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#46 Post by djstarr » Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:30 pm

Georgia on My Mind - Anita O'Day/Gene Krupa - Let me Off Uptown.

I played it at our vintage night the weekend after Ray Charles passed away -- it's a great swinging version of this song and I've been playing it consistently since then.
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#47 Post by BigCash » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:33 am

Fast:
Little Sally Walker - Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans

Slow:
On the Back Porch - Bob French & Friends w/Freddy "The Voice" Lonzo
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#48 Post by Leisure-B » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:04 pm

FreeLand - Big Wednesday

From the Animatrix Sound track.
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#49 Post by main_stem » Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:19 pm

Get it in Your Soul -- Charles Mingus
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#50 Post by mark0tz » Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:40 am

I Want The Waiter - Jimmie Lunceford
Chop, Chop - Lionel Hampton
Let's Do It - Billie Holiday
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#51 Post by Soupbone » Mon Jul 12, 2004 11:28 am

"I can't dance, I got ants in my pants" -- Georgia Washboard Stompers
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#52 Post by main_stem » Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:09 pm

Soupbone wrote:"I can't dance, I got ants in my pants" -- Georgia Washboard Stompers
I like Claude Hopkins version. I laugh every time I play it.
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#53 Post by SpuzBal » Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:58 pm

You'd think that having ants in your pants would make you more, not less, likely to get up and move ar...never mind.

Anyway, I'm digging Biréli Lagrène's version of "Ma Première Guitare" right now, off of Gypsy Project and Friends.
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#54 Post by Matthew » Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:41 pm

Soupbone wrote:"I can't dance, I got ants in my pants" -- Georgia Washboard Stompers
I like the version by Freddy Jenkins' Harlem Seven (a very fun band, by the way), off Sounds of Harlem, Vol. 1. Apparently, this CD won't be available until August. Not sure why that is, because I've had it for a couple months.
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#55 Post by phantom dancer » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:45 pm

Sunset Serenade - Freddy Monroe Orch. WJSV Washington 21 Sep 1939
We're Off To See the Wizard - Jim Davidson & his Australian Broadcasting Commission Dance Orchestra with band vocal - Sydney 21 Nov 1939
The Phantom Dancer. Swing & dance from live 1920s-50s radio. Tuesdays, 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985!
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#56 Post by Matthew » Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:24 pm

"Bubbling Over" - Earl Hines, from 1934-1937. Awesome 3-minute song, chock-full of stuff for dancers to play with. It's 275 BPM, but it's so cool, it's the kind you'd find a way to sneak into a set.
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#57 Post by Lars » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:30 am

This one is off of LazyP's compilation, Best Of Modern Swing http://shop.heptown.com/product_info.ph ... cts_id=251
Gunhild Carling and her swing band , They all laughed
It reminds me of the "Swing" stuff that Bjork did a while back.
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#58 Post by Yakov » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:21 pm

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"Blues In My Shower" Nat King Cole [on his proper box]
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#59 Post by SpuzBal » Sun Aug 01, 2004 5:39 pm

"Avalon" and "Chasin' the Gypsy" by James Carter, on Chasin' the Gypsy.

Incidentally, I saw James Carter play this afternoon in Oakland. Man! He was amazing. He must have pushed his saxes to every limit they had. James Carter is one crazy man.
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#60 Post by gatorgal » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:15 am

The Song of the Old Mill - Patti Lupone (State and Main Sdtk.)

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