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Hey Andy,

What song did you guys dance to at the tribute - and is it the original version or was it sped up at all?

Honestly I think there was a great oprotunity lost here. There was a chance to really put the spotlight on our musical forfathers. Their music inspired so many musicians through out the decades, like Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Junior Mance and so on. It cross boundries, Willie Nelson. And while they m...

Here's my set list from the DJ Battle: 5. Now Has Jazz - Louis Armstrong (LHJ Jumpin' Vol. 5) (168/4:00) So I managed to find the original album this is from - Mack the Knife Live - recorded at Newport. I played it tonight, everybody really enjoyed it - I think it will be one of my new favorite son...

1. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra ('41) 2. Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ('36) 3. Drop Me off In Harlem - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ('61) 4. Harlem Air Shaft - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ('99) 5. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie - Chick Webb and His ...

I >>THINK<< this is what I played, though I didn't write it down. 1. Chick Webb - Blue Room (Standing Tall) 2. Henry Red Allen - Love Me or Leave Me (World on a String) 3. (CAN'T REMEMBER) 4. Buddy Tate - Two Left Feet (Texas Tenor Sax) 5. Jimmie Lunceford - Lunceford Special (Lunceford Special) I ...

laf wrote:My set:
Bli-Blip... Duke Ellington (Ray Nance vocal), 1940
Sweet Georgia Brown... Erskine Hawkins, 1940

I especially liked these two selections Lucy -- hope you will bust out more of this at VLE.

Brenda, I am sorry that we didn't get a chance to meet each other. Perhaps, we will at another event. What events are you planning on attending on the near future? Hey Abdel -- here are some shameless plugs for you: VLE - July 11- 13 http://www.vancouverlindyexchange.com/ maybe Camp Hollywood; - ht...

hey, are you going to that Little Jazz store in Seattle thats downstairs in the basement...??? I dropped a few Bills in there...damn it! LOL No, I didn't have time to go to Bud's last night; it's downtown near the stadium and there was an M's game on --- I ended up going to a used CD store in Queen...

You might want to also check out Billie Holiday and Lester Young, A Musical Romance , it's another recent reissue from Columbia with some of her great work with Lester Young. Great tunes and awesome sidemen. ha! when do y'all go broke? I bought 8 CD's tonight......*and* one of the stores is going t...

I agree with Kevin S our late night up here have sucked ass as of late. For better or worse Seattle has gotten a reputation for being a fast music city. So when DJ's come in they feel they have something to prove and only play fast music, oblivious to the fact that the crowd ain't with them. Now, I...

Seattle Rocks because you down have any Juke Box DJ's that play everything under the sun...Thats the great thing about being up there, you can acually dance every song all night, and not get bored. and when ya do sit it's because your tied not becaue the music lame. Keep the theme DJing going, that...

Shorty Dave wrote:You still owe me a drink!!! LOL

Dude - I asked after you on Saturday but managed to miss you......come on out to Seattle sometime......

Unfortunately, I wasn't there on Sunday to hear the great live music and the wonderful djing. However, as for Saturday night, I am going to have to disagree with Mike on that one. The music that night was nothing like any exchanges that I have ever attended. Usually, the music at most exchanges is ...

They are a smoking big band, one of my favorites around today. I loved their performance on Friday night at HJDF. If you ever get a chance, catch them at Luci's up in Harlem on a Monday night. Amazing! I am SO waiting for a "HRO Live At Luci's" CD to be released some day. Jesse yeah, now ...

I kicked it off with "some heat" being Lunceford's "White Heat," then I went to Basie's "Panassie Stomp" to Hine's "XYZ." I actually played a forth song, Charlie Barnet's version of "Drop Me Off In Harlem." All but "Panassie Stomp" were ea...