SwingDJs

I bought this set off of Amazon new for $52 and it is fantastic. It just arrived Monday.

http://morasmodern.com/cd-5.jpg http://morasmodern.com/default-recordings.html Anyone buy this yet? Any thoughts? I'm going to place the order for it as soon as I get paid next. I was wondering if anyone had any reviews of it? I'm assuming since it's Mora it is worth purchasing but I figured I woul...

You're right about the Carnegie Hall gig. Here is the blurb that appreas under the stagebill on the Basie exhbit site: Count Basie and Chick Webb, their bands and star vocalists—Billie Holiday with Basie and Ella Fitzgerald with Webb—face off in a “Battle of Swing” at the Savoy Ballroom on January 1...

Great site! I couldn't stop reading this thing. In one of the photo essays it shows a showbill from a battle between Chick Webb w/Ella and Count Basie w/Billie. Does anyone know anything about this show? Was it recorded. I've heard a lot about the Benny Goodman v. Chick Webb battle, but nothing abou...

What Properboxes do you own? Which one's are best? Worst? Is there any you have your eye on. I own: Louis Armstrong: Satchmo in the Fourties Count Basie: The Count Basie Story Sydney Bechet: The Sydney Bechet Story Duke Ellington: Masterpieces, 1926-1949 Slim Gailiard: Laughing In Rhythm Lionel Hamp...

I don't have anything by these two artists and I'm trying to build my collection. Does anyone have any recommendations for either of them?

Anything off of this: http://www.chicagotheband.com/images/albums/24615-2.jpg I've never heard anyone play any of this at a dance thankfully, but the hot dog joint next to DePaul University where I go to school is owned by Chicago's manager and they always have it playing. The version of Sing Sing S...