Name: Black British Swing: The African Diaspora's Contribution To England's Own Jazz of the 1930s and 1940s par Various Artists
Brand: Various Artists
SKU: 714822078122
Price: 9.9 USD
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COMPILATION

The U.K. is often associated with many styles of music, but swing music isn't one of them. Black British Swing goes out of its way to represent British swing music, exclusively limiting itself to black performers. There isn't a huge variety of performers found here. In fact, the collection focuses on just a few: Leslie Thompson with the Spike Hughes Orchestra, Ken "Snakeships" Johnson and His West Indian Dance Band, Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section, the Lauderic Canton Quartet, Cyril Blake and His Jigs Club Band, Frank Deniz and His Spirits of Rhythm, and Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson and His Coloured Orchestra. However, as nice as it would have been to have more performers represented -- ideally a different performer for every song -- it's also interesting to hear a few different performances by a given performer so you can compare and contrast. ~ Jason Birchmeier

1. Tap Your Feet

par Leslie Thompson, Spike Hughes Orchestra

Artiste Principal: Leslie Thompson
Spike Hughes Orchestra; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Brun Philippe Henri
Hart John; Compositeur

2. Washington Squabble

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Hopkins Claude
Norman Fred; Compositeur

3. Please Be Kind

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Cahn Sammy
Chaplin Saul; Compositeur

4. Snakehips Swing

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Haas
Sai; Compositeur

5. Exactly Like You

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Fields, Dorothy
Machugh Jimmy; Compositeur

6. The Sheik of Araby

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Smith Harry B Bache
Snyder Ted
Wheeler Francis; Compositeur

7. My Buddy

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Donaldson, Walter
Kahn Gus; Compositeur

8. Give Me My Ranch - El Rancho Grande

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Costello Bartley
Uranga Donato Emilio; Compositeur

9. Tuxedo Junction

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Buddy Feyne
Erskine Hawkins
Julian Dash
William Johnson; Compositeur

10. Ida

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Leonard Eddie
Munson Eddie; Compositeur

11. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Arthur Young
George Evans
William Shakespeare; Compositeur

12. It Was a Lover and His Lass

par Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band

Artiste Principal: Ken 'snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Arthur Wilson Coltherd Young
William Shakespeare; Compositeur

13. Sweet Georgia Brown (feat. Tommy Bromley, Tommy Wilson & Yorke De Souza)

par Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section

Artiste Vedette: Tommy Bromley
Tommy Wilson
Yorke De Souza; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Ben Bernie
Kenneth Casey
Maceo Pinkard; Compositeur

14. Blue Skies

par Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section

Artiste Principal: Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Berlin, Irving; Compositeur

15. Untitled Double Bass Cameo

par Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section

Artiste Principal: Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Unidentified; Compositeur

16. Stompin' at the Savoy

par Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section

Artiste Principal: Ken Johnson's Rhythm Section; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Goodman, Benny
Sampson Edgar M
Webb Chick William; Compositeur

17. The Jumping Jive - From the Java Joint

par Lauderic Canton Quartet

Artiste Principal: Lauderic Canton Quartet; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Caton Lauderic
Wilson Willie; Compositeur

18. Cyril's Blues

par Cyril Blake And His Jig's Club Band

Artiste Principal: Cyril Blake And His Jig's Club Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Blake Cyril Macdonald; Compositeur

19. Frolic Sam

par Cyril Blake And His Jig's Club Band

Artiste Principal: Cyril Blake And His Jig's Club Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Williams Cootie; Compositeur

20. Rhythm Is Our Business

par Cyril Blake And His Jig's Club Band

Artiste Principal: Cyril Blake And His Jig's Club Band; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Cahn Sammy
Chaplin Saul
Lunceford Jimmie; Compositeur