SwingDJs

wow... that's crazy.

Bechet growls with the clarinet like no other. He's never cutesey or overly melodic. He just feels the melody inside, never reading music, and emphatically shouts it out. I think he picked up the Soprano Sax at first because he could be louder and therefore more prominent. That's certainly how I'd d...

Higginbotham is awesome. i find myself commonly looking at the liner notes after a kickass trombone solo and finding his name...

Yea, haha, Dorry mentioned that some DJ used to play "Viva Los Vegas!" in Boston to close out their sets, and he remarked at how it's so perfect for polka.

that's awesome that they have the discography on the site. thanks for pointing that out.

Oh the Hodges proper set is great, perhaps one of my favorite sets next to the Sidney Bechet and Lionel Hampton ones (I don't include the Basie set because I already had all of that on other CDs). Castle Rock and Hodge Podge are the best discs imho... A Flower is a Lonesome thing is mainly ballads -...

Yea, I have the Verve Lester Young box set. Great listening, a handful of danceables. Also really good literature included in the set... It was wonderful, yet kind of sad, too, to watch Lester Young develop and then begin to fall apart on recordings just weeks before his death.

I was looking at hotel prices a few months ago and you would be looking at the neigborhood of $200-250 a night for anything close to the French Quarter or downtown New Orleans. Hmm, I bet it's cheaper than that to be honest. I had friends who stayed in hotels adjacent to the French Quarter during L...

oh yea, and then someone requested a polka at 11:50. they were being 112% serious.

OK, this isn't the best request ever, but tonight I was playing a big mix for this college's ballroom lindy hop dance since it attracted all types. This guy walks up about 30mins into my set, verifies my name, and asks if I could play some really good swing music. He asked if I Had any Jive Aces. I ...

i go.

oh, dude, it's awesome on a non-event weekend. Some of the best music I heard was at non-exchange events during the pub crawl Thursday night... The four piece hot combo at Fritzels, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, some Bluesey/jazzy band at the Spotted Cat. And I only heard great things about Sunday ni...

julius why are you echoing my every thought about this exchange on every board i see you post. i keep saying "the music!" to my friends back here, and they just stare blankly back at me like, "ok i heard you the first time." They just don't and won't get it... until they go thems...

yedancer wrote:By the way, I hate you and everyone who was able to go to New Orleans.

Haha, even the airport had better music than some dances i've been to. We all need to move there. My soul's still there somewhar.

The Georgia Washboard Stompers will kill you with their version off of:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 8m965okep2