Swing It! is a celebration of jive, that exuberant, irrepressible, and entirely infectious spirit found in such good-time anthems as Are You Hep to the Jive?, Jump, Jive 'n' Wail, and Hit That Jive, Jack. It chronicles the rich and colourful history of that quintessentially American sound, taking us on a journey from its pioneers to today's retro swingers through its Golden Era. Along the way it illuminates the hip contributions made by beboppers, jump blues hounds, N'awlins jivesters, the white connection, and women jivesters. Swing It! Includes a hilarious, too-hip-for-the-room foreword by Tim Hauser (founder of the Grammy Award-winning Manhattan Transfer), extensive discographies, a comprehensive A-Z jive glossary, and vintage photos of jive's most charismatic entertainers.

CONTENTS:
The Godfathers of Jive Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway
The Golden Era of Jive Louis Jordan, Slim Gaillard, The Cat & the Fiddle, Leo 'Scat' Wilson, Stuff Smith, Jimmie Lunceford, Lucky Millinder
Jump Blues 'n' Jive T-Bone Walker, Amos Milburn, Roy Milton, Floyd Dixon, Joe Liggins, Jimmy Liggins, Tiny Bradshaw, Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Tiny Grimes, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
Bebop 'n' Jive Lester Young, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Babs Gonzales, Joe Carroll, King Pleasure, Jon Hendricks
N'Awlins Jive Danny Barker, Professor Longhair, Huey 'Piano' Smith, James Booker, Dr. John, Mr. Google Eyes, Lloyd Price, Ernie K-Doe, James 'Sugar Boy' Crawford, Jessie Hill, Lee Dorsey, Eddie Bo, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Kermit Ruffins
The White Connection The Rhythm Boys, Cliff Edwards, Emmett Miller, Mezz Mezzrow, Louis Prima, Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson, Johnny Otis, Bob Dorough, Mose Allison, Ben Sidran, Tim Hauser, Dan Hicks
Women Jivesters Connee Boswell, Ella Fitzgerald, The Andrews Sisters, Une Mae Carlisle, Ina Ray Hutton, Ella Mae Morse, Nellie Lutcher, Annie Ross, Janis Siegel, Candye Kane, Lavay Smith, Katharine Whalen, Ingrid Lucia, Del Ray
Retro Jivesters Royal Crown Revue, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Roomful of Blues, Ray Gelato & His Giants of Jive, Colin James & The Little Big Band, Paul Cebar, Jet Set Six, The Yallopin' Hounds
The Language of Jive
Jive Resources

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