SwingDJs

I voted on the assumption that "Most Types of Jazz" doesn't include "smooth."

Mike wrote:Update:

I knew something sounded wrong. The Night Train Vol. 2 that I have has these tracks:

Shenanigans! Hey, what's the release number on that album?

yedancer wrote:

Jake wrote: "Diga Diga Doo," 3:03, ...Plays The Jimmy McHugh Songbook

Interesting. How fast is that one?

246, but feels a bit slower.

Did you know there's a Night Train Vol. 2 floating around on vinyl? Mike picked it up a while ago. I think it's a compilation of tracks from other studio sessions. I'll tell him to post about it when he returns from SONH. Unfortunately, the Night Train vol. 2 LP was just a reissue of earlier Peters...

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Occasionally I've heard a waltz DJed at a swing event. Some I've liked, some not so much. But I think that every so often it can be nice to throw one in. Problem is, I have none in my collection. What are your favorite tunes to spin for waltzing?

I think the poll might wind up being skewed, since a lot of the people who prefer the email list won't even come here in the first place... That said, I think this site is way cool and much easier to deal with than the email list. I use filtering to manage all those (often useless) messages, but eve...

In discussing improvisation and sheet music, Nelson said that his is the only profession in which people "read the manual" while they're doing their job, and asked us if we would trust, say, our doctor if he was reading instructions while operating...