Best swing jazz music according to redditors

did a reverse google image search with your picture and it is Duke Ellington.
The same picture was used for this DVD:
https://www.amazon.com/Duke-Ellington-Classic-Hollywood-Years/dp/B0002N979K

"Early Ellington" and "The Blanton-Webster Band" are well-regarded for the 1926-31 and 40-42 years, I think there were a bunch of individual LPs released for the 30s but don't know if they were compiled onto CD. Actually, check this out: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Duke-Ellington-1932-1939/dp/B0018BF1GI

[Rhye- Woman] (http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Rhye/dp/B00BGGIW2K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411152954&sr=8-1&keywords=rhye+woman+vinyl)

Get some Otis Redding!

[Of Monsters and Men- My head is an animal] (http://www.amazon.com/My-Head-Animal-Monsters-Men/dp/B007DIQAXI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411153013&sr=8-1&keywords=of+monsters+and+men+vinyl)

[The Antlers- Hospice] (http://www.amazon.com/My-Head-Animal-Monsters-Men/dp/B007DIQAXI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411153013&sr=8-1&keywords=of+monsters+and+men+vinyl)

[Andrew Bird- Armchair apocrypha] (http://www.amazon.com/Armchair-Apocrypha-Vinyl-Andrew-Bird/dp/B000N3AVX0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1411153213&sr=8-3&keywords=andrew+bird+vinyl)

Though there are great recordings throughout his career, Duke's best band, and his most creative period, is generally considered to be the early '40's with the 'Blanton-Webster Band'. Any compilation of that band will do - this one, for example.

The dopest early collection of Ellington, Mrs. Clinkscales to the Cotton Club, is currently out of print and is stupid expensive on Amazon. However, PM me and I'll share the mp3s with you in googledrive. I also have a mix of my 12 favorite songs if you just want to hear the cream of the crop.

That collection is I think all of his recordings from 1924-1929, featuring all his work with the great Bubber Miley, his first great soloist. Also, it is remastered by the legendary John RT Davies, so you know you're getting the best sound quality.

After that, covering 1929-1940, is a collection called [Vol. 2: The Cotton Club to Sweden] (https://www.amazon.com/Dukes-Middle-Years-1926-1929/dp/B000TWI81C/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1). It's not complete, but it's a 4-CD compilation from the 30s.

Another collection that is highly revered is the Blanton-Webster Band ca. 1940-42. Many consider this his greatest band. For me personally, I prefer the 1920s Bubber Miley band.

Honestly the Ken Burns Jazz collection is probably a decent overview of his entire career.

Do you mean the song playing during the archive footage? (Watching on Netflix btw) If so, sorry, no clue. But if not, it might be something on the soundtrack:

http://www.amazon.com/War-Ken-Burns-Film/dp/B000TGUUHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309551894&sr=1-1-catcorr

He did a very good job with a certain sort of relaxing jazz. Good stuff. And there's Brubeck and Goodman and Ellington and Basie and others. For some fine stuff that's more energizing than relaxing, check out Neal Hefti's arrangements for Count Basie in The Complete Atomic Basie or, even perhaps better, Count Basie and His Orchestra Play Neal Hefti. Indeed, these same arrangements are well done by The Frank Capp Juggernaut in In a Hefti Bag. Great stuff.

Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos is basically a full album made explicitly with the kind of music you describe. Enjoy :)

If you're just interested in their ska influenced stuff, they put out a compilation a few years ago called Skaboy JFK: the Skankin' hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Blues In Orbit is another Ellington band album that's great and completely different. The Far East suite is also very cool..

"Monk on Monk" by T.S. Monk is pretty great too, one of the best big band albums to come out in the last 10 years.

You'll find that it's hard to find stuff like TANK! that's not too shrill or repetitive. These recommendations will have a different color but you'll really enjoy them if you give them a chance.

Oh, and a more specific extrapolation on someone's recommendation below:
Mingus Ah Um, a smaller ensemble than the Seatbelts but no less kick-ass.

And for raw kick-ass you gotta check out Free For All by Art Blakey and co.

Oh shoot and don't forget this Oliver Nelson classic, "Blues and the Abstract Truth". <3 Hoe Down's bridge. Pretty cool ensemble writing!

Ok, I'll stop now. It's notable that all the guys I mentioned have 5-50 more albums which sound completely different, and each song on each album is very different! Imagine, music before pop...

FYI, the Ellington album is called Three Suites.

Duke Ellington - Three Suites. Not strictly Christmas, but it's got a great jazz take on the Nutcracker Suite to start off with. Plus, the rest is Duke Ellington, which is great.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Electric-Years-Django-Reinhardt/dp/B000VEA29Y

I actually dont know 20s stuff so much. This is 3CD I have - $10 used! https://www.amazon.com/Blanton-Webster-Band-Duke-Ellington/dp/B000003EO4 It's really great, honestly, I love the Juan Tizol compositions especially.

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track 14: http://www.amazon.com/The-Island-Steve-Jablonsky/dp/B0009X766E

Very nice - this appears to be from a little-known broadcast from the Trianon - thanks!

Available here and here among other places

> When you have so many young people swing dancing, why not throw in some younger music every now and then?

You're right! Let's!

Here's some standard music played by modern bands with great sound quality:

• Michael Gamble & The Rhythm Gamblers: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Gamble-Rhythm-Serenaders/dp/B01GQZD5SG
  
  
• Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five: https://www.amazon.com/Rhythm-Jonathan-Campus-featuring-Alexander/dp/B0006A4KNM/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1
  
  
• Gordon Webster: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gordonwebster22
  
  
• The Rhythm Gamblers: https://therhythmgamblers.bandcamp.com/album/the-rhythm-gamblers
  
  You might say: Those are modern bands, but they're still playing all the songs I knew! What I really want is new songs altogether. Okay!
  
  
• Glenn Crytzer's Savoy Seven: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/glenncrytzerssavoyseven3
  
  
• Jonathan Doyle Quintet: https://jonathandoyle.bandcamp.com/album/the-fed-hop
  
  
• Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles: https://joesmithandthespicypickles.bandcamp.com/album/high-fidelity
  
  
• Jeremy Mohney: https://jeremymohneymusic.bandcamp.com/album/smile-a-while
  
  No you still don't understand /u/AFistfulOfAww, what I really really want to do is dance to music that doesn't swing, but with the same-ish shapes that I learned in Lindy Hop classes!
  
  
• You'll fit right in at /r/westcoastswing! The dance shares our origin, and it is danced to all kinds of different music. Last I heard they even have some Zouk influence these days!

similarly to what somebody else said, i left the safety of corporate to open my own law firm.

Not entirely sure it was been the best idea ever. I'll be FLABBERGASTED if this works...

Time will tell ;)

this might be fun