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- Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:54 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favorite recording of ... All of Me?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12215
When I play guitar, especially Django-style, All of Me is almost always the first thing I play. Its got nice chords and its really familar. But, I've almost never heard a great version for dancing, and I know I've never called it at a dance. The one off the Sweet and Lowdown soundtrack might work th...
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:07 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Birth of the Jank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 36307
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:02 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Birth of the Jank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 36307
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:29 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favourite recording of ... Tuxedo Junction?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19843
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:53 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Birth of the Jank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 36307
Congratulations you've won a tiny little battle over whether someone defined something. Can we get back to the topic. Thanks. Also, you miss read my post. I was not caterogically defining the term, just throwing in what I thought it meant. I think there is some difference in the way people are using...
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:28 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Birth of the Jank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 36307
This semantic bs is why people get annoyed. Get to the point without out being so damn snotty. Like I said earlier, I though the term refered to earlier jazz styles which were more staccato and often in 2-feel. Pre-'34 ensemble stuff, like Henderson or Redmond or Duke, or Hot-jazz-y stuff like pre-4...
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:51 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Birth of the Jank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 36307
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:33 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Birth of the Jank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 36307
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:14 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favourite recording of ... Tuxedo Junction?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19843
There's a cd of live recordings of swing era standards that include a version of tuxedo junction by erskine hawkins. It's a little faster and a bit longer too. I wonder if it is the same as the version he ripped. Any chance you're talking about this one? http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&...
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:13 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favourite recording of ... Tuxedo Junction?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19843
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:54 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favourite recording of ... Tuxedo Junction?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19843
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:18 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favourite recording of ... Tuxedo Junction?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19843
- Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:31 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Happy birthday to GLENN MILLER
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11407
- Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:21 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Happy birthday to GLENN MILLER
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11407
- Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:47 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Are dancers musical tastes changing?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 75197