Roffaswing Hot 100

De Rotterdamse swingscene is nog maar een dreumes en niks is zo leuk als al die kersverse dansers kennnis te laten maken met de allerbeste muziek om op te dansen. De veteranen onder ons krijgen nog steeds geen genoeg van al die swingkrakers. Dus vroegen we aan alle dansers welke favoriete swingnummers op de lijst thuis horen. Daaruit stelden we een lijst samen van 100 nummers waarop 6 januari ongelooflijk gedanst werd tijdens de eerste SwingSalon van het jaar. Dikke kans dat we er een jaarlijks evenement van maken.

The swing scene in Rotterdam is merely a todler and there is so much fun to introduce al those freshmen dancers to the greatest dance tunes out there. The veterans amongst us still won't be bored by all these overplayed clasics. So we asked all dancers which swing tunes should be on that list and we came up with 100 hot tunes on which we danced away on January 6 at the RoffaSwingSalon of the year. We are considering to make this a yearly happening.

The Roffaswing Hot 100

8, 9 & 10 - Slim & Slam
Ac-cen-tchu-ate the Positive - Peggy Lee
Afternoon of a Moax - Charlie Barnet
All that Meat and No Potatoes - Fats Waller
All the Cats Join In - Benny Goodman
Alright, Okay, You Win - Joe Williams with Count Basie
Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder
Are You Hep to Jive? - Cab Calloway
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Janis Siegel
Blues My Naughty - Sidney Bechet
C Jam Blues  - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Celery Stalks at Midnight - Doris Day with Les Brown
Choo Choo’ Boogie - Louis Jordan
Christopher Columbus - Benny Goodman
Coleslaw - Jesse Stone
Deep Forest - Earl Hines
Diga Diga Doo - Artie Shaw
Drop Me Off in Harlem - Ella Fitzgerald
Easy Does It - The Big 18
Everybody Eats when They Come to My House - Cab Calloway
Exactly Like You - Django Reinhardt
Fever - Peggy Lee
Fine Brown Frame - Nellie Lutcher
Five O'clock Whistle - Erskine Hawkins
Flat Foot Floogie - Slim & Slam
Flyin' Home - Lionel Hampton
For Dancers Only - Billy May
Four Or Five Times - Jimmie Lunceford
Frim Fram Sauce - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Gal from Joe's - Duke Ellington
Gangbusters - Cats & the Fiddle
Good Queen Bess - Johnny Hodges
Harlem Air Shaft - Duke Ellington
I Got a Feeling I'm Falling - Louis Armstrong
I like Pie, I like Cake - The Four Clefs
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Muggsy Spanier
In the Mood - Glenn Miller
It Don't Mean a Thing… - Duke Ellington
Jive at Five - Count Basie
Joshua Fit to the Battle of Jericho - Sidney Bechet
Jump Session - Slim and Slam
Jump Through the Window - Roy Eldridge
Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie
Keep on Churnin' - Wynonie Harris
Lavender Coffin - Lionel Hampton
Let me Off Uptown - Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa
Let's Call the Whole Thing off - Billie Holiday
Lindyhopper's Delight - Chick Webb
Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
Little Jazz - Artie Shaw
Long Gone John - Gordon Webster
Love Me or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jr.
Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong
Massachusetts - Maxine Sullivan
Melody In Swing (Out Of My Way) - Don Byas
Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt
Moten Swing - Oscar Peterson
Mr. Five by Five - Ella Mae Morse
Mutiny in the Parlour - Gene Krupa
On Revival Day - Lavern Baker
One o'clock Jump - Count Basie
Oo Poppa Do - Lavay Smith
Opus 1 - Gene Krupa/Anita O'Day
Put a Lid on It - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Revolutionary Blues - Mezz Mezzrov
Roll With My Baby - Ray Charles
Savoy - Lucky Millinder
Shiny Stockings - Count Basie
Shout Sister Shout - Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder
Six Appeal - 4beat6
Six or Seven Times - Cab Calloway
Solid as a Rock - Ella Fitzgerald
South - Hot Lips Page
Spinnin' the Webb - Chick Webb
Splanky - Count Basie
St. Louis Blues - Ella Fitzgerald
Stomping at the Savoy - Benny Goodman
Straighten Up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole
Strictly Jive - Chick Webb
Swing Brother Swing - Billie Holiday
Swing Out in the Groove - Sam Price
Swingtime in the Rockies - Benny Goodman
Tain't what you do… - Jimmie Lunceford
The Dipsey Doodle - Larry Clinton
The Goon Drag - Sam Price
The Music Goes Round - Louis Prima
The Spinach Song - Julia Lee
Traffic Jam - Artie Shaw
Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins
Two O'Clock Jump - Harry James
Walk 'em - Buddy Johnson
Watch the Birdie - Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa
Wednesday Night hop - Andy Kirk
Well, Git It - Tommy Dorsey
Whoa Babe - Lionel Hampton
Wild Mab of the Fish Pond - Charlie Barnet
(At the) Woodchoppers' Ball - Woody Herman
Yacht Club Swing - Fats Waller
You're Laughing at Me - Mildred Bailey
Your Feets Too Big - Fats Waller

Natuurlijk begonnen we met de favoriet van Frankie Manning!
We kicked-off with Frankie Manning's favortie.

En wie is de trompetiste die het plaatje siert? Dat is niemand minder dan Valaida Snow, een getalenteerde muzikante uit het siwngtijdperk.
You may ask who's the hot trumpeter in the event picture. Well, meet Valaida Snow, a multi-talented musician from the swing era.