Still on at Yehoodi Radio

My set is still playing on Yehoodi Radio today and also next Thursday. Earlier this month I posted the set list and also a list of all of the current bands that I feature on the show. If you haven't caught it yet, check it out. If you've tuned in already, let me know what you think.

Nifty little AppleScript to chart the BPM of your set

Here's another AppleScript that might be useful to Swing DJs out there. This one will pull the BPM of an iTune playlist and graph it two ways:

• as a line chart, so you can see how your BPM flowed over the course of the night

• as a frequency distribution, so you can see how you covered the tempo range

AppleScript doesn't make it all that easy to crunch numbers, so the code is a bit clunky. I use the Google Chart API to turn the data into graphics, which is a nifty tool though it has some quirks of its own.

I'd love to have a couple more tools like this, things that I could use for post-game analytics. It'd be great to have one that would tell me how often I spin the songs in my set (e.g., half my set is stuff that I've played 10 times in the past six months, 4 songs I'd never spun before, etc.). But it's tricky to get that info out of iTunes. What else would be useful to see as a chart?

Just like the last script, I make no warranty that this little program will actually work for you. Here's the code:

set frequency_dist to {}
set bpm_over_time to {}

tell application "iTunes"
set thePlaylist to the front window's view

set playlistName to ""
set nTracks to count of tracks of thePlaylist
set p to name of thePlaylist
repeat with w in every word of p
set playlistName to playlistName & "+" & w as text
end repeat
set playlistName to text 2 through (length of playlistName) of playlistName

repeat with i from 1 to nTracks
set end of bpm_over_time to bpm of track i of thePlaylist
set track_bpm to round (((bpm of track i of thePlaylist) - 1) / 10)
if track_bpm > (count of frequency_dist) then
repeat with j from ((count of frequency_dist) + 1) to track_ bpm
set end of frequency_dist to 0
end repeat
end if
if track_bpm = 0 then
set track_bpm to 1
end if
set (item track_bpm of frequency_dist) to (item track_bpm of frequency_dist) + 1
end repeat
end tell

set first_non_zero to 1
repeat while item first_non_zero of frequency_dist is 0
set first_non_zero to first_non_zero + 1
end repeat

set bpm_data_string to first item of bpm_over_time as text
repeat with i in items 2 thru (count of bpm_over_time) of bpm_over_time
if i <> max then
set max to f
end if
end repeat
set max to 3 * (round (max / 3) rounding up)

set vert_size to 50 + 28 * ((count of frequency_dist) - first_non_zero + 1)

set horiz_size to 15 * nTracks
if horiz_size > 600 then
set horiz_size to 600
end if


set range to first_non_zero * 10 & "," & (count of frequency_dist) * 10
set line_chart_string to "http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=" & horiz_size & "x200&chd=t:" & bpm_data_string & "&chds=" & range & "&chxr=0," & range & "&chtt=BPM+by+song|" & playlistName

set freq_dist_string to "http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:" & freq_data_string & "&chds=0," & max & "&chs=300x" & vert_size & "&chxr=0,0," & max & "|1," & range & "&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|" & playlistName

tell application "Finder"
open location line_chart_string
open location freq_dist_string
end tell

Nifty little AppleScript to publish a playlist

Those of you with copy-editorial leanings may have noticed that I recently changed how I publish my set lists on the blog.

A few weeks ago I wrote a little AppleScript that will take an iTunes playlist and copy the artist, title, album, length, and bpm of each track to the clipboard, in a format specified by the user. I just run this apple script on one of my set lists and wham-bam I can paste it into my blog.

If you're running a Mac, you can use it too. Open the Script editor to create a new script, then copy the code below into the file. Save the file under Library\iTunes\Scripts. The script should now be accessible from iTunes, from the little script drop-down menu (between Window and Help).

Here's the code:

set dialogResult to display dialog "Enter delimiter and click OK" default answer " - "
if button returned of dialogResult is "OK" then
set delimiter_character to text returned of dialogResult
tell application "iTunes"
set thePlaylist to the front window's view
set playlist_data to {}
tell thePlaylist
repeat with i from 1 to the count of tracks
tell track i
set the end of the playlist_data to {name, delimiter_character, artist, delimiter_character, album, delimiter_character, time as string, delimiter_character, bpm, return}
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end tell
tell application "Finder"
activate
display dialog "The playlist information has been copied to the clipboard"
set the clipboard to (playlist_data) as text
end tell
end if

FYI, this code is pretty rough-and-tumble--there's no error handling or anything like that, so it may not work for you. But it should be easy to modify, especially since the language is so easy to follow, almost English. I think the designers meant it to be the Apple equivalent of VBasic.

AppleScripts are pretty nifty. Don't know why I've never played with them before. I've got a few more in the works, so stay tuned.

Music via the interwebs, Part 4: Other online sources

Besides EMusic, iTunes, and Amazon mp3, what else is out there? There's quite a few services, mostly filling smaller niches in the huge and growing online music market. I don't use any of them very frequently, but here's what I know:

Amie Street. The idea here is that the market determines the price. The more people download the track, the higher the price climbs. You get a deal if you get in on an artist/album/track early. Next thing you know, they'll be setting up a derivatives market so you can bet on how soon the hipsters will mob any particular indie band. If you can do it with mortgages, why not music too?

CD Baby is a service that allows independent artists to market their own music. The site now also allows artists to sell albums in mp3 format. So far as I've seen, it's up to the artist to decide to allow the option or not. And you can't download individual tracks.

Bandcamp is a pretty nifty site that allows independent artists to sell (or distribute for free) mp3s of their music--sort of a next-generation CD Baby. It lets the artist set the price, or lets them choose to let the customer pay whatever they want (the "In Rainbows" model). I ran across the site while browsing the web page of the California Honeydrops, a soul group from San Francisco. Of course, Bandcamp is basically a distribution platform, not a music site for itself--so you can't browse for artists. You'd have to find out about a group through some other route, and then perhaps get re-directed to Bandcamp to grab some of their music.

Smithsonian Global Sound is truly for the music geeks out there, people who are interested in historical recordings, field recordings, truly diverse sounds from around the globe. They have a lot of the original Folkways recordings, including stuff that founder Moses Asch recorded back in the 1940s. All sorts of interesting music on here, including some fantastic blues compilations like this one. Not necessarily a good source for swing dance music, but then you do have wider taste than just jazz, don't you?

Lala is another music service that plays with the standard iTunes pricing model. It allows you to preview an entire track once (rather than just a 30 sec. snippet), and then buy the rights to stream the song online for just $0.10. Actually downloading mp3's costs more--about the same as Amazon mp3. Lala also scans your music library and gives you free online access to any licensed tracks that you already own. (Added 9/27/2009--Thanks Thomas for the tip.)

Jazz Online has a bunch of jazz recordings available for streaming or download, plus a basic but serviceable search engine. The site claims that all of the music is public domain, though I haven't investigated it enough to know whether that claim is true. (Added 9/27/2009.)

Set list from First Friday at Big City Swing 1/9/2009

I was really pleased with how this set went. When I started around 8:45 there were almost 40 people at the beginner 6-count lesson, and they stuck around for quite a bit longer than newcomers typically do, which is great. The first half of my set was pretty geared towards keeping those folks happy.

1. A Woman's Intuition - Stompy Jones - Stompy Jones - 3:17 - 140
2. Strictly Instrumental - Harry James - The Best Of Big Bands - 2:56 - 135
3. Mack The Knife - Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife: The Complete Ella In Berlin (Live) - 4:39 - 140
4. Good Evenin' Good Lookin' (Helen Forrest, Vocals) - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:10 - 150
5. Sent For You Yesterday - George Gee - If Dreams Come True - 3:32 - 165
6. Big John's Special - Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra - Radio Rhythm - 3:18 - 170
7. Hoodle-Addle - Ray McKinley Orchestra - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 3:21 - 140
8. All Of Me - Helen O'Connell - Great Girl Singers, Sing 22 Original Hits - 2:09 - 145
9. TV Is The Thing This Year - Dianne Reeves - Good Night, And Good Luck - 1:43 - 160
10. You Talk a Little Trash - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five - Crazy Rhythm - 3:55 - 170
11. Now Or Never - Katharine Whalen - Jazz Squad - 2:13 - 165 (The last couple songs were pretty high energy, and the floor thinned a little bit. I saw Jenna and Max dancing together. They had taught the beginner lesson, so I picked out another song I thought that they'd like and that they might show off to. But then they didn't dance together, so I had to grab Jenna for a dance. Such a chore, I know.)
    
12. When I Grow Too Old To Dream - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:47 - 200
    (Taking the tempo down a little, but trying to keep things peppy.)
    
13. It's De-Lovely - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 4:04 - 150
14. Shout, Sister, Shout! - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Gospel of the Blues - 2:41 - 145
15. Onion - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, 1938-1940, Volume 1 (Disc - 2:55 - 170
16. Route 66 - Linda Hopkins - Wild Women Blues - 3:05 - 160
17. Let Me Off Uptown - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz - 3:24 - 130 (Chilling out, letting people take a breather before I build back up again.)
18. All That Meat And No Potatoes - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:47 - 140
19. Blues for Stephanie - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 4:29 - 130
20. A Viper's Moan - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Call Of The Freaks - 3:30 - 140
21. Me, Myself And I - Billie Holiday - A Musical Romance - 2:37 - 155
22. Ja-Da - The Famous Castle Jazz Band - The Five Pennies - 3:07 - 150
23. Give My Regards To Broadway - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:37 - 170
24. Shake That Thing - Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - The Aviator Music From The Motion Picture - 3:00 - 225
25. Don't You Miss Your Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon & Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans - 3:55 - 140
26. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Sarah Vaughan - Ken Burns Jazz - 2:43 - 125
27. El Salon De Gutbucket - Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Sophisticated Swing - 5:16 - 140
28. Lean Baby - Illinois Jacquet - Flying Home - 3:05 - 125
29. Solid As A Rock - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 3:00 - 145
30. Bei Mir Bist Du Schane - Janis Siegel - Swing Kids - 4:11 - 150 (If you're new to swing dancing, like much of the crowd, you may have never heard this song before. Think what you'd be missing!)
31. I'se Muggin' - Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt 1: Swing Guitars - 3:07 - 170
32. My Blue Heaven - Stuff Smith Quartet - Swingin' Stuff - 3:46 - 160
33. That's a Plenty - Kevin Clark - New Orleans Trumpet - 5:06 - 205 (This song was used for a performance by the Tacky Annies, Jenna's all-female dance troupe.)
34. When You're Smiling - The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - Forty Days and Forty Nights - 3:51 - 215
35. Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard - 1938-46 - 2:38 - 170 (Crowd has thinned out a little bit by now, and more advanced dancers are starting to appear.)
36. Rockin' In Rhythm - Duke Ellington - Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings of Duke Ellington, 1926-1931 - 3:02 - 185
37. The Dipsey Doodle - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Call Of The Freaks - 2:58 - 180
38. For Dancers Only - John Lewis, The American Jazz Orchestra - The Music Of Jimmie Lunceford - 4:34 - 145
39. Sugar In My Bowl - Miss Tess - When Tomorrow Comes - 3:15 - 105
40. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats (Remaster) - 3:21 - 130
41. Ain't Misbehavin' - Sidney Bechet - Perdido Street Blues - 2:52 - 145
42. Take It Easy Greasy No. 2 - Lil Johnson - Lil Johnson & Barrelhouse Annie Vol. 3 1937 - 2:58 - 145
43. Viper mad - Swing Parade South - Hommage à Sidney Bechet - 4:30 - 175 (Going from janky to groovy..)
44. Makin' Whoopee - Clora Bryant - ...Gal With A Horn - 3:34 - 120
45. Nature Boy - Johnny Hartman - For Trane - 3:29 - 142
46. Boys from Harlem - Randy Sandke And The Nagel Heyer Allstars - Uptown Lowdown - 3:33 - 160
47. In a Mellow Tone - Count Basie - Blues In Orbit - 2:40 - 165
48. Six-appeal - Charlie Christian - Six-appeal - 3:20 - 145
49. You Don't Know What Love Is - Rachelle Ferrell - First Instrument - 5:14 - 120
50. Growling Dog - Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk And Truck - 2:40 - 120
51. Georgia Cake Walk - Eddie Condon - We Called It Music - 3:06 - 165
52. The Back Room Romp - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 2:49 - 150
53. Don't Go Away Nobody-Edit-200 - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 2:02 - 200 (End of the night, Jenna and I intended to practice our routine in a corner, but then everybody started watching and clapping.)
54. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 2: Flying Home - 3:10 - 195 (Big apple, of course.)
55. Gettin' Some Fun Out Of Life - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - Hope You're Comin' Back - 5:30 - 120 (Request from Skibo.)
56. Hey Hey - Big Bill Broonzy - Jazz Masters Of Acoustic Guitar And Some Bluesmen Too - 2:54 - 150
57. 'Long About Midnight - Cab Calloway - The Early Years 1930-1934 - 3:06 - 170

Here's a very ghetto frequency distribution of bpm over the set. The 140-180 bpm range is what seemed to keep the new folks happy.

220 *
210 *
200 ***
190 *
180 **
170 ********
160 ********
150 *******
140 ***************
130 ****
120 ******
110
100 *

Yehoodi Radio set

Here's the full set list from my Yehoodi Radio show. Tune in on Thursdays for the rest of January. And check out my previous post to get links to all the current bands.

1. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Aunt Ruby's Sweet Jazz Babies - Stompin' Through The Tulips - 4:07 - 205
2. Jungle Nights in Harlem - Randy Sandke And The Nagel Heyer Allstars - Uptown Lowdown - 3:37 - 180
3. Pitter Panther Patter - Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band - 3:03 - 175
4. Inghin the Ooh/Moten Swing - Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra - Welcome to New Life - 4:11 - 210
5. You Talk a Little Trash - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five - Crazy Rhythm - 3:55 - 170
6. Summit Ridge Drive - Artie Shaw - Spotlight on Artie Shaw - Five Historic Broadcasts From 1945 - 3:22 - 150
7. Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay - Jay McShann - Jumpin' The Blues - 2:31 - 155
8. I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five, Volume 1 - 2:31 - 195
9. A Woman's Intuition - Stompy Jones - Stompy Jones - 3:17 - 140
10. Mood Hollywood - Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra - Radio Rhythm - 3:31 - 170
11. There'll Be Some Changes Made - Chicago Rhythm Kings - Mezz Mezzrow: Makin' Friends, 1928-37 - 2:56 - 205
12. There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me - Michael Arenella - Blue Orchid Dance Orchestra - 3:06 - 210
13. Sweet and Low Down - Anson Weeks - The Uncollected: Anson Weeks And His Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra - 2:43 - 225
14. Four Or Five Times - Cangelosi Cards - Down Home Live at Banjo Jims - 5:25 - 130
15. Creole Love Call - Adelaide Hall - A Centenary Celebration - 3:17 - 95
16. You Do Me Any Old Way - Big Bill Broonzy - In Chicago 1932/1937 - 2:50 - 190
17. Bring It On Down To My House - Baby Soda Jazz Band - Baby Soda - 2:32 - 170
18. I've Found a New Baby - Baby Soda Jazz Band - ...Cures Everything but the Blues - 3:05 - 260
19. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me - The Delta Rhythm Boys - I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem - 2:12 - 140
20. That's A Plenty - Ella Fitzgerald And Bing Crosby - Bing Crosby With Ella Fitzgerald & Peggy Lee Featuring Fred Astaire - 2:23 - 185
21. Southern sunset - Swing Parade South - Hommage a Sidney Bechet - 3:32 - 105
22. Keepin' Out A Mishif Now - Carling Family - 20th Jubilee - 3:32 - 120
23. Hop, Skip And Jump - Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Sophisticated Swing - 3:47 - 175
24. Lito's Place - Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan - Alfonso Ponticelli And Swing Gitan - 4:27 - 195
25. The Elk's Parade - The Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra - Working The Swing Shift - 3:08 - 245
26. The Right Idea - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Swing Street Strut - 3:13 - 185
27. It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160
28. Ain't Misbehavin' - Kermit Ruffins - Putumayo Presents: Kermit Ruffins - 4:36 - 140
29. Lester Leaps In - Beantown Swing Orchestra - Live - 3:42 - 220
30. Good Queen Bess - Johnny Hodges - Perfect Swing - 3:02 - 155
31. Long, Strong and Consecutive - Duke Ellington - The Complete RCA Victor Mid-Forties Recordings - 2:54 - 90
32. Honeysuckle Rose - Django Reinhardt - The Swing Sessions Volume 1 - 2:49 - 180
33. Exactly Like You - One Leg Up - Gypsy Blue - 3:14 - 215
34. Rosetta - Deep Chicago Rhythm Owls - Oysters and Beer - 4:01 - 165
35. Growling Dog - Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk And Truck - 2:40 - 120
36. Swingin' On That Famous Door - Delta Four - All Star Jazz Quartets 1928-1940 - Disc B - 3:00 - 195
37. When You're Smiling - The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - Forty Days and Forty Nights - 3:51 - 215
38. My Old Daddy's Got a Brand New Way to Love - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 3:20 - 100
39. Sent For You Yesterday - George Gee - If Dreams Come True - 3:32 - 165
40. Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Williams - The Definitive Joe Williams - 2:42 - 215
41. Oo Poppa Do - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - One Hour Mama - 3:13 - 160
42. Mr. Gee - Tab Smith - Top 'n' Bottom - 2:49 - 115
43. Heebie Jeebies - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - The Hurricane Sessions - 1:55 - 180
44. Strut Miss Lizzy - Firecracker Jazz Band - Firecracker Jazz Band Explodes - 3:41 - 195
45. Big Butter and Egg Man - Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings - 3:00 - 200
46. The Love Bug Will Bite You - Louis Prima - Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings Of Louis Prima And Wingy Manone (1924-1937) - 3:06 - 170
47. Callin' Your Bluff - Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Mills Blue Rhythm Band: 1933-1936 - 3:00 - 190
48. Big John's Special - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Mr. Rhythmist Goes To Town - 2:50 - 220
49. Swingtime in the Rockies - Bernard Berkhout's Swing Orchestra - unreleased - 3:15 - 220
50. Fiddle Dee Dee - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 1: Hot Mallets - 2:39 - 195
51. Until the Real Thing Comes Along - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 4:41 - 115
52. Good Evenin' Good Lookin' (Helen Forrest, Vocals) - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:10 - 150
53. Roll 'em - White Heat Swing Orchestra - WHSO Topping the Charts - 4:27 - 190
54. Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) - The Prohibition Orchestra of Chicago - Live at the Harold Washington Library 5/27/2005 - 2:57 - 210
55. I'm Wonderin' Who (f. Irving Kaufman) - Bix Beiderbecke - Bix Beiderbecke, vol. 1: Singin' The Blues - 2:49 - 180
56. Madame Dynamite - Eddie Condon - Let's Swing It - 2:55 - 185
57. Keeps On A-Rainin' - Billie Holiday - We Called It Music - 3:20 - 60
58. Yes Sir, That's My Baby - Earl Hines - A Monday Date - 3:00 - 140
59. I'll see you in my Dreams - Rhythm Futur - Unreleased - 2:52 - 0
60. Clementine - Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Band - There Ain't No Jazz Like Dixieland - 3:11 - 205
61. Tiger Rag - The Firehouse Five Plus Two - The Firehouse Five Plus Two Story - 3:04 - 240
62. Sugar In My Bowl - Miss Tess - When Tomorrow Comes - 3:15 - 105
63. Savoy Blues - Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen - Trad Jazz Masters - 3:53 - 135
64. Crazy Rhythm - Russ Wilson And His Nouveau-Passe Orchestra - Doin' The Uptown Lowdown! - 3:17 - 195
65. Old Mother Hubbard - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 2:44 - 145
66. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - Slim Gaillard - Ice Cream on Toast 1937 ~ '47 - 2:10 - 180
67. All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10 - 165
68. You Made Me Love You - Oscar Aleman - Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 (Disc 1) - 3:02 - 225
69. A Mellow Bit of Rhythm - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy - Andy Kirk and the 12 Clouds of Joy - 3:23 - 160
70. Christopher Columbus - Dan Barrett - Blue Swing - 4:00 - 185
71. Jelly, Jelly Blues - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Love Jones The Music - 5:49 - 60
72. I Love The Rhythm In A Riff - Billy Eckstine - Timeless Billy Eckstine - 2:51 - 200
73. Swingmatism - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Swingmatism - 2:33 - 185
74. Shake That Thing - Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - The Aviator Music From The Motion Picture - 3:00 - 225
75. Gettin' Some Fun Out Of Life - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - Hope You're Comin' Back - 5:30 - 120
76. That Chick's Too Young To Fry - The Prisonaires - Just Walkin' In The Rain - 1:45 - 190
77. Hit That Jive Jack - The Four Charms - Flatland Boogie - 3:13 - 195

Artists featured on Yehoodi Radio

Here are links to all of the bands featured in my set on Yehoodi Radio. Let me know what you think, which bands you really like, and which bands I missed--leave a comment!

The Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra (Chicago, IL)
Alfonso Pontecelli and Swing Gitan (Chicago, IL)
Aunt Ruby's Sweet Jazz Babies (Austin, TX)
Baby Soda Jazz Band (New York City, NY)
The Beantown Swing Orchestra (Boston, MA)
Bernard Berkhout's Swing Orchestra (Netherlands)
The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn (New York City, NY)
The Boilermaker Jazz Band (Pittsburgh, PA)
The Cangelosi Cards (New York City, NY)
Carling Family Band (Sweden)
Catherine Russell (New York City, NY)
Dan Barrett (NY/CA)
Deep Chicago Rhythm Owls (Chicago, IL)
Engelbert Wrobel's Swing Society (Germany)
Firecracker Jazz Band (North Carolina)
The Four Charms (Chicago, IL)
George Gee and the Jump Jivin' Wailers (New York City, NY)
Hotlanta Dixieland Band (Atlanta, GA)
Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five (Los Angeles, CA)
Kendrick Oliver & the New Life Jazz Orchestra (Boston, MA)
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen (United Kingdom)
Kermit Ruffins (New Orleans, LA)
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers (San Francisco, CA)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (New York City, NY)
Michael Aranella & His Dreamland Orchestra (New York City, NY)
Miss Tess (Boston, MA)
Mora's Modern Rhythmists (Los Angeles, CA)
New Orleans Jazz Vipers (New Orleans, LA)
One Leg Up (Asheville, NC)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band (New Orleans, LA)
Prohibition Orchestra of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Randy Sandke and the Nagel Heyer All Stars (New York City, New York)
Rhythm Futur (Chicago, IL)
Royal Society Jazz Orchestra (San Francisco, CA)
Russ Wilson and his Nouveau-Passe Orchestra (North Carolina)
The Solomon Douglas Swingtet (Seattle, WA)
Swing Parade South (Nice, France)
Stompy Jones (San Francisco, CA)
The Twin Cities Hot Club (Twin Cities, MN)
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks (New York City, NY)
The White Heat Swing Orchestra (Boston, MA)