SwingDJs

Ah, when I read the thread title I thought you were talking about this Wolverines Big Band.

Nate Dogg wrote:Somebody's gotta pimp eMusic, might as well be me.

I thought Greg had that covered.

For late, late Basie also check out On the Road, which contains one of my all-time favorite songs, "Bootie's Blues."

You should check out the Basie Proper Box Set. That's got a lot of my favorites on it.

This is why it's important to know something about BPMs: one of the competitors was absolutely certain that the J&Js were unfair because the fast song in the first heat was "way over 300" BPM. I swear most People have no idea what they are dancing to. I thought the fast tunes gave the...

You could just play more instrumentals as an easy solution.

Regarding the album you mentioned to start the thread, I think I listened to it at a local record shop and it had really crappy sound quality. If you don't already have it I'd recommend "Are You Hep To The Jive?" as Jesse has.

The last two I've seen as repros. I haven't seen the Chick Webb one though, it's sweet!

GuruReuben wrote:

Swifty wrote:Are you assuming I'm talking about you?

Are you assuming I assumed you were talking about me?
To be clear, I was speaking in general.

Haha, I knew that was inevitable.

GuruReuben wrote:Assumptions are a bitch aren't they.

I'm not assuming that is why they in fact do have such a focus, but rather it is the impression that they leave after the fact.

Are you assuming I'm talking about you?

you mean the song off of an album that is an entire tribute to ellington where the artists made an effort to recreate ellingotns band during its peak years? Gene Harris playing Dont get a round much anymore is no more a tribute than (as someone said) Willie Nelson playing it. "Don't Get Around...

There is a big difference between being narrow minded and wanting to focus on something specific from time to time out of respect. Funny, the impression that I often get from people that focus on these specifics is not so much that they are doing it out of respect for the original artists but rathe...

The original music for Knick Knack was done by Bobby McFerrin, if that helps.

I totally dig that Hines/Rushing album.

So what you're saying is that it's a time period thing, not an artist thing. Well, with the exception of one Gene Harris song. Looking at the musicians that played on the tunes in Jesse's set, for example, I see many that played in Harlem. And in Reuben's set, the two that don't meet your criteria s...