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ABW 2010 Contest Music

So after several years of being the Head DJ at ABW, I thought I would finally release the song names and artists for the competition music.  Have fun, enjoy, and if you hear that song next year, which you probably will, don’t suck.

AM Jack and Jill Prelims

  • Heat 1
    • Shivers – The Ramblers
    • Community Swing – Glenn Miller
    • Jubilee Swing – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Heat 2
    • Take It – Benny Goodman
    • Flyin’ Home – Charlie Barnett
    • Lafayette – Hot Lips Page

AM Jack and Jill SemiFinals

  • Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho – Sidney Bechet
  • Jumpin’ – Hot Lips Page
  • In The Groove (At The Grove) – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Carioca – Artie Shaw

AM Jack and Jill Finals

  • Hocus Pocus – Fletcher Henderson
  • Everybody Rock – Ella Fitzgerald
  • I Want To Be Happy – Benny Goodman
  • Jumpin At The Woodside – Count Basie

OPEN Jack and Jill Prelims

  • Heat 1
    • Mr. Ghost Goes To Town – Mills Blue Rhythm Band
    • Jumpin At The Woodside – Alix Combelle
    • Rose Room – Boots and his Buddies
  • Heat 2
    • Troubled – Frankie Trumbauer
    • All Is Not Gold That Jitters – Kenny Baker
    • I’ve Found a New Baby – Willie Lewis

OPEN Jack and Jill Finals

  • Warm Up
    • Breaken ‘Em Down – Chick Webb
  • Spotlights:
    • Joanna/Joe – Smoke House Rhythm – Benny Goodman
    • Matt/Vanessa – King Porter Stomp – Tommy Dorsey
    • Naru/Teni – Digga Digga Doio – Ella Fitzgerald
    • Andreas/Nao – Madhouse – Benny Goodman
    • Jason/Carla – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Artie Shaw
    • Adam/Jen – Jamaica Jam – Teddy Powell
    • Javi/Stocks – Super Chief – Count Basie
    • Jacob/Heather – Let’s Get Together – Chick Webb
    • Patricia/Fred – Man From Mars – Artie Shaw
    • Nelle/Davis – Swingin’ In The Promised Land – Edgar Hayes
  • All-Skate
    • Honeysuckle Rose – Mora’s Modern Rhythmists

AM ACBC Prelims

  • Warm Up
    • Rock-A-Bye Basie – Count Basie
  • Heat 1
    • Christopher Columbus – Willie Lewis
    • Dancing With A Debutante – Les Brown
  • Heat 2
    • Man From Mars – Artie Shaw
    • Jim Town Blues – Fletcher Henderson
  • All Skate
    • Swingtime In The Rockies – Benny Goodman

AM ACBC Finals

  • Warm Up
    • Minor Swing – Django Reinhardt
  • Spotlights:
    • Andrew/Lisa – Big John’s Special – Mora’s Modern Rhythmists
    • Jason/Shana – Smoke House Rhythm – Benny Goodman
    • Rudolph/Katherine – Don’t Be That Way – Chick Webb
    • Tim/Ulla – Jamaica Jam #2 – Teddy Powell
    • Tamoko/Daniel – Dinah – Count Basie
    • Jeongwoo/Crystal – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Artie Shaw
    • Corey/Susan – Diga Diga Doo – Artie Shaw
    • Andre/Tina – Christopher Columbus – Don Redman
    • David/Chelsea – Madhouse – Benny Goodman
    • Laura/Jason – King Porter Stomp – Jimmy Dorsey
  • All Skate
    • We’ll Get It – Dorsey Brothers

OPEN ACBC Prelims

  • Warm Up
    • Cherokee – Charlie Barnett
  • Heat 1
    • New Orleans Twist – Gene Gifford
    • Rigamarole – Mora’s Modern Rhythmists
  • Heat 2
    • I Surrender Dear – Lionel Hampton
    • The Last Jump – Charlie Barnett
  • All Skate
    • Casa Loma Stomp – Casa Loma Orchestra

OPEN ACBC Finals

  • Warm Up
    • Uppercut – Artist Unknown
  • Spotlights:
    • Andreas/Joanna – Clarinet Marmalade – Benny Goodman
    • Jeremy/Mary – Harlem Jump – Jack Teagarden
    • Patricia/Fred – Jam Session – Benny Goodman
    • Adam/Nelle – Business in F – Gene Kardos
    • Nick/Laura – Slip Horn Jive – Glenn Miller
    • Naru/Nao – Walk Jenny Walk – Benny Goodman
    • Bobby/Kate – Stampede – Fletcher Henderson
    • Jason/Andi – Let ‘Er Go – Fletcher Henderson
    • Matt/Krista – Rock and Rye – Earl Hines
    • Jacob/Jen – Diga Diga Doo – Mora’s Modern Rhythmists
  • All Skate
    • Traffic Jam – Artie Shaw

9 Comments


  1. Matt
    Jun 17, 2010

    Thanks for posting this!


  2. jodi
    Jun 17, 2010

    Thanks!! Good stuff!


  3. Chris
    Jun 21, 2010

    The track “Uppercut – Artist Unknown”, could it be…
    “Uppercut” by “Erwin Steinbacher Mit Seinem Orchester” off the “Swinging Ballroom Berlin 1936-1939 – 3″ CD?
    Cheers


  4. Kyle Smith
    Jun 21, 2010

    It very well could be. I was trying my hardest to get this list out while the event was still hot, and all I had down on my spread sheet was “german Swing” lol….I think I picked it up from the Swing Tanzen Verboten CD Collection.


  5. Bill
    Jun 23, 2010

    Kyle, hi…I was the guy at ABW 2010 that mentioned to you that “Jericho” by Sidney Bechet was mentioned as a first place Balboa track “on some internet blog”…upon which you answered “That was my list.” A cool moment indeed. And thank you for collating and publishing this…I shall delve into it straightaway!


  6. Lorenzo
    Jun 25, 2010

    Kyle, I would be curious to know more about the tune “I’ve Found a New Baby” by Boots & His Buddies that you list in the Heat 2 of the Open Jack and Jill Prelims. I don’t think that such a tune is any of two Chronological Classics compilations for that band.

    Thank you very much!


  7. Kyle Smith
    Jul 13, 2010

    good catch, i mistyped, it’s Willie Lewis!


  8. Jamie
    Jul 13, 2010

    Thanks for sharing Kyle. Which album did you get “Business in F” from by Gene Kardos? Thanks!


  9. Kyle Smith
    Jul 13, 2010

    New York Jazz In The Early Thirties, if i recall correctly

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