SwingDJs

One of my favourites is Sy Oliver. Both his work for other people and under his own name.

Last year I was DJing a gig at the Church City Blues event in Adelaide Australia. It was at a bar I was playing in the downstairs part with both dancers and normal bar patrons. The manager asked me about DJing there on a regular basis but unfortunately not my home city. The material was a mixture of...

Chu Berry, Andy Razaf
(according to allmusic)

I picked up a discounted copy through amazon uk.
Great material. Still working my way through it all.

Swing Legacy do a version of the Sesame Street theme on the CD "Even the Chickens are Dancing"

OK some of my experience with jazz festivals in Australia and more specifically in Sydney and NSW. None of these are specifically trad jazz festivals but broader in scope. Manly Jazz Festival (as mentioned by Dogpossum) (Sydney) Has a wide range of styles in an outdoor setting. Usually has a few int...

We have a once a month dance that would be the next level up and then our "bigger" events eg or exchange.

I use the technique of shortlisting to help add variety to my DJing (on my PC). For example I am just back from DJing at a dance camp. In preparation I went through my collection and took out a shortlist of material of different tempos and styles. This is a mixture of proven favourites and newer mat...

Just back from a dance camp here in Australia where Peter was one of the teachers. We have a day off in the middle of the camp where we head to the beach and have a dance at night. Peter played soul all night. :shock: Some people loved it and others hated it. I myself don't mind some soul in moderat...

My perspective from being both a DJ and organiser. I come from a small scene but also have a lot of interest in people DJing. My approach is to encourage that by running DJ training sessions. We have a low key fortnightly social dance where new DJs can get experience. For larger events I stick with ...

I found a copy of the second CD in a second hand bookshop in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (a small provincial city).

Any suggestions for an annoying problem I am having at present: The output socket for my Echo Indigo PCMCIA card is "loose" so that if I am not careful I get a loose connection. If I bump it while playing the sound will sometimes loose a channel. Any easy fixes for this? (without replacing...

Also check out a great live CD 1943-45 Broadcasts. http://www.worldsrecords.com/cgi-bin/storeR.cgi?specific=itemcode&phrase=32915 Also the Masters of Jazz label has complete CDs (with better sound quality than Chronological Classics). For example Volume 1 - 1927-1934 has great versions of Chillu...

Prompted by the Jimmie Lunceford discussions - I picked up a few of his CDs on this label while in Paris. Unfortunately the original label is now defunct. It had a similar aim to CC - to provide complete sets but only achieved it for Charlie Christian. Well put together with great liner notes (in bo...

Check out "Santas Secret" by Johnny Guarnieri and Slam Stewart (on iTunes - in Australia at least). Santa has a secret habit