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- Mon May 02, 2011 1:44 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Tommy Dorsey "Ship Ahoy! Outtake w Rich, Elman, Dorsey
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3885
- Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:17 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Worst Songs Ever Heard at a Lindy Hop Night?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 105661
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:18 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Worst Songs Ever Heard at a Lindy Hop Night?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 105661
For some reason, this guy keep posting on the SoCalSwing forum asking for compliments on how great his original music is.
You be the judge:
http://www.tunecore.com/music/anthonypmaurosr
You be the judge:
http://www.tunecore.com/music/anthonypmaurosr
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:56 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Beautiful swing ballads for dancing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22746
Yeah, Solid Old Man is my favorite slow swingin' tune. I got turned onto it by the lead guitar player from the Hot Club of San Francisco. They do an amazing version of it. Here are some more songs: Apex Blues by Earl Fatha Hines @ 95 bpm Tears by Django Reinhardt @ 115 bpm Memories of You by Benny G...
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:29 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Beautiful swing ballads for dancing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22746
Here's a couple of my favorites: Soild Old Man by Django Reinhardt (and featuring some of Duke Ellington's band) @ 95 BPM Petite Fleur by Sidney Bechet @ 95 BPM After Hours by Benny Goodman @ 95 BPM When I Grow Too Old To Dream by Nat King Cole (After Midnight Session) @ 110 BPM I'll post some more ...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:55 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9027
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:56 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Dependable purveyors of good quality recordings.....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16977
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:52 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Looking for good Gypsy Swing suggestions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20747
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:47 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Solid Old Man, Duke Ellington
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6162
THanks. Great song! Check out Bob Hunt's Duke Ellington Orchestra for a really good cover of the song. Django Reinhardt also covered the tune, when Ellington's Orchestra visited Paris, and he recorded the tune with members of the Orchestra. Unfortunately, Django and Duke couldn't record together be...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:26 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Keep Punchin
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31989
Re: not quite
Well, I think I jumped the gun. It definitely has some similar parts, but no, it's not the song. Perhaps the Big Apple routine would fit to it though. Rob It's a good song though, and I can hear the similarities. But looking up the song online, it was recorded in 1945, so even if they were related,...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:37 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Worst Songs Ever Heard at a Lindy Hop Night?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 105661
- Fri Feb 12, 2010 1:44 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: "30 Good Hot Records" from LIFE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11670
"30 Good Hot Records" from LIFE
In the August 8, 1938 issue of Life Magazine there's a great article about swing, and toward the end, there's a list of "30 Good Hot Records". They Are: 1) Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp 2) Louis Armstrong - West End Blues 3) Mildred Bailey - Long About Midnight 4) Bix Beiderbecke - ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:01 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Collegiate Shag please?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20064
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:53 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Collegiate Shag please?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20064
... and jf you've never danced balboa to a great hip hop tune or danced fast lindy to punk or metal, you might be surprised by what you're missing. I have. Most everyone goes through that phase. Mine was in 2004. But just how beer and chips gives way to wine and brie, pallet's change with age, so d...
- Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:39 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Collegiate Shag please?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20064
Re: Collegiate Shag please?
So after the Hot Rhythm ball in Austin I have once again caught the shag bug so please some one what is the first song in this clip and can someone give me some other good shag suggestions. I know all the popular ones so more rare than Mr ghost goes to town, Caricoa, man from mars, or oh lady be go...