Shawn Coyle Bio coming soon...

Liz Henkels (San Diego) has been DJing for the last 3 years at all of San Diego's finest swing dance venues. She has been influenced by many great DJ's in the San Diego and Orange County areas. She plays music that is fun to dance to and keeps the floor full all night long. Liz looks forward to expanding her DJ repertoire and is excited to start with Lindy Groove.

10 fun songs:
Jump Session - Slim and Slam
Chant of the Groove - Fats Waller
I Like Pie, I Like Cake - Four Clefs
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me - Sidney Bechet
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton
Stop It, Joe - Rosetta Crawford
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho - Sidney Bechet
For Dancers Only - Jimmy Lunceford
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
Born to Swing - Lil' Armstrong

Patty Holmes (formerly Patty Or) has been wearing many hats in the Houston dance scene since 1998. There's the dancer hat, the organizer hat, the volunteer hat, the teacher hat, and of course the DJ hat. And she finally started those T-shirt quilts made out of T-shirts collected from all the dance events she attended all these years. Patty is excited to return to Lindygroove since her first appearance X years ago.

Patty's Updated Top 19 (as of 2011):
Sympathique - Pink Martini
Drop Me Off in Harlem - Victrola
You're Driving Me Crazy - Big Joe Turner
Famous - Lascivious Biddies
Evenin' - Count Basie
Mistreated But Undefeated Blues - Ray Brown Trio
Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
Brotherhood of Man - Oscar Peterson
Little Liza Jane - Ramsey Lewis
Barn 12 - Harry James
A Smooth One - Claude Williams
At the Foot of Canal Street - John Boutte
Frieda - David Benoit
I want to be Famous - Camaros
Everybody Knows - Johnny Hodges
Your Mother's Son-In-Law - Charmin Michelle
That's the Guy for Me - Rhodes, Todd and His Toddlers
Coucou - Erin McKeown
Squatty Roo - Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five

Dax Hock Originally from San Diego he has been teaching, competing, DJing, and performing internationally for the past seven years.  Dax is now based in Osaka Japan.  He is the 2003 US Open Swing Dance Champion, the leader of N'Back, and the founder of Mecha Kucha Swing.
Favorite song list coming soon...

Chrissy Holt
BIo and favorite song list coming soon...

Charlie Hull
BIo and favorite song list coming soon...

David Jacoby (aka "Shorty Dave") lives in New York City where he regularly DJs, dances, and frequents jazz clubs. For 7+ years, he was the DJ coordinator and "House DJ" for Yehoodi.com's weekly dance, The Frim Fram Jam, the most popular weekly dance in NYC. He has also DJed at countless national events – both competitions, exchanges, and workshop / camp weekends, including the Sacramento Exchange, multiple SFLXs, Oakland Swing Dance Festivals, and other California events. David has helped introduce several great jazz musicians to the Lindy Hop community through his work with Jelly Roll Productions. In 2009, David was honored to be an executive producer of the historic Frankie’s 95th Birthday Festival in NYC, personally overseeing the 15+ plus live bands.

Some Favorite Songs:
Trios:
Down By The Riverside - Benny Green Trio
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - The Three Sounds
Shiny Stockings - Gene Harris
For Dancers Only - Junior Mance
Moten Swing - Oscar Peterson Trio
Moanin' - Bobby Timmons
You Are My Sunshine - Eddie Thompson Trio
Vocals:
Honeysuckle Rose - Eva Cassidy
Stormy Monday - Barbara Morrison
DB Blues - Lorez Alexandria
A Foggy Day - Chuck Brown
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - Lou Rawls
Evenin' - Joe Williams
Other:
Hard Times - Fathead Newman / Ray Charles
Rockin' In Rhythm - Duke Ellington
Blues in Hoss's Flat - Count Basie
Easy Does It - The Big 18
Kansas City Riffs - Buster Smith
Barn 12 - Harry James

Matt "Moo Cow" Jones is a founding partner of Four on the Floor, the Austin, Texas dance studio which specializes in Lindy Hop and Jazz Era dances. Matt has been teaching Swing and Lindy Hop in Austin continuously since 1996. He, and his partner in Four on the Floor, Laura Malloy, have trained a large staff of teachers. Together, they run the Four on the Floor Tuesday night classes and 9:45 dance in Austin, in addition to the annual February Texas Swing Riot. Matt has been a guest instructor in San Antonio, New Orleans and Tampa, and was on staff as an associate instructor at Lindy U in 2001 and at the BeanTown mini-camp in 2002. Over the last two years, Matt has begun to deejay extensively in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. He deejayed at Lindy U, the Austin Lindy Exchange (2000 and 2001), the Great Southwest Lindy Fest (2002), the Albany Lindy Exchange (2002), the Eastern Canada Swing Championships (2002), BeanTown (2002), and the 2nd Anniversary of 411 in Tampa (2002). He has also been asked to deejay at S.O.N.H., the Cleveland Lindy Exchange and the Austin Lindy Exchange. For information on Four on the Floor, please go to www.fouronthefloor.com

My favorite CDs (as of today):
Count Basie - Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Don Byas - Melody in Swing
Cats and the Fiddle - Killin' Jive
Coleman Hawkins and Chu Berry - Tenor Giants
Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Walk 'Em, the Decca Sessions
Etta Jones - Don't Go to Strangers
Louis Jordan - At The Swing Cats Ball
Jenny Lobel and the Swing Kings - He Ain't Got Rhythm
Jimmy Lunceford - Lunceford Special
Gene Harris & Brother Jack McDuff - Down Home Blues
Tom Mitchell & Kevin Wimmer - Double Scotch
Hot Lips Page - Jump for Joy
Django Reinhardt - All-Star Sessions
Artie Shaw - Self-Portrait
Dinah Washington - Volume 6 of the Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury
Lester Young - The "Kansas City" Sessions

13 Songs that you would hear in my set at the Fed BallRoom tonight:
Slippin' And Slidin' by Sidney Bechet
Melody in Swing by the Don Byas Quartet
Don't Knock It by the Delta Rhythm Boys
Let Me Off Uptown by Roy Ellridge ('75 Happy Time session)
Wings and Things by Duke Ellington
Esquire Bounce by Coleman Hawkins & Feather's Esquire All-Stars
Shufflin' and Rollin' by Buddy Johnson and his Orchestra
Doug the Jitterbug by Louis Jordan
Your Mother's Son-in-Law by Jennie Lobel
The Party's Over by Jack McDuff
Topsy by Tom  Mitchell and Kevin Wimmer
Grabtown Grapple by Artie Shaw
Short and Sweet by Louis Armstrong

Kalman has been hitting the magic green button throughout the southwest for several years. He has been an organizer, officer and president of the Dallas Swing Dance Society and still runs their events schedule. In addition, he has DJed many different dances and exchanges throughout the country, including the Atlanta, Austin (2 years), Dallas (2 years), Houston, Philadelphia, DC, Las Vegas & New Orleans Lindy Exchanges (2 years) as well as two stints at NYC's Swing 46.

Top 10 ~
A Tribute to Andy Razaf - Maxine Sullivan
Krazy Kapers - Duke Heitger
Breakfast Dance & BBQ - Count Basie
Blues & Things - Jimmy Rushing, Earl Hines
Satch & Josh - Count Basie, Oscar Peterson
The Columbia Master Takes - Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart
Never No Lament - Duke Ellington
Complete Decca - Count Basie
Roll 'Em - Buddy Johnson
Satch Play Fats - Louis Armstrong

Larry Kang  has been active in the lindy scene since 1998, when he was a founding partner of Yehoodi.com. After a spell in Denver, he's back in New York, where he currently spins Friday nights at Connolly's. A part of the Frim Fram rotation, he's played at the Basie Centennial and a variety of NY events.

"New" CDs I like:
Jane Monheit - Taking a Chance on Love
Various Artists - Chiaroscuro Jazz - For Dancers Only! (2004)
Diana Krall - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (2004) (DVD rip)
Ray Charles - Ray! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Joss Stone - Soul Sessions
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
Various Artists - Lackawanna Blues Soundtrack (2005)

CDs I like: (As of 4/02)
Ella Fitzgerald : Sunshine Of Your Love (1969)
Frank Sinatra : Sinatra At The Sands (1966)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra : Live In Swing City (1999)
Stacey Kent : Let Yourself Go (2000)
Diana Krall : When I Look In Your Eyes (1998)
Gene Harris : Best Of The Concord Years (2000)
Bobby Timmons : Moanin' Blues (1960)
Lou Rawls : Legendary Lou Rawls (1992)
Joe Carroll and the Ray Bryant Trio
Slam Stewart: Slam Bam (Black and Blue Sessions)
Betty Roche: Take the A Train (1956)
Blossom Dearie : Once Upon A Summertime (1958)

Peter Kertzner discovered the Lindy Hop when he was in college, and in almost no time he was consumed by the dance and the music of the 1930's. With the opportunity to teach the dance at both UCLA and Pepperdine University, Peter's mission was to promote the Lindy Hop to college students who could fall in love with its alternative lifestyle in the way that he had. After graduating from UCLA himself, he still continues to teach there, while also traveling across the country to compete and make new friends that also share his enthusiasm for the dance. As a DJ, Peter specializes in vintage 1930's music from big bands to small rhythmic vocal groups, finding their combinations of melodies, rhythms, improvisations, and spiritedness unparalleled for dancers that are striving to phrase their movements, achieve micro-musicality, or--most importantly--have fun with their partners! Peter aims at creating set lists that inspire dancers of all levels to connect to the music and each other. Some of his favorite artists include:

Duke Ellington: (Otto Make that) Riff Staccato)
Lionel Hampton: Fiddle Diddle
Count Basie: Topsy
Benny Goodman: Get Happy
Charlie Barnet: Cherokee
Chick Webb: Jubilee Swing
Django Reinhardt: Coucou
Ella Fitzgerald: Undecided
The Cats & the Fiddle: Gang Busters
Slim & Slam: Look Out

Morgan Lee Kestner (Atlanta) is often seen dancing behind the dj table because everyone is dancing! She truly enjoys watching dancers play with the music and has a great sense of what the crowd is wanting. Pulling sounds from different eras, she creates a fun environment with the variety of chug, horns, syncopation, and "I need to swing out now" feeling. With ingredients in her hands, she stirs up a bowl of goodness that is bottomless throughout the evening. Morgan Dj's regularly in Atlanta, Ga and throughout the Southeast, but will be making way in Los Angeles for several months! Some of Morgan's favorite musicians are Fats Waller, Count Basie, Palmetto Bug Stompers, and Gordon Webster. Morgan seeks out to make exciting memorable moments for all dancers!

Ten Songs I love (in no particular order):
"When I Get Low, I get High" - Gordon Webster
"Gonna Miss Me" - Tuba Skinny
"There's Honey On The Moon Tonight" - Fats Waller
"Your Feets Too Big" - Fats Waller
"Pennies From Heaven" - Billie Holiday
"Stardust" - Blue Vipers of Brooklyn
"Blues I Like To Hear" - Count Basie
"Old Feeling" - Palmetto Bug Stompers
"Lady Bug Picnic" - Palmetto Bug Stompers
"Swing Brother Swing" - Count Basie & Billie Holiday

Nikki Klaus has played music for dancers at Camp Jitterbug in Seattle, Lindy Binge in LA, OC Lindy Exchange, Sugar Foot Stomp in Alhambra, The Rhythm is Jumpin' in Pasadena, Lindy on the Rocks in Denver, Swingin' the Colony in Atescadero, and is the favorite DJ at Tia Juana's in Irvine. Her style is simple: Nikki plays music that she wants to dance to.

Favorite Songs:
Blues my Naughty Sweetie Give to Me - Sidney Bechet
Exactly Like You - Django Reinhardt
Jive at Five - Count Basie
Bug Them Dice - Fat's Waller
Let's Get Happy Together - Lil Hardin-Armstrong
At Sundown - Artie Shaw
Honeysuckle Rose - Kay Star
Broadway - Count Basie
Darktown Strutters Ball - Chick Webb
Summit Ridge Drive - Artie Shaw

Marcus Koch World of Swing Some current favorites (random order):
Bill Haley's Decca Recordings
Stargazers - Back to Orbit/Rocket ship To The Moon
Dean Mora - Mr. Ghost goes to Town
Swing Session - Swing Session
Casey McGill and The Spirits of Rhythm
Red Caps - Red Caps
Bill Elliott - Call of a Jitterbug
Janis Martin - The Female Elvis (Bear Family)
Indigo Swing - All Aboard
Louis Jordan (Bear Family Box)
Chick Webb (I don't remember the CD title)
Mighty Blue Kings - Meet in uptown
Cab Calloway - Hep to the Jive
Jukebox Jamboree and Lindy Hop Jamboree (whole series 1-7)

Paolo "Pasta" Lanna began discovering the early social jazz dances while living in California in the early 90's. When he returned to New York City, he met Janice Wilson and shortly thereafter won the Showcase Lindy Hop division at their first American Swing Dance Championships together. He later had the great fortune to dance on tour with Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Swing Dance America, and has appeared on numerous TV programs since from CNBC’s Great Stuff to The David Letterman Show demonstrating The Lindy. Drawing inspiration from dancers such as Frankie Manning, Dawn Hampton, Dickie Harris, all who have storied experiences from the original Ballrooms of Harlem, Paolo continues to
explore the roots of dance and still dedicates time to hosting dance events in NY such as his Central Park Swings. Paolo has been building his collection of jazz and swing for 25 years. A solid music provider for the New York Lindy crowd for over 6 years, he began his music consultant relationship at Swing 46 from their very first opening providing them with solid standards and unique collection spanning 60 years. Paolo has been in DJ rotation at the New York Swing Dance Society and Jacks Joint since the late 1990's and has also DJ'd Frim Fram, The American Lindy Hop Championships , MidSummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center, 92nd Street Y and more. Most recently Paolo took 1st Place "Open Routine" at the 2003 New York Lindy Hop Open but don't let that fool you. He's just a Italian Paesano at heart. www.savoycentral.org

Some of Paolo's favorite songs
Laughing At Life - Etta Jones with Houston Person
Whack 'Em (Dance Mix)- Joey DeFrancesco
Volare - Earl Grant
When My Sugar Walks By - Oscar Peterson
Won't Rock and Roll (Dance Mix) Nat King Cole
Sermonette - Ella Fitzgerald
You're Driving Me Crazy - Frank Sinatra
Hello Dolly - Bobby Darin
Irene Reid - I'm Walkin
Work Song - Sammy Davis Jr.

Chris Lee is a Jazz Aficionado that loves music that speaks to the people! He has traveled the globe and dejayed at dance festivals. As a passionate Jazz Dancer, Chris other interest are other dance forms such Tap, Modern, Jazz, Salsa and Martial Arts. In the past 9 years he has been working as a DJ for dance clubs and Jazz festivals. In 2005 placed 2nd at the World DJ Championships in England. Chris loves to play music for dancers!

Some Favorites:
Duke Ellington and the all star band- A Mellow Tone
Ella Fitzgerald - Lullaby o Birdland cote d'azure concerts
Helen Humes - Voo-It 1945
Willie Bryant and his Orchestra - Liza
Brother Jones - sweet GA Brown
Buddy DeFranco- Summit Ridge Drive
Count Basie- Jive at Five
Chick Webb- spinning the webb
Fats Waller- The Yacht Club Swing
Fletcher Henderson- Wrappin' It Up (the lindy glide)

Jeremy Lewis started his dancing career in the winter of 1998, although he had been a fan of jazz and swing since his teens. As of January 2003, he has taken over the role of DJ at San Francisco's well-known venue 9:20 Special.  He has DJed for several local venues in San Francisco, as well as DJing at ALX 2000, ALX 2003, SoFLeX 2003, SFLX 2001, and SFLX 2003. He has also guest
DJed on Yehoodi radio. He was lucky enough to be surrounded by wonderful local DJs at the beginning of his career who turned him on to great song after great song- people like Paul and Sharon, Erik Hamilton, Marc D'Olympio, and Jesse Miner.

Most of Jeremy's favorite songs are covered in the rest of the bios here, so here's a list of a  few of his favorites not appearing on any other lists..

My Love Is- Little Willie John
School Days- Dizzy Gillespie (Joe Carroll singing)
Some of This 'N' Some of That [Studio Version]- Joe Williams
Things Ain't What They Used To Be- Count Basie (Basie In Europe)
Soul Shoutin'- Shirley Scott
Now Has Jazz- Louis Armstrong
Wade In The Water- The Soul Stirrers
Mary Don't You Weep- The Swan Silvertones
Shout and Feel It- Kansas City Soundtrack
Golden Earrings- Ray Bryant Trio

Nathan Malone has been DJing in Austin for several years. He has DJed at Lindy Gras (02' and 03'), the Houston Lindy Exchange, the San Francisco Lindy Exchange 2003, LOLX (Oklahoma Exchange), Frankie Manning's 89th Birthday cruise, and numerous venues in the Austin/San Antonio metro area. In addition, to DJing, he has served as one of the organizers for several Austin Lindy Exchanges and has held a variety of Officer positions for the Austin Swing Syndicate. He has been dancing since 1995 and owns over 3,000 CDs from a wide variety of musical genres (original CDs, not CDRs). (Bio and list as of 2003)

Ten recommended albums that he likes and often DJs from (not really a true top ten, since he finds it so hard to narrow things down to ten.
Jive Is Jumpin: RCA and Bluebird Vocal Groups 1939-52
Yoko Noge - Struttin' With Yoko
Live at 9:20 Special - Barbara Morrison
Baby, You Got What It Takes - Kevin Mahogany
Slim Gaillard - Proper Box
Ella and Duke - Live at Cote D'Azur
Ella Fitzgerald - Jukebox Ella
Ray Charles - Blues + Jazz
Nat King Cole - King Swings
Gene Harris and Jack McDuff - Down Home Blues
and any number of Basie and Louis Armstrong records, hard to pick just one.

Ryan Mascaro   is a music and dance dork. Ryan likes to play music for other dance dorks. He also likes to watch the girlies dance. Anyone got change for a Fitty?

Albums I Love:
Eddie Condon - Dixieland All-Stars
Lionel Hampton - Muskrat Ramble
Chick Webb - Strictly Jive
Jimmy Witherspoon - The ‘Spoon Concerts
Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet
Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Trio +1 w/ Clark Terry
Louis Armstrong - Best of the Hot Fives and Hot Seven Recordings
Monty Alexander - Live at Montreux
Duke Ellington - Recollections of the Big Band Era
Roy Eldridge - The Big Sound of Little Jazz
Count Basie - Complete Decca

A Few Songs I surprisingly never get sick of:
I’ll See you in my Dreams (Any)
Oh, Lady Be Good (Artie Shaw)
Sweet Georgia Brown (Any)
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (Chick Webb or Red Norvo)
Topsy (Basie)
Travel On (Della Reese)
Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller)
Evenin’ (Basie with Jimmy Rushing)
Viper Mad (Bechet/Williams)
Moten Swing (Oscar Peterson)
Frenesi (Shaw)
Merry F***in’ Christmas (Southparks own Mr. Garrison)

Thain Maurer loves all kinds of swing music, and prides himself on playing a wide range of music when he djs. He has been spinning since 1999, and has enjoyed djing at events, competitions, and exchanges all across the country. Thain currently lives in Austin, Texas and is Austin’s dj coordinator.

Some random favorite songs:
Fats Waller – The Minor Drag
Count Basie – Blues in Hoss’s Flat
Lionel Hampton – Ring Them Bells
Django Reinhardt – Topsy
Sidney Bechet – Egyptian Fantasy
Junior Mance – Yancey Special
Artie Shaw – Dr Livingstone, I Presume?
Oscar Peterson – Mumbles
Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free
Duke Ellington – Festival Junction

Meeshi Ravi Anjali (San Diego) has been running the Firehouse Swing Dance, San Diego's longest running Swing venue, since 1998. His goal at the Firehouse is to make swing dancing accessible to everyone and inclusive of all swing styles (Lindy, Charleston, Balboa, West Coast and Blues). As one of the regular Firehouse DJs, his musical taste covers practically every jazz-inspired swing genre. If it's a happy, jazzy song that makes you want to jump around and dance, then he'll probably play it.

Current Firehouse Favorites as of 10/1/10:
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me -- Sidney Bechet
8, 9 and 10 -- Slim and Slam
Kansas City Riffs -- Buster Smith
Sixteen Tons -- Lipbone Redding
La Complainte de Mackie -- Laura Fygi
Love Me or Leave Me -- Lily Frost
I Just Want to Make Love to You -- Etta James
Another Day -- Jamie Lidell
My Bombombomb -- Mo' Horizons
Stompin' at the Savoy -- Ken Peplowski

Some of Meeshi's past  favorite albums (as of 2002) (in no particular order):
Theolonious Monk Trio with Art Blakey (self-entitled debut album)
US 3 - Hand on the Torch
Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate - Swingville
Eddie Miller with the Johnny Varro Trio - Street of Dreams
Count Basie and Oscar Peterson - Satch and Josh
The Ken Peplowski Quintet - The Natural Touch
Jonah Jones - Jumpin' with Jonah
PeeWee Russell - PeeWee's Song
Galactic - Crazyhorse Mongoose
Jim Cullum Jazz Band - Live from New York

Jesse Miner is a Mpls-turned-San Francisco DJ who spins at the 9:20 special. His essential selections, in his words: "Showcase the variety of the music I most enjoy dancing to and DJing (as well as listening). They don't necessarily represent the entire range of
my musical interests, but they do highlight a specific area. They each contain several songs which I enjoy dancing to and DJing..."

Jesse's essential swing CD list:
Ernestine Anderson - Great Moments With Ernestine Anderson
Count Basie/Duke Ellington - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
Jimmy Witherspoon - Jazz Me Blues: The Best Of Jimmy Witherspoon
Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - Bluella: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Blues
Harry James - Trumpet Blues: The Best Of Harry James
Buddy Johnson - Walk 'Em: Decca Sessions
Slim Galliard - Laughing In Rhythm: The Best Of The Verve Years
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Gatemouth Swings
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live In Swing City: Swingin' With The Duke
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing
Big 18 - More Live Echoes Of The Swinging Bands"
Carmen McRae - Priceless Jazz Collection
Ray Charles - Best Of Ray Charles (Atlantic)
Joe Williams/Count Basie - Live at Newport 1957
Dinah Washington - Best Of The Roulette Years
Oscar Peterson/Count Basie - Satch And Josh
Mary Stalling - Manhattan Moods
George Gee and His Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Live and Swingin

Sailor Mike (Los Angeles) bio coming soon...

Rob Moreland (Raleigh NC)  has been dancing Lindy Hop since the late '90s. He cut his chops DJing every week for several years in Raleigh, NC, and has become a fixture of the Southeastern US Lindy Hop DJ scene in the past 7 years. Aside from playing at regional events and exchanges across the southeastern US, he's played sets at long-running nationally known venues in LA (Lindy Groove), New York City (Frim Fram), Washington DC (Jam Cellar), and Denver (The Merc). He DJd at the Basie Centennial Ball and has been a DJ and the DJ Coordinator or Head DJ for several years at Lindy Focus. He was also featured on Yehoodi Radio in March 2007.

Rob is known for playing a wide range of tempos and styles, with music chosen to keep the floor full and the dancers happy. You'll mainly hear music from the 20's through the 40's (or modern recreations of the same) that makes you want to swing out, with songs more appropriate for charleston or balboa sprinkled in. This is Rob's second visit to the Lindy Groove DJ booth, and he's excited to be back.

My favorite song list changes from day to day. Here's a few I that I've been listening to lately:
Billie Holiday - No Regrets
Teddy Wilson - I'll See You In My Dreams, Don't Be That Way
Lionel Hampton - Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Artie Shaw - The Man From Mars
Benny Goodman - Stealin' Apples
Count Basie - Diggin For Dex, Vine Street Rumble
Duke Ellington - Ducky Wucky, Gal From Joe's
Charlie Barnet - Lumby
Fats Waller - Pantin' In the Panther Room, You Meet The Nicest People In Your Dreams
Mezz Mezzerow - Stop It Joe, Blues In Disguise
Django Reinhardt - Swing Guitars
Jimmie Lunceford - Baby Won't You Please Come Home, My Blue Heaven, Stomp It Off
Earl Hines - Ridin' and Jivin', Deep Forest
Ambrose and His Orchestra - Deep Henderson
Spike Hughes - How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
Chris Barber - Bohemia Rag
John Kirby - It Feels So Good
Hot Club of San Francisco - Tickle Toe
Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Rose Room
Max Collie's Rhythm Aces - Willie The Weepers

Daniel Newsome (Denver)
Do not miss this visit! Dan is a very popular nationally recognized DJ that we have been try to bring to LindyGroove for years. Get a taste of the weekly music of the vibrant Denver Lindy scene.
bio coming soon...
www.23skidooland.com

Jackie O'Neil  was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and has had a love for Frank Sinatra & swing music since she was 7 years old. She moved to San Diego in 2006 & began swing dancing. There she met her husband Jeff Eldridge who encouraged her to play her music at a Lindy By The Bay. Ever since then she's been DJ-ing swing, blues & anything else that people have fun dancing to at various San Diego events and exchanges. She's well known for mixing up her sets and makin' you want to move those feet!!

10 songs Jackie likes:
Oooh! Look There, Ain't She Pretty? - Benny Goodman
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me - Sidney Bechet
The Gal From Joe's - Duke Ellington
Jump Through The Window - Roy Eldridge
Goodbye Paris - Sammy Price
Nature Boy - Johnny Hartman
You Was Right, Baby - Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five
I'm Walkin' - Ernestine Anderson
Why Don't You Do Right? - Natalie Cole
Who Will Comfort Me? - Melody Gardot

Patty Or has been an active member of the Houston Swing Dance Society since 1998. She teaches Lindy Hop at Houston's SSQQ studio and is one of the original founders of Houston Swing Out, (a non-political playground for the Houston Swing Dance Community) She also organizes the monthly Borders venue, the annual Harvest Moon Ball, and was on the committee of the 1st Houston Lindy Exchange. Patty has traveled quite a bit over the last  2 years during which developed her obession for collecting music and Exchange t-shirts. She can be heard regularly at Borders and occasionally at Numbers, Black Swan at the Omni Hotel, Cotton Exchange, and HSDS. She DJed at the Houston and Austin Lindy Exchanges.

Patty's current Top 10:
Junior Mance (anything)
Dianne Schuur w/ Count Basie Orchestra
Betty Roche (Takin' the A Train)
Ella Fitzgerald (Bluella)
Diana Krall (Stepping Out)
Harry Connick Jr. (almost anything)
Early Count Basie
Carmen McRae (Concord Jazz Series)
Ernestine Anderson
Blossom Dearie (Verve 51)

Soundtracks from -
Majestic
Metropolis (Japanese Anime)
Mona Lisa Smile
When Harry Met Sally
Kissing Jessica Stein

Just for fun-
Earth, Wind, Fire
Al Green
Marvin Gaye
Sinead O'Connor (Am I not your girl)
Basie Beatle Bag

Paul Overton and Sharon Ashe have been teaching and performing Lindy Hop in the Bay Area and around the globe for the past eight years. In that time they have built an extremely successful swing dance program based on their unique and effective style of teaching and have toured the U.S. and Europe spreading the joy of Lindy Hop. In San Francisco Paul and Sharon regularly teach over two-hundred students per month and run one of the largest weekly dance parties in town called the 9:20 Special. They have had the good fortune to teach and perform at some of the biggest and most well respected dance camps in the world including Swing Camp Catalina, Swing Out New Hampshire, and Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden. Currently, they live happily in Oakland, California with their dogs Boyde and Pete.  www.paulandsharon.com

Great Moments with/Best of Ernestine Anderson
Count Basie & Joe Williams (Verve)
Slim Gaillard - Cement Mixer Putti Putti
Mary Stallings - Manhattan Moods
The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon - Jazz Me Blues
Barbara Morrison - I'm Gettin 'Long All Right
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Spirit of the Black Territory Bands
Dinah Washington (Best of) on Roulette
Betty Roche - Take the A Train
Basie's Golden '58 on Phontastic ("The best Basie!")

Mikey Pedroza (OC) bio coming soon

Jon Perry, one of the Arizona's best swing DJ's, plays an assortment of music ranging from the sweet grooves of the Duke with Ella, to funk with Lionel Hampton, to hip hop fusion of Jurasic 5. He has attended numerous events and exchanges accross the country constantly taking notes of amazing music from some of the best DJ's around. His musical selection influences come from Peter Loggins of LA, Jesse Minor of San Francisco, Manu Smith of New York and Tom Frazier of Rochester. Phoenix dancers used to be able to groove to Jon's music every Thursday at the Bash on Ash, and he can now can be heard monthly at the Tuesday Bash on Ash and at Jitterbugz.

Top 10 Albums:
Lionel Hampton - For the Love of Music
Coleman Hawkins - The Genius of Coleman Hawkins
Duke Elington & Ella Fitzgerald - Ella At Dukes Place
R&B of 1949 (2 disc compiliation)
Risque Rhythms
Count Basie - Atomic Basie
Eddie Thompson Trio - Ain't She Sweet
Count Basie & Milt Jackson - Best of the Big Bands Vol. 2
Claude Williams - Swingin' The Blues
Wycleff Gordon - Slindin' Home
Gene Harris - The Concord Years

Vegas Nick a.k.a. Nick Peterson, has been lindyhopping for nearly four years. Having competed for the last three, he recently placed first in the ALHC Pacific Regional Qualifier with his partner Shannon. He currently DJs at Vegas' two local events, as well as having DJed at Tip and Mike's SwingPit, AZ's New Year's Swing Jam, The Lindy Cruise, the Desert Lindy Dance Camp, The Binge, Phoenix Exchange, and of course the Head DJ for SCX!

Top 10 songs you will most likely hear in Vegas:
1. I'm Outta Love - Anastascia
2. Speak Softly Love - Harry Connick Jr.
3. Let's Get Together - Duke Ellington
4. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Duke and Basie
5. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning - Lou Rawls
6. Frankie and Johnny - Sam Cooke
7. Bad Mood - Lonnie Gordon
8. Scotch and Soda - Lou Rawls
9. Baby, Workout - Jackie Wilson
10. Cry To Me - Solomon Burke

Abdel B. Présumé The man with the music. Tampa (and arguably Florida's) leading swing DJ. He began DJing in 1999 and has become one of the nation's most popular DJs. His music collection currently spans 9 decades and over hundreds of artists. Abdel's style focuses on being a conduit between the dancers and the music, establishing connections between each of the songs that keep the dancers anticipating each new development in an evening. By maintaining both a variety and a flow of music, Abdel ensures that the dancers remain invigorated and excited, inspiring them to adapt as at the music evolves over the course of an evening. You might have heard him recently spun at Herrang 2005, ALHC 2005, Southern Bells Swing, WMNF 88.5 Radio & Lindy Focus IV. http://www.abdelpresume.com

Some Favorite Songs (As of 1/2006)
Charlie Barnet - The Right Idea
Count Basie - Every Tub
Benny Goodman - Scarecrow
Buddy Johnson - Opus Two
Bunny Berigan - Troubled
Duke Ellington - Jubilesta
Lionel Hampton - Down Home Jump
Erskine Hawkins - Big Fat Sam
Johnny Hodges - Peckin'
Teddy Hill - King Porter Stomp
Andy Kirk - Mess-A-Stomp
John Kirby - The Turf
Jimmie Lunceford - I Need A Lift
Jim McVea - Jam Boogie
Lucky Millinder - Who Said Shorty Wasn't Coming Back
Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
Stuff Smith - Onyx Club Spree
Tab Smith - Dee Jay Special
Artie Shaw - One Foot In The Groove
Buddy Tate - Two Left Feet
Fats Waller - The Yatch Club Swing
Chick Webb - Breakin' 'Em Down
Dickie Wells - Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea
Teddy Wilson - Spreading Rhythm Around
The Big 18 - Swingtime IN The Rockies

Some Favorite Albums (As of  3/2003)
Ernestine Anderson Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Louis Armstrong 16 Most Requested Songs
Lavern Baker Lavern Sings Bessie Smith
Charlie Barnet Clap Hands, Here Comes...
Count Basie Atomic Swing
Count Basie The Best Of Early Basie
Cab Calloway King Of Hi-De-Ho 1934-1947
Natalie Cole Unforgettable With Love
Larry Clinton The Uncollected 1937-1938
Duke Ellington First Time Count Meets Duke
Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing
Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Sides (Jazz Masters 46)
Erskine Hawkins Riff Time
Billie Holliday The Silver Collection
Illinois Jacquet Jumpin' At Apollo
Jimmie Lunceford Lunceford Special 1939-40
Renée Manning As Is (hard to find)
Lucky Millinder Back Beats
Oscar Peterson Night Train
Risqué Rhythm Nasty 50's R&B (Compilation)
Buster Smith The Legendary Buster Smith
Sam Taylor Swingstation
Chick Webb Strictly Jive
Ben Webster Cotton Tail
Cootie Williams Do Nothing Until You Hear...
Joe Williams The Best Of (Blue Note)

Favorite Albums by Category: (As of  3/2002)
Small Jazz Combos:
Erroll Garner - Jazz Portraits
The Three Sounds - Black Orchid
Bjork Guomundsdottir & Trio - Gling Glo
Eddie Thompson Trio - Ain’t She Sweet
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk (Prestige)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Jazz & Big Band Vocalists:
Slim Gaillard - Laughing in Rhythm: Volume 1
Various - Pure Jazz (Verve)
Natalie Cole - Unforgettable: with Love
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald - Blue Ella
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - Ella and Basie
Ernestine Anderson - Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Jump Blues & Blues Vocalists:
Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues
Jazz Moods - Groovin’ The Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon - Jazz Me Blues
Lou Rawls - The Legendary Lou Rawls
Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown - Gate Swings
Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes-The Best of
Big Band Jazz:
Count Basie - Count Basie At New Port
Count Basie - LIVE at the Sands (before Frank)
Ray Anthony Orchestra - Swingin' Back To The 40's
The Big 18 - Live Echoes Of The Swingin' Big Band
Buddy Johnson Orchestra - Swingin' the Blues
Cab Calloway - Are You Hep to the Jive
Current Swing Bands:
The Hotfoot Club - Don't Ever Say Goodbye
Yalloppin' Hounds - Ghetto Swing Extreme!
Lincoln Center Jazz Orch. - Live In Swing City
Lily Wild & Her Jumpin Jubillée Orch. - Insect Ball
Lavay Smith - Everybody's Talking' 'bout Miss Thing!
Yoko Noge & the Jazz Me Blues - Struttin' with Yoko

Tony Quach started DJing at Pointe 705 with Peter Flahiff who got him hooked on Jazz history and introduced him to his favorite piano player, Oscar Peterson. He has DJed at San Diego's Fire House, Café Savoy and for their 2002 New Years Exchange. Tony was an after-hours DJ at Swing Camp Catalina 2002 and is the house DJ at Lindy Groove.

Favorite Songs:
Moten Swing - Oscar Peterson
Blues For Pres, Sweets, Ben & All The Other Funky Ones - Oscar Peterson & Sonny Stitt
I love Being Here With You - Diana Krall
My Love Is - Diana Krall
Easy Does It - Most Versions Especially Oscar Peterson’s
Perdido - Carmen McCrae
Sassy’s Blues - Sarah Vaughan
Money’s Getting Cheaper - Jimmy Witherspoon
Lets Fall In Love - Louis Armstrong And Oscar Peterson
C-Jam Blues AKA Duke’s Place - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington

Rif has been dancing Lindy Hop for 3 1/2 years, and DJing around Boston for over three years. For the last year, he's been DJing a
weekly jazz and blues show on WMBR 88.1 FM in Cambridge (catch it online http://wmbr.mit.edu), and DJing and teaching lessons at MIT's weekly dance. He recently competed at the North Atlantic Dance Championships with the Lindy group Hopology. He enjoys playing and dancing to a wide range of music, from classic swing era recordings to modern jazz.

Favorite Tunes:
Hard Times - Ray Charles/Hank Crawford OR Houston Person OR Jimmy McGriff
You Are My Sunshine - Bill Henderson w/Oscar Peterson OR Ray Charles OR Gene Harris
St. James Infirmary - Lou Rawls OR Junior Mance OR Doc and Richard Watson OR Benny Goodman
On The Sunny Side of the Street - Illinois Jacquet OR Billie Holliday
In A Mellow Tone - Oscar Peterson OR Betty Roche
D & E - Oscar Peterson
Under the Lowest - Nina Simone
Chilly Winds Don't Blow - Nina Simone
Blues Jam - Otis Spann
Sherry - Hank Crawford
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Junior Mance
Perdido St. Blues - Louis Armstrong
Imagine My Frustration - Ella Fitzgerald
Late Date - Ben Webster
Midnight Blues (Red Shirt) - Jimmy Witherspoon
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Nina Simone
Moten Swing - Count Basie
Smooth Sailing - Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington - Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp)

Favorite Albums:
Count Basie - Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Kenny Burrell - A Generation Ago Today
Laverne Butler - Blues In The City
Johnny Hodges - Everybody Knows
Ernestine Anderson - Great Moments With Ernestine Anderson
Junior Mance - Harlem Lullaby/I Believe To My Soul
Hank Crawford - Heart and Soul
Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook
Jimmy Witherspoon - Singin' the Blues
Otis Spann - Best of the Vanguard Years
Ben Webster - Soulville
Jay McShann (w/Duke Robillard + Maria Muldaur) - Still Jumpin' the Blues
Lou Rawls w/Les McCann - Stormy Monday
Betty Roche - Take the "A" Train
Gene Harris - Best of the Concord Years
Joe Turner and Count Basie - The Bosses

Spencer Roberts (Denver) started his swing dance adventure in Lawrence, KS winter of '99. In '01 started running the local dance, teaching and DJing Sunday night each week. In '03 he was accepted to Savannah College of Art and Design where he started and ran the local swing scene until graduating '07. After a short break he returned to teaching and DJing in Fort Collins, CO in '09 until his '11 move to Los Angeles, CA. Spencer  is constantly looking for a new songs that can get ya to shake your lindy in ways you never thought possible.

Top 10 Favorite Songs to Dance to:
I Want A Little Doggie - Lena Horne
Potato Chips - Slim Gaylord
Lollipop - Mika
Lady Madonna - The Beatles
Don't Stop - Patrick & Eugene
Brick House - Commodores
Gimme A Pig Foot - Bessie Smith
13 Step Boggie - Martin Sexton
Papers in Order - The Old Ceremony
Sweet Hunk Of Trash - Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong

Lorenzo Rossi Bio coming soon

Roy Rydbeck (Chicago)
Roy has been dancing Lindy Hop for 8 years and DJing for 6 years. Roy started his Lindy Hop life in San Francisco and shortly thereafter moved to Tampa where he is a founding member of the Tampa Bay Lindy Hop scene. In June of 2000 Roy moved to Chicago where he continued dancing and DJing. In June of 2005 Roy moved back to where he started dancing in San Francisco. Roy has DJed at WCLX2, WCLX3, WCLX4, WCLX5 , WCLX6. Black and Tan/02 and 05, LindyU, Fizz, StudioX and LBTL, Frim Fram, Lindy Groove, Friday Night Blues (SF),SoFlex/02 through 06, LindyGras 03 & 05, SFLX05, CLX03, and 04, and the St. Petersburg Swing Dance Festival. Roy likes to mix a variety of swinging music styles most of what he plays tends to be groove, swinging blues, Big Band, and pre-45 small jazz combo's.

Some of Roy's favorites:
Ray Brown Trio-Soular Energy
Roy Eldridge-Happy Time
Gene Harris and the Philip Morris Superband-World Tour 1990
Duke Ellingtong/Johnny Hodges - Side by Side
Duke Ellington-Dance Concerts California-1958 vol.2
Franz Jackson-The Fabulous
Budd Johnson-Budd Johnson and the 4 Brass Giants
Earl Hines - 1934-1937
Charlie Christian-Genius of Electric Guitar
Eddie Condon-Chicago Style
Lucky Milannder-Appolo Jump
Sam Price and his Texas Blusicians-1929-1941
Fats Waller-A Career Perspective
Count Basie-America's #1 Band
Earl Hines & Jimmy Rushing-Blues and Things
Louis Armstong-Tribute to Fats Waller

Syed Sadaqathullah spins at various house parties and special events in Los Angeles. He is currently the backup DJ for salsa nights at Club Zabumba in West LA. He enjoyed DJing for dancers at 'Funky Tuesdays' in Herrang, Sweden and is excited to DJ for LindyGroove.

Some of the recommended songs and albums(not in any order)
Rock me baby --- Miss Mickey Champion
Love me or Leave me ---Nina Simone
Kansas city riffs ---Buster Smith
Frost Bite -- Albert Collins
It dont mean a thing ---Wycliffe Gordon
Special delivery Stomp --- Peter Davis and lindy hop heaven
Great Summit master takes ---Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
Ella And Basie
Al Grey featuring Arnett Cobb and Jimmy Forest
James Brown (anything)

Jenn Salvadori and Justin Zillman, from Orange County, CA have been dancing together since December of 1997. They are the 1999 Pacific Regional, American Lindy Hop Champions, organized the first Los Angeles/Orange County Lindy Exchange and have DJ'd across America from Hawaii to New York City.

Top Ten Favorite Songs... in no particular order...
1) Cottontail - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
2) Stomp it Off - Jimmie Lunceford
3) Moten Swing - Bennie Moten
4) Moten Swing - Oscar Peterson
5) Frankie and Johnny - Sam Cooke
6) Stormy Monday - Gene Harris and Jack McDuff
7) Jimtown Blues - Fletcher Henderson
8) Lunceford Special - Jimmie Lunceford
9) Squatty Roo - Johnny Hodges
10) Swing Out - Henry Red Allen and his Orchestra

Nate Sartain  is one of San Diego’s favorite DJs.  He is an avid collector of early jazz, swing, western swing, and rhythm & blues. He began his DJ career back in 1998 where he was the house DJ for BeBop Burgers - a  1950’s themed restaurant.  He has Dj'ed at national dance events such as Camp Hollywood, Bal Rendezvous, San Francisco Bal Fest and more. Since then he has DJ'ed at several other events across Southern California including weddings.  You can find him spinning tunes as a guest DJ at the Firehouse, and at Corner Boogie/ Ciao Bella - where he is the resident DJ every Sunday.
There are so many more I would like to add. But that is a good, fun batch of songs:
Miss Martingale - Hot Lips Page
Swing Brother Swing - Count Basie/Billie Holiday (live from Savoy Ballroom)
Hoy Hoy- Little Johnny Jones
I'se a Muggin- Django Reinhardt
Wednesday Night Hop - Andy Kirk
A Gal From Joe's - Duke Ellington
Buckin' the Dice - Fats Waller 
Love me or Leave me - Pat Flowers 
Oh, Lady Be Good - Benny Goodman 
Fiddle Diddle - Lionel Hampton

Tonya Surface has been djing swing & jazz music for over 5 years and enjoys djing for dancers. Tonya is currently one of the house dj's at the beautiful Century Ballroom; Seattle's premiere swing venue. Also, Tonya was recently invited to dj at the famous Paramount Theatre in Seattle. She has also dj'd in several cities including Seattle, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Boston. She was a favorite in the Lindy Summit dj battle, and is looking forward to djing the whole night at Lindy Groove in Pasadena, CA!

14 favorite albums:
Duke Ellington: Masterpieces 1926-1949 (box set)
Count Basie: The Complete Decca Recordings
Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra: Make Believe Ballroom 1935-1939
Sidney Bechet & Friends: Compact Jazz
The Hollwood Sessions: The Capitol Jazzmen
Lucky Millinder: Jumpin' at the Savoy
Lester Young: From a Cool Perspective
Small Groups Boogie Woogie
Hadda Brooks: I've Got News For You
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra: The Harry James years Vol 1
An Anthology of Big Band Swing
Larry Clinton 1937-1938
Cotton Club Orchestra
The best of Harry James: Trumpet Blues


Ryan Sweeney   a.k.a. DJ Britannica (San Francisco) has been dancing and collecting jazz music for four years. He also doesn't like talking about himself in the third person (doing so is only fun when speaking in incomplete sentences and using a zombie voice - "Want...brains!" for example), but oh well. Come on, what  would a bio about Ryan be without something totally weird like that in it? Anyway, at this point, he really doesn't have much else to say about himself, so thus endeth his bio.

Ryan's top 10 list:
Jungle Nights in Harlem - Duke Ellington
The Hornet - Artie Shaw
A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant/Mora's Modern Rhythmists
Four or Five Times - Jimmie Lunceford
Till Tom Special - Lionel Hampton
G. T. Stomp - Earl Hines
Wild Mab of the Fish Pond - Charlie Barnet
Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
The Minor Goes Muggin' - Tommy Dorsey

Ryan Swift (Swifty) (Rochester NY) Inspired by a burgeoning interest in Swing Era jazz, Ryan began swing dancing in 1998. He has since immersed himself in both Lindy Hop and jazz music, establishing himself as a well-regarded dancer and deejay. As a deejay, he has had the privilege of visiting places such as New York City, Denver, San Diego, & Toronto, among others. He has spun at national events such as ALHC, ULHS, the Rhythmic Arts Festival & the Basie Centennial Weekend.
He continues to express his love for Lindy Hop and its music through regular deejaying and as a member of the group Groove Juice Swing. Ryan enjoys (and spins) a wide variety of swing, jazz & blues.

Ryan's Must Have CDs:
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Summit - The Master Takes
(2CD) - Classic Duke & Louis at their best. Also available as a one-disc version.
Count Basie, The Count Basie Story (4CD) - Awesome Proper Box set that covers ~100 "Old Testament" Basie tunes. Great liner notes too, if you ever see a Proper Box set, grab it. See Hamp below.
Count Basie, At Newport - One of the best examples of "New Testament"
Basie, with a who's-who of supporting players: Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young, Jo Jones, Illinois Jacquet, Roy Eldridge, Joe Williams, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Freddie Green...
Cab Calloway, Are You Hep to the Jive? - Vintage Cab hits with nearly all of the 22 tracks fit for dancing.
Ray Charles, Blues + Jazz (2CD) - Nice compilation of Ray's stuff, nice for groove/blues flavor.
Duke Ellington, The Blanton-Webster Band (3CD) - I'm trying to pick just one or two from each artist, and it's hard picking my favorite Duke stuff. The B-W band is considered by many to the the highlight of Duke's recording career & this has it all.
Ella Fitzgerald, Bluella: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Blues - Another compilation, Ella on some great blues tunes, includes "Smooth Sailing," "Duke's Place," "I'm Walkin'" & "Basella" - also features great backing bands (incl. Basie's).
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Best of Ella & Louis - Collects the best of Ella & Louis and Ella & Louis Again. I've got both original albums, but for a starter this is a great option.
Benny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing or B.G. in Hi-Fi - My two favorite Goodman CDs, it's hard to pick between the two.
Lionel Hampton, The Lionel Hampton Story (4CD) - Another Proper Box set, runs the gammut of great Hamp tunes & again has fantastic liner notes
Buddy Johnson, Walk 'Em: The Decca Sessions - Buddy's was a house band at the Savoy in the 50's. Great tunes with some early R&B feel.
Jimmie Lunceford, Lunceford Special or Swingsation - Two nice compilations of Lunceford stuff with very little overlap as I recall.
Incedentally the "Swingsation" series is a nice primer on any artist they covered.
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Live in Swing City - Wynton Marsalis & the gang cover Duke in fine fashion, recorded live at The Supper Club in NYC. You've probably heard all of these recordings a million times but they're still awesome.
Lucky Millinder, Jumpin' at the Savoy - Great stuff from 1941-1947, with Sister Rosetta Tharpe. You've undoubtedly heard "Shout, Sister, Shout" and "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well," but the rest of the album is nice too.
Barbara Morrison, Live at the 9:20 Special - You've probably already got this but I've still got to mention it. Full of dancers' favorites & you can't beat the passion for the music that flows through Barbara's vocals. I just love that you can tell she's having fun at this performance.
Joe Salzano & The Blue Devils, Savoy Nites - I have no idea if you can still find this anywhere, but the whole album is great. Plus it's the first band I danced to live.
Buster Smith, The Legendary Buster Smith - The producer dragged Buster out of semi-retirement in the 50's in Texas to record this gem. It's a shame it's all he recorded on his own, and it's only 7 tracks, but they are all out-of-this-world. Buster played with Basie very early on in K.C.
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, One Hour Mama - Great voice, phenominal band, and good song selection from what some still call a "neo" band. It's too bad they got clumped in with BBVD & CPD since they are all great jazz artists.
Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five, Crazy Rhythm - Just came out a couple of months ago, but already one of my favorites. Great song selection & great reproduction of the Swing Era sound.
Various Artists, An Anthology of Big Bang Swing 1930-1955 by the Decca Label, in my opinion the best compilation out there.
Fats Waller, A Handful of Keys- I sure do love me some Fats and this is probably the best compilation of his stuff. I could listen to "Yacht Club Swing" all day long.
Jimmy Witherspoon, Jazz Me Blues - Yet another "Best Of" compilation.
The title pretty much says it all, not straight-forward swing but dancers love the jazz/blues/R&B mix.

Kevin Tamura has been a fixture in the Seattle lindy hop community as a dancer, performer and DJ since 1998. He enjoys spinning a variety of swing tunes from the 30s to contemporary jazz.

11 Favorite CDs (in no order):
Definitive Columbia Best Recordings - Count Basie
Newport - Count Basie
Genius of the Electric Guitar - Charlie Christian
Yes Indeed - Tommy Dorsey
Blanton Webster Band - Duke Ellington
...and His Mother Called Him Bill - Duke Ellington
Everybody Knows... - Johnny Hodges
Jumpin' for Joy - Teddy Wilson
Soular Energy - Ray Brown Trio Featuring Gene Harris
A Fine Romance 2 - Billy Holiday and Lester Young

15 songs I'm likely to spin lately:
Jumping on the Black and Whites - Teddy Wilson
Stormy Monday - Ernestine Anderson
Shiny Stokings - Gene Harris
Mirror Goes Muggin' - Tommy Dorsey
Feeding the Bean - Count Basie
Sometimes I'm Happy - Lester Young
Saboo - Erskine Hawkins
Pick Side - Billy Strayhorn
Such Sweet Thunder - Duke Ellington
King Porter Stomp - KC Band
Harlem Airshaft - LCJO
When the Quails Come Back to San Quentin - Artie Shaw
310 Blues - Johnny Hodges
Up-n-Adam - Lester Young
Back Room Romp - Widespread Depression Orchestra

Trager started DJ'ing in San Francisco in late 2000, offering the groove-centric City by the Bay some LA/OC flavor. Unfortunately, he got corrupted by the northerners, and now plays as much groove as soul and swing.

Top 10 Albums (in no order)
1. Oscar Peterson, Night Train (Verve)
2. Harlem Swings (compilation)
3. Decca Anthology of Big Band Jazz
4. Duke Ellington, 1938 (Chronological)
5. Basie, 1936-1938 (Chronological)
6. Gene Harris, Best of the Concord Years
7. Ray Charles, Best of Ray Charles (Atlantic)
8. Sam Cooke, The Man Who Invented Soul
9. Oscar Peterson Trio w/Clark Terry, Plus One (Verve)
10. Pretty Much Every Badass Who Played Jazz and Didn't Die Before 1960,
The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World (Pablo)

Top 15 Cuts You're Likely To Hear When I'm Spinning:
1. Black and Tan Fantasy (Ellington '38, LCJO, or Ellington/Armstrong)
2. You Are My Sunshine (Ammons, Ray Charles, Gene Harris, or Henderson/OP)
3. Moten Swing (Bennie Moten Orchestra, occasionally OP Trio or Basie)
4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Sam Cooke)
5. Blues for Jezebel (Gene Harris)
6. Exactly Like You (Sam Cooke, Woody Herman, Basie, Simone, McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans or Harris/Brown)
7. Night Train (OP Trio, once in a while LCJO)
8. Daytrain (OP Trio)
9. Carioca (Artie Shaw)
10. Get the Mop (Henry "Red" Allen -- both half and full speed versions)
11. Minka (Spike Jones)
12. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (Barnet or Norvo. I don't have Basie yet)
13. Blues for Stephanie (George Gee or Monty Alexander)
14. Corner Pocket (Ellington/Basie, Basie, or Corner Pocket)
15. One Mint Julep (Ray Charles, Junior Mance, or Ernestine Anderson)

Tomo (New York) has been djing for 5 years in and around NYC. She's dj-ed at Frim Fram, SONH, LindyGras and exchanges in Dallas Philly, Denver Montreal and even more exotic places like Hawaii, Sweden and Tokyo!

Fav Tunes:
George Gee The Push
Ron Sunshine Them There Eyes
Ray Charles Carrying the Load
Joe Williams Some of this 'n' some of that
Sam Cooke Shake Rattle Roll
Terra Hazelton The Spinach Song
Count Basie Splanky
Bill Doggett Night Train
The Cats & The Fiddle Gang Busters
Duke C-jam Blues

Michele Turner (Perth Australia) has been been Lindy Hopping for 11 years and DJing for 8. Her love for swing music began well before she began dancing as her dad played in a big band  so she grew up hearing great tunes. She has been a major part of the Perth and Australian swing scene since 1999 and was a founder of the Perth Swing Dance Society has played a huge part in the running 'Hullabaloo - The Perth Lindy Exchange' for the last 7 years (www.perthswing.com). and also manages all the DJs for PSDS events and Hullabaloo.
She has DJ'd all around Australia at the major exchanges and camps since 2002, at the Frim Fram in NYC and All Balboa Detroit in 2006 and ALX in NZ.  She has a passion for 30s swing tunes and loves to see the floor pumping full of people dancing to original swing tunes from the day. She strives to inspire all levels of dancers. She says "If the Floor aint full - I'm not doing my job"

Some of her fav tunes to spin are:
When the Sun Sets Down South - Sidney Bechet
Shufflin' and a Rollin' - Buddy Johnson
Savoy - Lucky Millinder
Lunceford Special - Jimmy Lunceford
Coleslaw - Jesse Stone and his Orchestra
Blackstick - Sidney Bechet
Jack the Bear - Duke Ellington
Big Fat Sam - Erskine Hawkins
Segue in C - Duke Ellington
Just Kiddin' Around - Artie Shaw
Bitset has his day - Les Brown
Bechet Paradies the Blues - Sidney Bechet
I like my baby's pudding - Wynonie Harris
Harlem Stomp - Louis Armstrong
In the Bag - Lionel Hampton
Jump through the window - Roy Eldridge

Dave Uejio has been Lindy Hopping for 2 and a half years now, and is a regular at Lindygroove. He is the house DJ for Club Jitterbug in Santa Barbara, the areas most popular regular venue and is on the planning committee for the Santa Barbara Lindy Exchange. He spun recently at the San Diego Lindy Prom, Utah Lindy Exchange, Sacramento Lindy Exchange and the San Diego Sleepover, as well as at the Santa Barbara Exchange. He is an unabashed groover, and is best known for his bluesy swing sets.

10 of Dave's current favorite songs:
1. Makin' Whoopie - Gene Harris
2. Day is Done - Charlie Hunter Quartet feat. Norah Jones
3. Moanin' - Ray Charles
4. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - Howard Alden
5. The One - Tracy Chapman
6. Charmed Life - Diana Krall
7. St. James Infirmary Blues - Lou Rawls
8. Trouble in Mind - Aretha Franklin
9. C Jam Blues - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
10 Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7

Nando Velasquez is originally from NYC where he started his Lindy Hop career in 1999. He has become one of local favorites in his scene, and is among the DJ rotation at most of the major NY events and venues including Frim Fram, Swing Remix, The NYSDS, and Lincoln Center's Midsummers Night Swing. Nando had also helped develop NYC's blues scene as one of the house DJ's for "Jook Joint Shimmy Blues." Over the years, Nando has had the honor to play around the country and at exchanges in Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and most recently has been one of the featured DJs at SoFlex for the past two years.

Among Nando's wide variety of recommended music:
Oscar Aleman - Swing Guitar Masterpieces
Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson
Andy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams - Mary's Idea
Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings
Chick Webb - Spinnin' The Webb
Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday - Live at Newport
Preservation Hall Hot 4 - with Duke Dejan
Slim & Slam - Complete Columbia Master Takes
Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann - Going to Kansas City Blues
David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band - Blues in Our Hearts

Melissa "Mel" Varriano has been residing in San Diego for the past 7 years and was introduced to the wonderful world of Lindy Hop in September of 1998. Since that day she has dedicated herself to traveling all over the United States and Europe taking workshops from numerous talented instructors, teaching classes in several locations, competing at various events, and dancing the nights away whenever possible. She co-organized her first exchange in the spring of 2000, Swing Break San Diego, and found a passion for event organization which lead the way to the next SD exchange, the 2001/02 San Diego New Years Exchange. In the past 2 years she co-founded LindyDreams.com with her amazing dance partner, Chance Bushman, and together they have organized various workshops and events in San Diego, including their most recent exchange, the Lindy Prom. Djing is a passion Mel found one day when a popular local venue, Lindy by the Bay, needed some tunes played. Since then she has djed at many of the other regular SD venues and entertained her largest crowd during the Lindy Prom. For more info, visit www.melindy.com.

Some favorite songs:
Blues for Stephanie George Gee
Love Me or Leave Me both the Nina Simone and the Sammy Davis Jr. versions
Lavender Coffin Lionel Hampton
Muddy Water Lou Rawls
Stormy Weather Barbara Morrison
Moten Swing Oscar Peterson
C-Jam Blues
Never Make Your Move Too Soon Ernestine Anderson
Exactly Like You Nina Simone
Hallelujah, I Love Him So Ella Fitzgerald
Comes Love Billie Holliday
Lunceford Special Jimmy Lunceford
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie Chick Webb

A few favorite albums:
Barbara Morrison Live at the 9:20 Special
Jimmy Lunceford For Dancers Only
Ella Fitzgerald Blue Ella
Oscar Peterson Night Train
Jimmy Witherspoon Jazz Me Blues
Harry James Trumpet Blues
Cab Calloway Are You Hep to the Jive
Lou Rawls w/Les McCann Stormy Monday
Ernestine Anderson Best of
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Live In Swing City

A few other favorites:
Dirty Dancing Soundtrack Cry to Me
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
Prince - Kiss
Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Blues Brothers Soundtrack Sweet Home Chicago

Jerry Warwick (Dallas) was first attracted to swing and jazz in the mid 90’s with the personal discovery of a Diana Krall CD at a Border’s book store. Dancing started in 1998 during the fad period. Over the last 9 years my musical tastes have ranged from classic swing, Rat Pack, swingin’ blues and even the occasional Neo Swing song. My DJ musical selections are usually big and brassy with lots of vocals. I love playing fun music for the dancers. I make no pretense of being a classic lindyhop DJ. I just play fun music for dancers having fun.
I hope you enjoy my set…….Jerry “Wheresmygravy” Warwick

My Current Favorite Swing/ Lindyhop Songs / CDs
Sounds Like True Religion - Arlington Jones
More – Bobby Darin
Kansas City – Joe Williams
Lounging at the Waldorf – Ron Sunshine
Never Make Your Move Too Soon – Chuck Brown
Pennies From Heaven – Ben Webster
Route 66 – Bette Roche
Jive at Five – Count Basie

More CD’s
Esther Phillips – Confessin’ The Blues
Various – Wild, Cool and Swingin’
Barbara Morrison – Live at the 9:20 Special
Joe Williams – Best of Joe Williams
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington – The Great Summit

Jim Wheatley (Atlanta) has been actively DJing and dancing in the Atlanta area for more than 10 years. He regularly spins at Hot Jam, Atlanta's primary weekly Lindy dance event, as well as dances sponsored by the Atlanta Swing Era Dance Association (ASEDA) and the Georgia Tech Dance Association. He has also DJed at such major events as Beantown Summer Camp, Lindy Focus, Atlanta Varsity Showdown and Swing & Soul, and at Lindy exchanges in Austin, Chicago, San Diego, Knoxville, Orlando, Charleston, St. Louis and South Florida. He was also a co-founder of the Atlanta Lindy Exchange (ATLX) in 2003–2004, and has been a part of many ATLX committees (and has DJed at every ATLX) since. Jim enjoys spinning and blending a variety of musical styles, including classic jazz, swing, blues and soul, according to the needs of the dance floor.

Jim's Recommended song list coming soon...

Tip West Besides DJing every Friday at the Swing Pit, Tip has guest DJed for Monsters of Swing in Ventura, Camp Jitterbug in Seattle, Laughlin Desert Dance Camp, The Slab at Swing Camp Catalina, 3rd Street Promenade, Canada, Virginia Beach, and San Diego. He is known for playing an eclectic mix, with everything form the early 30’s to late 50’s. His goal is to make sure all styles of dance and music preferences get their play.

Some favorite Artists and their songs are:
Sidney Bechet - Battle of Jericho
Oscar Peterson - Molten swing
Barbara Morrison - Being here with you
Dean Mora - Rigmarole
Smiley Luis - Big mamou
Alberta Hunter - Dark town stutters ball

Rayned Wiles Started dj'ing the practice dance at the Avalon Studio in Baltimore in the mid 90's. Then started a swing night with friends first at the 94th Aerosquadron in College Park MD and then at K2 Dance in Beltsville MD. Subsequently started dj'ing at weekend events, dance camps, and National competition events such as the Southwest Lindy Fest, Beantown, and the North Atlantic Swing Dance Championships. Continues to dj at local and national events. Upcoming events include Swing Fling in DC, the Harlem Jazz Festival in New York City, and Summer Hummer in Boston.
top 10 playlist:

Songs:
One O'clock Jump
Roll 'Em Pete
Duke's Place/C Jam Blues
Lullaby of Birdland
Blue Monday Blues/Going to Kansas City
On The Sunny Side of the Street
Moten Swing
Shining Stockings
For Dancers Only
I Wanna Little Girl
Night Train

Albums:
Count Basie Complete Decca
Count Basie Jazz Profile
Ernestine Anderson Concord Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald, Bluella
Jimmy Witherspoon, The 'Spoon Concerts
Johnny Hodges, Everyone Knows Johnny Hodges
Duke Ellington, The Duke: The Columbia Years
Jimmy Lunceford, Rhythm Is Our Business
Harry James, Trumpet Blues
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart_Slim & Slam, 1938-1939.
Various Artists, Swinging at the Savoy: Home of Happy Feet 1937-45
Lionel Hampton, Tempo and Swing