A String of Pearls |
Glenn Miller |
Two For the Blues |
Count Basie |
Shiny Stockings (I,V) |
Count Basie |
The Late Late Show (V) |
Nat King Cole |
Opus One (V) |
Tommy Dorsey, Sy Oliver |
Straight Life |
Count Basie |
Low Life |
Count Basie |
New York, New York |
Frank Sinatra |
I've Got You Under My Skin (V) |
Frank Sinatra |
Moten Swing |
Count Basie |
Up Jumped You With Love |
Fats Waller |
Fish for Supper |
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All Right, Okay, You Win (V) |
Joe Williams/Count Basie |
Moondance (V) |
Van Morrison |
In a Mellotone |
Duke Ellington |
April In Paris |
Count Basie |
Blues in Hoss’ Flat |
Count Basie |
Sesame Street |
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Piece O' Cake |
Count Basie |
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) (I,V) |
Count Basie |
Nails |
Count Basie |
Queer Notions |
Coleman Hawkins |
On Revival Day (V) |
Bessie Smith |
Perdido (I,V) |
Duke Ellington |
Ooh Shoo Bee Doo Bee (I,V) |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Don’t Be That Way (I,V) |
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 (V) |
Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing |
Yogi |
Count Basie |
Fancy Dan |
Duke Ellington |
Stomping At the Savoy |
Benny Goodman |
Band Call |
Duke Ellington |
Go Away Blues (V) |
Duke Ellington |
In the Mood |
Glenn Miller |
Strutting On the Campus |
John Kirby Sextet |
You Took Advantage Of Me |
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Elmer's Tune |
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Suddenly It Jumped |
Duke Ellington |
Something New |
Count Basie, Benny Goodman |
Sent For You Yesterday (V) |
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 (V) |
Louis Jordan |
Topsy |
Cozy Cole |
Love Jumped Out |
Count Basie |
Johnny Come Lately |
Ellington, Billy Strayhorn |
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t ... |
Duke Ellington |
Honeysuckle Rose |
Fats Waller |
Take the A Train (I,V) |
Ellington, Billy Strayhorn |
Lounging At the Waldorf |
Fats Waller |
I'll Always Be In Love With You (V) |
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Tuesday At Ten |
Count Basie, B. Goodman |
Business in G |
Count Basie |
Blue on Blue |
Count Basie |
Kansas City Boogie Woogie (I,V) |
Count Basie |
C Jam Blues |
Duke Ellington |
Taps Miller |
Count Basie |
Christopher Columbus |
B. Goodman, Fletcher Henderson |
A Smooth One |
Benny Goodman |
S Wonderful (V) |
George Gershwin |
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |
St. Nicholas |
Hoof It |
The Swing Legacy |
Sweet Georgia Brown (I,V) |
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One O’Clock Jump |
Count Basie |
Flying Home |
Lionel Hampton |
Drummer’s Delight |
Duke Ellington |
Main Stem |
Duke Ellington |
Fast (above 200 beats per minute) |
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Menelik, the Lion Of Judah |
Duke Ellington |
Undecided (V) |
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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 (V) |
Fats Domino |
Ring Them Bells |
Duke Ellington |
The Little Goose |
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Whirly-Bird |
Count Basie |
Jumping At the Woodside |
Count Basie |
My, What a Fry! |
Count Basie |
I Got Rhythm (I,V) |
George Gershwin |
Mop Mop |
Coleman Hawkins |
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 Vocalist
Here are some additional songs featuring our vocalist, for which the band improvises a background, with no written arrangements.
Medium
All of Me
All the Things You Are
Blue Skies
Bye Bye Blackbird
Cheek To Cheek
Give Me the Simple Life
It Had To Be You
Lady Is a Tramp
Let’s Fall In Love
Lullaby Of Birdland
Mac the Knife
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Way You Look Tonight
Fast
A Fine Romance
Goody Goody
Latin
Girl From Ipanema (bossa nova)
Night and Day (rhumba)
Slow
As Time Goes By
At Last
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Crazy
Embraceable You
Georgia
I Only Have Eyes For You
Man I Love
Misty
Moonlight in Vermont
My Funny Valentine
The Nearness of You
Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Sq
Over the Rainbow
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Someone To Watch Over Me
Summer Wind
Unforgettable
What a Wonderful World
You Go To My Head
Groove
Ain’t Misbehaving
Body and Soul
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
I May Be Wrong
Isn’t This a Lovely Day
It’s Only a Paper Moon
Love Is Here To Stay
Making Whoopee
Night and Day
Route 66
Sentimental Journey
The Very Thought of You