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I'm curious, anyone have any Lucky with Earl May on bass by any chance? Earl used to play with Lucky and played quite often at the Savoy when he had week long and month long gigs there. Of course, Early May is currently part of the Junior Mance Trio who you all saw Sun night at HJDF. Dave as far as...

date and time has nothing to do with being good....when will you ever learn that? Ahmen brother and hallejuah. used to be one of those clones who thought anything before hi fi was crap. * * * Thankfully I learned my lesson many years ago. My DJing improved by leaps and bounds. No one complains abou...

SirScratchAlot wrote: on another note I recomend all Mill's Blue Rhythm Orchestra (which is the same Orchestra before they choose Lucky to lead it).

This stuff is ALL GREAT!!!! good lookin out on getting good music.....

That stuff is smoking!

I'm curious is this anti-low fi, only groove and westie music a Texas thing? The only 2 DJs who preech this are from Texas. In Chicago even though we play allot of Blues, lo-fi big band is still popular at tempos under 180. In SF it was never only Groove. Groove was mixed in with other stuff. I can...

date and time has nothing to do with being good....when will you ever learn that? :shock: Ahmen brother and hallejuah. I used to be one of those clones who thought anything before hi fi was crap (even thoguh I still played lo fi Basie and Ellinton regularly, weird). Thankfully I learned my lesson m...

In a perfect world, real SWING DJs would play great NEW music and leave Django for an interesting history lesson about what people USED to dance to. :P damn right, fuck that music from the 60's, we need top 40 pop, and we need it now! (heehee) Yeah if they'r dead it ain't worth playing their shit. ...

Well look at who was in his band! nothing but the best... it's a shame he had to sing on top of them so much.... I keep waiting for a huge mother load of stuff to come out where he had to give his voice a rest...and cut the band loose for instramentals...yea, I'm dreaming...[/quote] Oh man I picked ...

Allas, not this year. If anything I'm probaboy goign to Florida adn might have to make a trip to Japan. Bummer it was lots of funn, except for the heat and humidity.

-K

I'm not sure what that name is. If the "New Testament Basie band," then that band also played progressive jazz, sweet jazz, and other styles of jazz without a "Groove." But the New Testament Basie versions of Moten Swing, Splanky, Mellow Tone, Segue In C, etc., began the use of ...

Roundalay - Oscar Peterson + One, Clark Terry

There's your Ray Brown connection.

Oh, I win.

IU've been trying to track down old letter press posters, especially those done by Hatch Show Prints. So far I haven't turned up much. Hatch Prints are cool. Did they do a lot of jazz stuff? I knew they did a lot of country stuff, given their location in Nashville. You know they still do prints? I ...

I saw what I believe to be a recration of a dance poster anouciung a coming battle between Duke Ellington and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. It was too mcuh for a reproduction but really cool. IU've been trying to track down old letter press posters, especially those done by Hatch Show Prints. So far I ...

Off topic and all but did you see the documentary "Scratch"? They have a piece on dj shadow crate digging and it's crazy. The basement is unbelievable. Yeah.. was that at Downhome in SF? There's a place in portland (Crossroads Music) that took me 3 or 4 trips to make it thru all the diffe...

Honestly I think there was a great oprotunity lost here. There was a chance to really put the spotlight on our musical forfathers. Their music inspired so many musicians through out the decades, like Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Junior Mance and so on. It cross boundries, Willie Nelson. And while they ma...

Well, as you know I've only been there for "events" and it's usually the Dynamic dual of Kev & Kev kicking butt with the tunes...along with some of the locals Like Tanya or June.... Kevin and I are trying to get the tribute to the Savoy night coming up next time you're in town. Oh it'...