SwingDJs

because we could use some good, female, groove DJs....

No...we have enough thank you...

Damn, you have Will Bradey Too? double bastard! another one of my favs I don;t have, he was a Great Trombone player that went on to be one of the most soight aftre studio musicians after the swing era.... You'll really hate me on this one: I paid $15 for the Will Bradley autograph and press photo! ...

there was one Orchestra worth mentioning during WW2 that was awesome and certainly deserves credit. Alix Combelle & his Orchestra....1940 to 1944, They swing hard as hell and it's all french.

I would be hard pressed to find anyone with as good a rhythm section...

Doug wrote:We're swing djs. Presumably we play for swing dancers. I suggest that we restrict ourselves to danceable.

just because there are some dancers that do not have the abiltity , does not mean it's not danceble.

Go ahead and restrict your scene....

CafeSavoy wrote:

CafeSavoy wrote:

Nando wrote:We talking just danceable or are we talking Essential Jazz?

i think we should focus on dance, except for the three jazz categories.

now, i don't know. i'd hate to overlook something essential because it's not danceable. what do you think?

Jazz is dance....silly

KevinSchaper wrote:

CafeSavoy wrote:

Is the Hylton stuff any good? those are my favorite tracks on that hawkins disc.

Hylton stuff is square as hell.....one track worthy of playing that serves my memory...Dark Town Strutters Ball.

This is the competition music for the HJDF 2003 Big Apple Jack'n'Jills Preliminaries ============== Heat 1 Count Basie _Blues in Hoss' Flat (165) _Roulette Recordings Disk 16 1962 Chick Webb _Lindyhopper's Delight (200) _Strictly Jive Duke Ellington _Kentucky Avenue, A.C. (135) _The Intimacy Of The...

I guess that I am going to have to do this on Manu's behalf. Manu "Lazy ass" Smith 1. Ella Fitzgerald and her Famous Orchestra "The Radio Years" - Break 'Em Down 2. Erroll Garner - That's My Kick/Gemeni - Autumn Leaves 3. Eddie Condon and his Orchestra (1933 - 1940) - Madame Dyn...

Uhm, what? Lets get something clear here Basie's bass players from Eddie Jones to Buddy Catlet to John Clayton, and all the others in between played in the same style adn manner as the origionl bass player, Walter Page. A walking, boyant, unatrusive style. Hell the Basie rhythm section never really...

that would depend on how good your sound card in your PC is. A lot of internal sound cards have a lot of hiss and bleed. The internal SB Audigy, and most of the true Sound blasters for that matter, do pretty well. Cheap audio cards sound horrid, lots of hiss and electronic noise. The Extigy is quit...

cool, now I don't have to scan mine in.....

yea, sheet music is cool, it has some beautiful designs I use in my own art.

Well, as you know I've only been there for "events" and it's usually the Dynamic dual of Kev & Kev kicking butt with the tunes...along with some of the locals Like Tanya or June.... Kevin and I are trying to get the tribute to the Savoy night coming up next time you're in town. Oh it'...

I haven;t got Fletcher yet.....lucky bastard :wink: if you ever want to part with it, name your $$...... forty five million dollars. :lol: That was my graduation present to myself after completing my master's degree. I paid $100 for it. A week later, another Fletcher autograph came up on eBay and s...

GuruReuben wrote:Where's Manu damn it. He had one of my favorite sets.

damn, No Manu.


I love this 5 block set format, it really tells you what the DJ is all about and who they acually play to....

I'm not an advocate of classifying songs based on BPM, . YEA, me neither. The song is either a good or Bad selection. I used to label all my music with BPM's but I stopped. I decided to just learn what I have... better yet , it caused me to play things I would not have choosen otherwise... I've sta...