JERRY THE JUNKER: Song of the electric chair!
JUST A GIGOLO: Weimar Republic crooner classic
LEFT BANK 2: You’ll have heard it on Vision On
LIMEHOUSE BLUES: Chinatown speedswing
MACK THE KNIFE: From Brecht to Bobby Darin to Robbie Williams
MINNIE THE MOOCHER: Hi-de-ho from Cab Calloway’s pen
MINOR SWING: A little beauty from Reinhardt & Grappelli
NAGASAKI: Pre-war (WW2) standard
NIGHT AND DAY: Cole Porter’s round-the-clock love song
NUAGES: Django’s weather predictions
ONE SCOTCH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER: Jimmy Rushing’s drinking song
PEANUT VENDOR: Dancing on the streets of Mexico
REET PETITE AND GONE: Louis Jordan’s sizist song
SOUS LES CIELS DE PARIS: Parisian Valse to grab you by the heart
STOMPING AT THE SAVOY: Dancing with Benny
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN: Everybody’s standard
SWING ’39: Django/Grappelli ‘djewel’ SWING ’42: Timeless Django tune
SWING DE PARIS: More Hot Club swing SWING GUITARS: Another great ‘djewel’
TEA SAMBA: Ghanaian Highlife from E T Mensah
TEARS (Larmes) Slow beauty from Reinhardt/Grappelli
TICO TICO: Latin American dancing bird
TOP CAT: Tom’s role model from the cartoon
TU VUO FA AMERICANO: Italian warning about US influence
VIPER MAD: Muggles madness
VOUTNMELLOW: A bit of peace in a mad world
WHAT IS THIS THING (CALLED SWING) Cole Porter again
WHO PUT THE BENZEDRINE (in Mrs Murphy’s Ovaltine) Harry ’The Hipster’ Gibson’s paean to hot drinks
