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- Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:00 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJing at the Savoy Ballroom - did it ever happen?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12900
- Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:50 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favourite recording of ... Don't Be That Way?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 37480
My favorite version (again, I come from a listening standpoint and not a 'for dancers' standpoint) is the Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall version because of the story behind it. I'm sure you've heard it all before so I'll repeat it again because I like hearing myself talk! As the liner notes say, the ...
- Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:39 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Qaudromania label
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8195
Went to Amoeba recently and saw lots of these Quadromania sets. I picked up a Pee Wee Russell (some of which I have from an Eddie Condon box set already, but whatever) which is nice. There are no liner notes beyond recording date and personnel. The little prongs that hold the CD in the 4-cd case all...
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:10 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1936-1937
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39314
For those fans of MBRB a new release on ASV. Will be interesting to see what the remastering is like. I have ordered my copy :) http://www.worldsrecords.com/pages/artists/m/mills_blue_rhythm_band_the/the_mills_blue_rhythm_band_59831.html I just bought this a few days ago. It is excellent, but since...
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:17 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJing at the Savoy Ballroom - did it ever happen?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12900
Live music was the norm for nightly entertainment in the early to mid twentieth century, even when movies and radio came along. There were literally thousands of musicians in major cities playing hundreds of venues, and not just jazz. In the early part of the century it was de rigeur to have a piano...
- Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:33 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What's the worst swing song ever?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 65662
- Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:30 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What are you playing? / What are you listening to?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 27330
- Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:26 am
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: Christine Aguilera - Candyman
- Replies: 14
- Views: 47831
- Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:46 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Goodman / Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Avid #151]
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6271
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:47 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Are dancers musical tastes changing?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 75040
Not that I'm trying to 'razz' you, but: http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=48 Anonymity has its uses, but in reality most of us are pretty inoffensive. As a friend of mine once described it, swingdjs.com is like a bunch of teenage girls in pajamas playing records for each other on the be...
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:42 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Songs for the end of the night?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 28810
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:44 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Are dancers musical tastes changing?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 75040
When I DJed at Lindy Gras, the only request I got was from a newer for some Indigo Swing. Boy, was he excited to see that I had BOTH of the albums on my laptop. I think most dancers were just happy that I was playing shorter songs, the band songs were generally all on the long side. You know, I rem...
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:40 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Are dancers musical tastes changing?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 75040
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:11 pm
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: argentine tango newbie help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7326
- Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:28 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Are dancers musical tastes changing?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 75040
I think your being a bit paranoid... there is an abundance of high energy swing music out there. But for me, personally (let me emphasize personal preference), few swing songs compare to the raw energy of, say Bon Jovi or Outkast... both groups have a nack for high energy at a lower tempo. High tem...