SwingDJs

A few of these might be slower or faster than what you are looking for. They might also be considered overplayed or not depending on the region. And might not be the right "pulse" for you either. Heck, sounds like they might not fit your criteria for competition music, but here they are an...

Haydn, thank you for posting this! I finally bought a copy

Alain

Brent, you can try playing it twice in a row :) At Cat's Corner we teach the Tranky Doo to Ken "Snakehips" Johnson's version of Tuxedo Junction. The intro is sweet, and the faster tempo makes it more of a challenge too. I've found it helpful for students to teach both the Shim Sham and the...

incidentally, I was reading the old 50s swing bands thread that was just linked and when I read that list of songs you gave with better alternate versions it made me think of all those "favorite version of ..." threads -- particularly the All of Me thread, because after you recommended th...

Registration now open! A party weekend to celebrate Cat's Corner's birthday! http://www.catscorner.ca/en/ccx-tenth-anniversary/ Here's a sneak peak of our invited guests: * Mike Faltesek (Seattle) * Stefan Durham (Seattle) * Bethany Powell (Seattle) * Adam Boehmer (Ann Arbor) * Caitlin Wellman (Toro...

corrected! thanks for pointing that out, Mary Ann.

Thanks Russell! and yes, love their dancing too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WKQvKCFvvo

Can't figure this one out, and thought I'd post it here. Thanks!

Help identifying this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl6YvBQanWM

thx!

Very cool. Thanks for posting this!

what Freddie said. One of the best advice I got came from Ryan Swift from NY. At some point, I asked him about how to find good music (or find a similar sounding song) and he told me to pay attention to the musicians in my favorite recordings. By looking up the musicians in the liner notes, and usin...

televandalist touched on some great points. I use soul/motown music to liven up a crowd that may not be accustomed to a whole evening of jazz music - playing familiar jams for people is a great way to create that party atmosphere. So when I feel that people could use an energy boost from some non-sw...

Hi Brenda, The songs I play from Self-Portrait are: disc 1 Begin the Beguine (also on Frankie's Favorites) Back Bay Shuffle Traffic Jam Carioca disc 2 Man from Mars Diga Diga Doo (also on the Wicked Swing compilation) Let me know which tunes you end up selecting to spin from this set. I find that wi...

You can also try playing stuff like: Buster Smith - Kansas City Riffs Buddy Johnson - Shufflin' and Rollin' Lionel Hampton - Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Ella Fitzgerald - Sweet Georgia Brown And other songs that we might consider "overplayed" in the Lindy community, but which your scene might not hav...