Search found 193 matches
- Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:55 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Overplayed songs
- Replies: 105
- Views: 205136
For the last couple of years: Sidney Bechet. I love him, and I've sure contributed to the overplaying myself, but still. As far as I'm concerned, this whole Dixieland revival thing in the swingdance community has gone too far. Remember, Bechet was booed off stage at the Savoy Ballroom. To the swing ...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:24 am
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Peckin', Gordon Webster
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9604
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:50 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: The best of each instrument
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27592
Excellent list by Lipi. Some more suggestions: trumpet/cornet: Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Red Allen, Bunny Berigan, Roy Eldridge Hot Lips Page, Charlie Shavers, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Buck Clayton trombone: Jack Teagarden, Dicky Wells, Kid Ory, Miff Mole, J.C. Higginbotham Tricky Sam N...
- Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:10 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Blogpost on being a band break dj
- Replies: 2
- Views: 25357
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:43 pm
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: Mingus Mosaic set
- Replies: 0
- Views: 25028
Mingus Mosaic set
First Mosaic set I'm about to pre-order that I have no intention of dj-ing anything from. Not that Mingus didn't swing - he certainly did, only not in the lindy hop way. He was still amazing, probably my favorite post-1945 jazz musician/composer. He was very much influenced by Ellington, and Ellingt...
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:25 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Swing with a nautical theme
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17060
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:27 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Four Or Five Times, The Cangolesi Cards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5311
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:11 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Hey Mister Jesse Podcast
- Replies: 254
- Views: 351538
My dear friend Christoffer, who plays trombone with the Old Fish Jazz Band, was very pleased with your feature on the group. You should check out his Swedish band Swing Tarturo as well. They're a young band playing a unique brand of traditional jazz with minimal instrumentation, an irreverent attitu...
- Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:38 am
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Four Or Five Times, The Cangolesi Cards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5311
- Fri May 04, 2012 2:29 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Audio Quality When DJing?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 35285
- Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:58 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Everybody Rock, Ella Fitzgerald
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5238
Sure thing. It's "Everybody Rock", off this excellent album. Highly recommended. It's basically Chick Webb's band after Chick's death, with Ella as the nominal bandleader. She's not singing at all, just egging the band on. And doing a good job, too!
- Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:32 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Stompin' at the Savoy, George Gee with Frankie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7462
You're welcome! I have that CD signed with a personal dedication by Frankie. Should get one by George as well, his band was one of the first I ever saw play for lindy hoppers, back in '99 - just a week after they did the Frankie 85 birthday gig recorded for the CD, in fact. Not that I knew that back...
- Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Stompin' at the Savoy, George Gee with Frankie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7462
Here. The shim sham song is Stompin' at the Savoy.
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:19 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Recordings of club and ballroom 'themes'
- Replies: 43
- Views: 28617
Some Savoy songs besides Stompin': Lucky Millinder - Savoy Louis Armstrong - Savoy Blues Luis Russell - Savoy Shout Johnny Hodges - Savoy Strut Count Basie - Bolero at the Savoy and I guess Erskine Hawkins - Swingin' on Lenox Avenue Most of these would be about the place in Harlem, but there was a S...
- Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:32 am
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Sweet Sue, Smoking Time Jazz Club
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7616
Re: Sweet Version of Sweet Sue from Lindy Focus X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QjKH-bidnM&feature=youtu.be Sounds quite a bit like the Bechet-Spanier Big Four 1940 version, especially the intro. That's an instrumental, though. This is probably a modern recording inspired by that one, perhaps by a European band to judge by the singer's accent.