Due to multiple requests during classes, below you will find some music suggestions to help you practice. We use some of them frequently during the classes. The suggestions are organised roughly based on rhythm to help you practice the corresponding rhythms. That is songs from the "Groove" list are well suited for groove walk rhythm and especially for beginners. Similarly suggestions from the "Charleston" list are well suited for dancing Charleston, and suggestions from the "Triple" list are best suited for triple-step rhythm. While the tempo is not a determining factor, triple-step rhythm songs are generally somewhat slower, groove  walk rhythm songs are faster, and Charleston rhythm songs are generally among the fastest. Of course there are exceptions when it comes to tempo and some triple-step songs may get really fast. 

Groove

  • Benny Goodman Sextett - Till Tom Special
  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Christopher Columbus
  • Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - A Chicken Ain't Nothing but a Bird
  • Ella Fitzgerald and Her Orchestra - Jubilee Swing
  • Glenn Miller - Community Swing
  • Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra - Good Queen Bess
  • Slim Gaillard Trio - Momma's in the Kitchen
  • Slim Gaillard - 8, 9 and 10
  • Artie Shaw's Gramercy - Hop, Skip and Jump
  • ​Artie Shaw - It Goes to Your Feet

Triple

  • Al Cohn & Andy Kirk and His Orchestra - A Mellow Bit of Rhythm
  • Al Cohn & Andy Kirk and His Orchestra -Walkin' and Swingin'
  • Oscar Peterson Trio - Moten Swing
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra - Splanky
  • Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - Hep Hop
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Gotta be This or That
  • Harry James and His Orchestra - Strictly Instrumental
  • Paul Kuhn & SDR Big Band - Jersey Bounce
  • Dave Pell - Could Be
  • Les and Larry Elgart - Tuxedo Junction

Charleston

  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - House Hop
  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Love Me or Leave Me
  • Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Jimtown Blues
  • Bob Crosby's Bob Cats - Black Bottom
  • Boilermaker Jazz Band - Don't Go 'way Nobody
  • Louis Prima New Orleans Gang - Rhythm on the Radio
  • Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Some Like It Hot
  • The Earl Hines Orchestra - Keep On Jumping
  • The Four Clefs - The Jive is Jumpin'
  • Chick Webb - Lindy Hopper's Delight