VA - Jump and Swing (A Berni's Special Presentation) (6 x CDs)

A BERNI'S SPECIAL PRESENTATION

JUMP SWING

VA - Jump and Swing (A Berni's Special Presentation) (6 x CDs)

This six-disc set works best not as a survey of swing, but as a sustained physical experience, a sequence that moves with intention, each track handing momentum to the next. It doesn’t unfold in eras so much as in motion. What binds it is behaviour, the way the rhythm section leans forward, the way the horns answer, the way space is filled and released. From the first moments, the listener is not observing, but being drawn into a continuous pulse.

The opening stretch establishes that pulse with clarity and purpose. Glenn Miller, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, and Duke Ellington define the core vocabulary: tight horn stabs, call-and-response vocals, and a walking bass that never settles, always nudging the beat forward. As “In the Mood” resolves its familiar riff, another band answers with a sharper accent, a louder shout, a quicker turnaround. “Minnie the Moocher” stretches and snaps back through its vocal phrasing, while “Take the A Train” glides on a steady, unbroken swing. The transitions feel natural, almost inevitable. Without instruction, the body adjusts, shoulders loosen, timing locks in. This is swing functioning exactly as intended, built for movement, built for continuity.

From there, the revivalists enter not as a contrast, but as an escalation. The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Royal Crown Revue, and The Atomic Fireballs compress the sound and increase its impact. The brass hits harder, arranged in tighter bursts, while the drums sharpen the backbeat with a crisp snare that cuts through the mix. A walking bass becomes more pronounced, almost percussive, locking in with guitar upstrokes and piano rolls. As one track peaks, the next picks up its energy without pause. “Zoot Suit Riot” surges forward, “Man With the Hex” answers with a darker, more urgent drive, and “The Dirty Boogie” pushes the tempo with a restless edge. The effect is cumulative. The room feels smaller, hotter, more crowded. The listener is no longer easing into the rhythm, they are inside it, carried by its momentum.

Between these peaks, the set breathes, but never loses its thread. Maria Muldaur introduces a relaxed, behind-the-beat phrasing, where the groove stretches rather than pushes. Dr. John shifts the feel with a looser piano touch, slightly off-centre, letting notes hang just long enough to alter the mood. The Mavericks bring a country-swing sway, where the rhythm rolls rather than drives, while Marina & The Kats add a lighter, gypsy-jazz texture, brushes on drums, clipped guitar chords, and a more intimate vocal presence. Even the modern extensions, like Parov Stelar, retain the same internal mechanics, loops built from horn phrases, beats structured around swing timing rather than replacing it. Each shift feels like a change in lighting rather than direction.

By the final stretch, the sequencing reveals its full strength. Phrases echo across discs, horn lines return in new forms, rhythmic patterns reappear with different weight and emphasis. A shuffle becomes a stomp, a glide becomes a drive, yet the underlying motion remains constant. From ballroom precision to late-night intensity, from early big band recordings to contemporary reinterpretations, the set maintains a single, unbroken current. Swing here is not presented as a style to revisit, but as a living system of rhythm and response. The result is a listening experience that never settles, always moving, always inviting, until stillness feels out of place. (BERNI)

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Track lists

CD1

01 The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive An' Wail 2:54

02 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - You & Me & Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) 3:34

03 Cabell Calloway - Everybody Eats When They Come to My House 2:43

04 Dr. John,Rickie Lee Jones - Makin' Whoopie 4:09

05 Gavin Povey & The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops - Hook Line & Sinker 2:35

06 Johny Fovourite Swing Orchestra - We Still Talk The Way Loves Do (Johny Fovourite Swing Orchestra) 2:27

07 Keely Smith - Swing, Swing, Swing (Sing, Sing, Sing) 3:00

08 Maria Muldaur - It Ain't The Meat (It's The Motion) 2:57

09 Phantom Alley Swing - Pocket Full of Stars 3:15

10 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - What's The Matter With You? 4:01

11 Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra - Pull The Other One, Rob! 2:05

12 Rod Stewart, Jools Holland - Good Rockin' Tonight 2:50

13 Roomful of Blues - Good Rockin' Daddy 3:18

14 Ruth Brown - As Long as I m Moving 2:44

15 Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot 3:53

16 The Flying Neutrinos - Mr. Zoot Suit (Flying Netrinos) 2:38

17 The Indigo Kings - How Can it Be True 4:06

18 The Mavericks - Swingin' 4:15

19 The Lazy Jumpers - Salt and Pepper Boogie 4:59

20 Glenn Miller - In The Mood 3:34

CD2

01 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Jump With My Baby 6:10

02 Amy LaVere - Ten Cats Down 2:01

03 Brian Setzer Orchestra - (Everytime I Here) That Mellow Saxophone (Brian Setzer Orchestra) 3:30

04 Cab Calloway - The Hi De Ho Man (Remastered) 3:00

05 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Rock That Boogie (Live) 2:43

06 Gavin Povey & The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops - Go Train Go 3:13

07 Jumpin' Jimes - That's Right 2:26

08 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Roll The Boogie 3:59

09 Louis Prima - Louis Prima - Just a Gigolo 4:45

10 Martín Burguez & His Rhythm Combo - Fat Ride in G 2:45

14 Red & The Red Hots - Boogie Man (Red & The Red Hots) 3:27

12 Rob Heron, The Tea Pad Orchestra - She Hypnotised Me 2:27

13 Rod Stewart, Jools Holland - Pennies from Heaven 2:58

14 Roomful of Blues - Slippin' and Slidin' 2:52

15 Ruth Brown - Wild Wild Young Men 2:30

16 Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Steppin' Out With My Baby 2:25

17 The Hungry Williams - It's Raining Outside 2:59

18 The Indigo Kings - Room at The Top 4:03

19 The Jive Aces - Aces Shuffle (feat. Jeremy Wakefield & Miss Carmen Getit) 2:52

20 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie 2:42

CD3

01 The Atomic Fireballs - Man With The Hex 3:11

02 Bellevue Cadillac - Black And White (Bellevue Cadillac) 3:33

03 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Go Daddy-O 3:13

04 Blues Jumpers - Wheels Start Turning 3:20

05 The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Dirty Boogie 3:13

06 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra - Minnie the Moocher 3:33

07 Candye Kane - Coming Out Swingin' 2:41

08 Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Mello in the Moonlite 2:36

09 Gina Haley & the Jive aces - 'till the well runs dry 2:31

10 House Jumpers - Jump With You 2:09

11 Keely Smith - When You're Smiling; The Sheik of Araby 1:40

12 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Caldonia 2:42

13 Louis Prima - Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days 2:09

14 Maria Muldaur - Don't You Make Me High (Don't You Feel My Leg) 2:48

15 Martín Burguez & His Rhythm Co - I'm Gonna Move 3:20

15 The Crescent City Maulers - Lost For Words (Crescent City Maulers) 2:31

17 Roomful of Blues - Tell Me Who 2:34

18 Royal Crown Revue - Hey Pachucco 3:06

19 The Jive Aces - Jive, Jive, Jive Aces 3:03

20 Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Ding Dong Daddy Of The D Car Line (Cherry Poppin' Daddies) 3:31

CD4

01 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Diga Diga Do 4:16

02 The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - When We Dance 3:10

03 Blue Harlem - Reelin' & Rockin' 3:04

04 Blue Plate Special - Night Out (Blue Plate Special) 4:05

05 Caro Emerald - You Don't Love Me 3:53

06 Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Go to Hell 3:07

07 Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Lullaby of Broadway 3:15

08 Dr. Zoot - Jump, Jive And Shake (Dr. Zoot) 3:40

09 The Hungry Williams - Brand New Thing 3:46

10 The Jive Aces - Planet Jive 3:52

11 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - What's The Matter With You? 4:01

12 Louis Prima - Oh Marie 2:24

13 Marina & The Kats - Get on With It 2:58

14 The New Morty Show - In The Groove (The New Morty Show) 3:19

15 Phantom Alley Swing - Pineapple Parade 3:21

16 Sweet Jeena and Her Sweethearts - Mean Cat 2:54

17 Swingerhead - Pick Up The Phone (Swingerhead) 3:07

18 Ray Gelato - Josephine Please No Lean on the Bell 3:14

19 Rod Stewart, Jools Holland - Them There Eyes 2:24

20 The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo-Choo 3:37

CD5

01 Adrianna Marie & Her Roomful of All-Stars - T-Bone Boogie 3:41

02 The Atomic Fireball - Mata Hari 3:44

03 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Jumpin' Jack 4:47

04 Brian Setzer - Pennsylvania 6-5000 3:03

05 Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Puttin' on the Ritz 3:39

06 Corb Lund - Big Butch Bass Bull Fiddle 2:13

07 Deluxtone Rockets - Rumble With The Devil 3:57

08 Dwight Yoakam - Tired of Waiting for You 2:59

09 8½ Souvenirs - Sharp Dressed Man 3:35

10 Flying Saucers - Beer Bourbon and Whine 3:01

11 Gavin Povey & The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops - Destination Oke She Moke She Pop 2:08

12 Gina Haley & the Jive aces - Them there eyes 2:39

13 Hipster Daddy-O and The Handgrenades - Perpetrator 3:57

14 The Hungry Williams - Everybody Loves Me (Why Don't You?) 2:31

15 Imelda May - Big Bad Handsome Man 2:43

16 The Indigo Kings - Jump Jive Daddy 2:58

17 Jesse Stone & His Orchestra - Cole Slaw 2:56

18 Johnny Favourite - Black Dog 3:24

19 Knockout Kings - Fisherman's Blues 2:35

20 The Glenn Miller Orchestra - A String of Pearls 3:13

CD6

01 ACME Swing Company - Deal Me In (Acme Swing Company) 3:49

02 Big Rude Jake - Gotham City Serenade 3:42

03 Cab Calloway - The Jumpin' Jive 3:09

04 Dylan Bishop Band - Things Are Lookin' Up 3:17

05 Lost Dog Found - Get The Shack Swingin' 3:44

06 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 3:42

07 Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Gotta Shorty Go 3:14

08 Marina & The Kats - Stick to What You Got 3:11

09 Mitch Dino and His Rocket 88's - Jive Mr. Boogie (Mitch Dino And His Rocket 88's) 3:37

10 Neil Young - Ten Men Workin' 6:28

11 The New Morty Show - 15 Months in Jail 3:52

12 Parov Stelar - Booty Swing 3:17

13 Pisk, Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive (Electro Swing Remix) 3:38

14 Rhythm Rockets - Baby Baby Every Night 2:44

15 Rod Stewart, Jools Holland - Night Train 2:56

16 Squirrel Nut Zippers - Put A Lid on It 2:39

17 Swingerhead - Swing Out 2:37

18 Tape Five - Bad Boy Good Man 4:10

19 Vanguard Aces - Rocco's Joint (Vanguard Aces) 2:51

20 Duke Ellington - Take The A Train 2:51

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