Louis Jordan - At The Swing Cat's Ball (1999)

Released as an attempt to cash in on the swing revival that swept through America in the late '90s, MCA's At the Swing Cat's Ball contains 12 songs that spotlight Louis Jordan's hardest-swinging material. Since Jordan towered above most jump blues practitioners in the '40s, it's easy to enjoy the compilation, even if you question the reasons behind its assembly. Since it concentrates on swinging material, it isn't a strict hits compilation (even though there are hits here), but that probably won't bother Generation Y swingers, whom this compilation is clearly targeted at.

Tracklist:

01. Choo Choo Ch'boogie
02. At The Swing Cat's Ball
03. Flat Face
04. Keep A-Knockin'
05. Swingin' In A Coconut Tree
06. Doug The Jitterbug
07. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender And Tall
08. All For The Love Of Lil
09. Reet Petite And Gone
10. Barnyard Boogie
11. Have You Got The Gumption
12. Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
13. You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
14. Safe, Sane And Single
15. Onion
16. Beans And Corn Bread
17. School Days (When We Were Kids)
18. It's A Great, Great Pleasure
19. Hog Wash
20. (Crazy 'bout) Lollypop