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Language
English
Adapted from
The Jitterbug Waltz written by Fats Waller
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Written for the musical revue Ain't Misbehavin', which opened at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway on May 9, 1978. The show ran for 1604 performances and won the Tony award for best musical.
Goes like: "The night is getting on, the band is getting slow, the crowd is almost gone, but here we are still dancing. Nothing to do, but waltz. Our feet can barely move, my legs are yelling "Whoa", but we're in such a groove and love is still advancing. Nothing to do, but waltz. You can't suggest that we could go on jitterbugging, no bugging, we've nothing left for moves more strenuous than hugging, just hugging ..."
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i April 17, 1942 First release
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i January 9, 1974 Live
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i Jitterbug Waltz Peter Boothman December 9, 1976 Unverified
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i Jitterbug Waltz Eddie Graham Trio 1984 Unverified
i Jitterbug Waltz Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
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i Jitterbug Waltz James Morrison, Jeff Hamilton, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis (James Morrison [AU]) 1990 Unverified
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i February 25, 1992
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i September 28, 1993
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i Jitterbug Waltz Juergen Wuchner Quintet 1993 Unverified
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i 1994 Released more than 10 years after its recording
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i Jitterbug Waltz Horace Parlan / Jan Kaspersen Piano Duo (Horace Parlan) 1994 Unverified
i Jitterbug Waltz The Robin Nolan Swing Quartet (Robin Nolan) 1994 Unverified
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i 1995 Released more than 10 years after its recording
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i 1995 Medley
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i April 23, 1996
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i Jitterbug Waltz Another INTERface 1997 Unverified
i April 1998
i September 15, 1998
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i The Jitterbug Waltz Bruno De Filippi 1998 Unverified
i July 1999
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i February 2000
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i September 2000
i December 2000
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i 2000 Live
i Jitterbug Waltz Helmut Nieberle, Helmut Kagerer (Helmut Nieberle, Helmut Kagerer) 2000 Unverified
i March 27, 2001
i March 2001
i June 20, 2001
i 2001 Medley
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i 2001 Medley
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i Jitterbug Waltz John Previti Quartet 2002 Unverified
i August 4, 2003
i August 12, 2003
i September 2003
i September 2003
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i Jitterbuck Waltz Klare, Köllges & Kracht 2003 Unverified
i May 19, 2004
i November 2004
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i 2004
i 2004 Medley
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i The Jitterbug Waltz Alessandro Fabbri 2004 Unverified
i April 20, 2005
i May 2005
i December 1, 2005
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i Jitterbug Waltz Nico Gori 4et (Nico Gori) 2005 Unverified
i April 19, 2006
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i Jitterbug Waltz The Jack Nimitz Quintet (Jack Nimitz) 2006 Unverified
i June 2007 Live
i 2007
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i 2007
i 2007
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i Jitterbug Waltz Harmonious Wail 2007 Unverified
i March 2008
i September 9, 2008
i September 30, 2008
i October 2008
i 2008
i 2008
i 2008
i 2008
i 2008
i 2008
i Jitterbug Waltz Djangonauts 2008 Unverified
i Jitterbug Waltz Titta Nesti, Franco Santarnecchi (Franco Santarnecchi) 2008 Unverified
i June 2009
i 2009 Medley
i 2009
i 2009
i 2009
i 2010
i 2010
i 2010
i 2010
i Jitterbug Waltz Yakov Okun February 15, 2011 Unverified
i September 30, 2011
i December 10, 2011
i 2011
i 2011
i 2011
i February 2012
i March 12, 2012
i October 15, 2012
i Jitterbug Waltz The Aruán Ortiz and Michael Janisch Quintet October 29, 2012 Unverified
i November 2012 Live
i 2012
i October 16, 2013
i 2013
i 2013
i 2013
i 2013
i March 2014 Live
i June 4, 2014
i June 10, 2014
i August 2014
i October 2014
i Jitterbug Waltz The Bailsmen December 2014 Unverified
i 2014
i 2014
i 2014
i 2014
i April 2015 Live
i November 2015
i 2015
i 2015
i Jitterbug Waltz Les Royal Pickles February 2, 2016 Unverified
i March 2016
i June 3, 2016
i September 2016
i June 2017 Released more than 10 years after its recording
Live
i September 14, 2017
i 2017
i 2017
i 2017
i Jitterbug Waltz Mark Lewandowski, Liam Noble, Paul Clarvis (Liam Noble, Paul Clarvis) 2017 Unverified
i Jitterbug Waltz Betty's Bounce 2017 Unverified
i March 9, 2018
i March 30, 2018
i May 2018
i September 2018
i 2018
i October 21, 2019
i December 6, 2019
i January 2020
i February 7, 2020
i Jitterbug Waltz Steve Nelson Jazz Quartet March 18, 2020 Unverified
i April 2020 Live
i May 2020
i December 2020
i 2020
i 2020
i April 10, 2021 Medley
i July 2, 2021
i Jitterbug Waltz Michael Weiss February 18, 2022 Unverified
i The Jitterbug Waltz Francesco Marziani, Antonio Napolitano, Massimo Del Pezzo June 3, 2022 Unverified
i June 15, 2022
i 2022
i Jitterbug Waltz Hayes Greenfield, Dean Johnson (Dean Johnson, Hayes Greenfield) November 3, 2023 Unverified