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so... are we pittsburghers stuck with "pennsylvania 6-5000?"

-yakov.
(that's by glenn miller)

I like songs that specifically mention a certain place or region in the vocals... here are some... please add to the list for our collective edification. "Massachusetts," Gene Krupa Orchestra (Proper Box) any vocal version of "Take The 'A' Train" ("...that's the quickest way...

i was buying for a while the blank cds that look just like regular cds -- i like how they look, more professional, just a clear shiny top. but maybe the ones with the frosty top (that spell out the brand name, etc.) are better because the top is protected more? and how does one know what his sleeves...

sorry.

hehe... i vote for "knock me a kiss," gene krupa (proper box) "bli blip," ella fitzgerald (duke ellington song books) "bli blip," lincoln center/dianne reeves (live in swing city) "bli blip," duke ellington/ray nance (blanton-webster) "let it roll", ...

Yeah, Austin's lindy exchange site is confusing and scary, and DLX wouldn't even come up on my computer.

Yeah, except Dizzy Gillespie said Lucky was the best bandleader-conductor he'd ever seen. (see below) You could say the same thing about George Gee, Leonard Bernstein, Jimmie Lunceford, Paul Whiteman, or the conductor of your high-school marching band... but you'd be wrong. Just because a bandleader...

while we're off-topic: by the way, i can't stand "theme" lindy exchange web sites. they're completely annoying.

ok, carry on.

i like the "related discs" list for the first Big 18 cd: Various Artists: Sound Effects, Vol. 1: City Sounds Cozzetti & Gemmill: Soft Flower in Spring Norman Bridwell: Clifford's Christmas Various Artists: Colors & Sizes Stan & Jan Berenstain: Berenstain Bears Go to School Orig...

what is "big 18"? is that a band?

my choice would be the ridiculously expensive import cds by THE CATS AND THE FIDDLE, DELTA RHYTHM BOYS and THE LARKS. i sent proper records an e-mail, maybe they'll do a Box of that tight harmony jazz/doo-wop stuff... man do i love that music

a few messages on this forum seem to imply that CD-Rs inevitably fail after a certain amount of time... is this true? some of my CDR discs that i copied last year are, maddeningly, giving telltale "scratch" noises in some places... is there a better brand i should be buying? i was kind of ...

Duke Ellington's two Bethlehem LPs were the Duke Ellington Presents album and Historically Speaking . (Both rec. in 1956.) They were also released together on a cd ELLINGTON '56 from the French "Charly" label with great liner notes by Brian Priestly. I have the "Cotton Tail" ther...

contrast is good when the song you're playing sucks and there's NO ONE on the dance floor.

-yakov.

look, they don't have to be the absolute desert-island beyond-a-shadow best. i just need some ideas to get me started. since i asked the question, here's a working definition for the purposes of this thread: groove swing is what YOU think groove swing is. :D just make a list and send it off. ten, fi...

very, very relevant to this entire discussion is the massive 1000-page tome A NEW HISTORY OF JAZZ by Alyn Shipton ($35 list in paper, 30% off at Amazon last I checked) ... i've been reading from it at random whenever i get a chance... it talks a lot about the influences that created jazz, the develo...