Dancing on a Blue Moon

Track Listings

1. Super Chief

2. Blue Moon

3. Lounging at the Waldorf

4. Willow Weep for Me

5. I'm Walking

6. Sweet Daddy Spo-de-o

7. Some Other Spring

8. Queer Notions

9. Things Ain't What They Used To Be

10. Hoof It

11. The Duke

12. Taxi War Dance

13. Transblucency

14. Flying Home

15. Azure

16. Undecided

Editorial Reviews
Bo Lewis, host of "Big Band Dance Party" on WNAV Internet Radio
"The Swing Legacy is a great compact band carrying on the traditions of big band swing. "Dancing on a Blue Moon" brings back the days when swing was THE thing. Classy & stylish with inspired arranging, playing, and the delightful vocals of songbird Carol Akerson; a must-have for dancing & listening pleasure!"

Product Description
The Swing Legacy is what was known in the 30's and 40's as a "jump" band -- a small group (sextet) playing arranged, riff-oriented, hard-driving 4-beat swing music. This album presents the most interesting and exciting items from their repertoire of idiomatic original arrangements, plus some great singing by Carol Akerson. The Swing Legacy demonstrates that musical creativity and artistic viability can be achieved today in a noncontemporary jazz idiom.

The CD includes:

-- hot jump numbers for jitterbugs and lindyhoppers (Flying Home, Undecided, Hoof It)

-- some superior songs, rendered lovingly by Carol (Blue Moon, Willow Weep For Me)

-- two Duke Ellington "indigo mood" pieces (Azure, Transblucency)

-- two up-tempo Count Basie swing classics (Taxi War Dance, Super Chief)

-- two groovy, strutting blues (Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Sweet Daddy Spo-de-o)

-- a "jump for joy" Fats Waller number (Lounging at the Waldorf)

-- a swing version of Fats Domino's R&B hit "I'm Walking"

-- Dave Brubeck's tribute to Elllington "The Duke"

-- an avant-garde gem, Coleman Hawkins' "Queer Notions"

Dancing on a Blue Moon

Dancing on a Blue Moon,The Swing Legacy

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