Charlottesville Swing Orchestra

The excitement of the swing era returns with the music of the Charlottesville Swing Orchestra. This seven piece group performs in the tradition of Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington and Count Basie while featuring the songs of great American composers such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rogers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin and others. The Swing orchestra provides an atmosphere of elegance, energy and sophistication that is responsive to your specific needs

A sample of their music

The Charlottesville Swing Orchestra is composed of musicians who are expert in all phases of the Jazz Tradition, particularly mainstream jazz. They have a repertoire of hundreds of jazz compositions from such artists as Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lester Young Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Errol Garner, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus, to name a few.

SWING (Foxtrots & Jitterbugs)
A Foggy DayI Remember You
A Kiss To Build a Dream OnIt Could Happen To You
After You’ve GoneIt Don’t Mean R Thing
Ain’t Misbehavin’(If It Ain’t Got That Swing!
Alfie’s ThemeIt Had To Be You
All Of MeIt’s Only A Paper Moon
All Of YouI’ve Got The world On A String
All The Things You AreJersey Bounce
April In ParisJust In Time
Bill BaileyKansas City
Blue MoonLike Someone In Love
Blue RoomLove Me Or Leave Me
But Not For MeLullaby Of Birdland
Bye Bye BlackbirdLulu’s Back In Town
Chatanooga Choo-ChooMack The Knife
Cheek To CheekMean To Me
CherokeeMy Little Suede Shoes
CottontailMoon Glow
Crazy RhythmNight And Day
Darn That DreamNight Train
Days of Wine And RosesOn The Sunny Side Of The Street
Do Nothing Til You Hear From MeOur Love Is Here To Stay
Don’t Get Around Much AnymoreOld Devil Moon
Do You Know What It MeansOn The Trail
(To Miss New Orleans?)Perdido
Easy To LoveSatin Doll
East Of The SunSecret Love
Exactly Like YouSentimental Journey
FeverSometimes I’m Happy
Fly Me To The MoonStompin’ Rt The Savoy
Honeysuckle RoseSummertime
Can’t Give You Anything But LoveSweet Georgia Brown
Could Write R BookS’Wonderful
Cried For YouTake The “A” Train
Didn’t Know what Time It wasThings Ain’t what They Used To Be
Hear A RhapsodyTuxedo Junction
I’II Take RomanceUnder R Blanket Of Blue
In The MoodWay Down Yonder In New Orleans
I’m Beginning To See The LightYou’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
I’m Confessin’ That I Love YouYou Stepped Out Of A Dream
I’m Old FashionedYou Took Advantage Of Me
BALLADS
Autumn In New YorkMood Indigo
Autumn LeavesMoonlight In Vermont
Hs Time Goes ByMoonlight Serenade
Bewitched, Bothered And BewilderedMy Foolish Heart
Blue And SentimentalMy Funny Valentine
Body And SoulMy One And Only Love
But BeautifulMy Romance
But Not For MeThe Nearness Of You
Chelsea BridgePrelude To R Kiss
Come Rain Or Come Shine‘Round Midnight
Don’t Blame MeSeptember Song
Easy To LoveSince I Fell For You
Embraceable YouSkylark
Every Time We Say GoodbyeSomeone To Watch Over Me
Everything Happens To MeSophisticated Lady
Georgia On My MindStardust
Here’s That Rainy DayStars Fell On Alabama
I Can’t Get Started With YouStormy Weather
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)These Foolish Things
I Left My Heart In San FranciscoThe Very Thought Of You
I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over YouUnforgettable
In R Sentimental MoodWhat’s New?
In My SolitudeWhen I Fall In Love
I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her FaceWhere Are You?
LauraWhere Or When?
Lover ManWillow Weep For Me
Memories Of YouYou Don’t Know What Love Is
MistyYou Go To My Head
LATIN
Adios MuchachosLa Campasita
Begin The BeguineLove For Sale
Black Orpheus (R Day In The Life Of R Fool)Mambo Mio
Blue BossaMasquerade
CaravanMeditation
Compadre Pedro JuanMerengue Loco
CorcovadoMorning
DesifinadoNight And Day
DindiNo More Blues (Chega )
FlamingoOne Note Samba
Girl From IpanemaThe Shadow Of Your Smile
Green EyesSpanish Eyes
Happy BirthdaySong For My Father
How InsensitiveSt. Thomas
I Concentrate On YouSway
I’ll Remember AprilTea For Two Cha-Cha
I Love ParisTequila
I Love YouYellow Days (La Mentira)
I’ve Got You Under My SkinWatch What Happens

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