SwingDJs

I like Herman's version of "Things ain't the way they used to be" yeah, but have you heard Basie's version of it. man it's good! which recordings? i see there are several listed for each. i might have the Basie version from _In Europe_; i'll look for the cd and give it a listen. don't thi...

i was going to recommend Artie Shaw's The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions until i looked at the recording dates. It's amazing how modern it sounds.

Kyle wrote: Charlie Barnett Skyliner

personal favorites

i was just listening to him on a road trip. Drop Me of in Harlem and Cherokee, have some sweet cuts too. i'm not too familar with his post 40's stuff though. i think jesse has one of his latter albums.

i agree with Nate Dogg that the question is whether you're djing for yourself or for the dancers. this is not to say that your djing won't be an expression of yourself; you have to play true to your personal tastes. besides a dj is like a leader in that it's always about you since you're calling the...

shortyjul wrote:I have played at events where I could have played the same friggen' Sam Cooke cd all night long, and the masses would have been thrilled.

still djing for isdn i see.

. :shock: . :roll: . (biting my tongue.... :x ) "God be my judge that I hate fighting. If I be damned for anything, I shall be damned for keeping the two-edged sword of thought tight in the scabbard when it should be searching the bowels of fools and knaves." Sean O'Casey

here's mine: -And How I Hoped For Your Love _Abbey Lincoln_You Gotta Pay The Band -B.P. Blues - Paul Gonsalves & Ray Nance -Comes Love _Billie Holiday_All or nothing at all - Disc 1 -Confessin' the Blues _Jay McShann_Paris All-Star Blues -Dearie's Blues _Blossom Dearie_Jazz Masters 51 -Don't Let...

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.asp?RelatedID=3326 TDK introduces DA-9000 CDRW/HDD jukebox – a CD/MP3 recorder with built-in 20GB HDD Friday, 10 January 2003 At CES 2003, TDK is debuting its DA-9000 CDRW/HDD JUKEBOX recorder with 20GB hard drive – a breakthrough stan...

i just got this live stan kenton cd, stompin' at newport, probably because of this thread. i'm still not sure what i think of him, but it has pretty tight version of intermission riff.

Count Basie _The Octet Sounds - (not exactly swing era, but documents basie small 1950 band with buddy defranco and clark terry) ooh - does that have Bluebeard Blues? yes, it does. this is the cd - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=SEARCH&sql=Abgen97lskr5t - and it is one of thos...

not this again! I really dont want to start up this argument of what is considered swing music, lindy hop music, etc.... Not to sound holyer than thou with that request, but I am a bit overloaded with all the discussion about that. Eddie Condon- his music has rhythmic displacement :) haha. not like...

Kyle wrote:Eddie Condon The Classic Sessions

just checked it out on AMG, nice line-up of players.
although i'm curious, strictly speaking, would eddie
condon be considered lindy hop music. or would that
just be more big band swing era music?

Al Cooper _Jumpin' at the Savoy _Swinging at the Savoy; Home of Happy Feet 1937-45 _7

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd500/d581/d58166952p4.jpg he mostly just sings, but the side men aren't bad. Billy Bauer - Guitar Harry "Sweets" Edison - Trumpet Bill Harris - Trombone Woody Herman - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Vocals Jo Jones - Drums Barney Kessel - Gu...

I think we've all lost too many IQ points when Nelly, who's hard hitting lyrics and made up words like "boo" (meaning boyfriend from as far as I can tell), is considered important music. hahahaha....don't think anyone considers Nelly important music; don't even know if it stand the test o...