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I agree with the others about Jump Blues - but you could also try throwing into the mix some Cab Calloway, some Allstars Louis Armstrong or maybe a bit of Jimmy Witherspoon. If it's the phat sound of neo that they like try using some contemporary swingin' stuff like George Gee or Solomon Douglas (or...

I've done a little bit of digging: Go here http://www.apmmusic.com/myapm/main.php and search for it - you'll find the same song with a whole bunch of catalogue numbers. It notes that the composer was Sid Phillips, so there's doubt if he actually recorded it. This is what's in the notes: Library: KPM...

One of thousands of competant but unremarkable renditions of In the Mood - why bother?

Here's a list of suggestions that I came up with - they might not all foot the bill - it's kind of late and my brains half dead! Ridin' High [Live] Benny Goodman 2:39 241 1937 Bugle Call Rag Benny Goodman 2:59 265 1934 Bugle Call Rag Cab Calloway 2:31 235 1931 Bugle Blues Cab Calloway and His Orches...

Well I got my catalogue in the mail today (and my pennies from Kevin won't be far behind) so I'm feeling stimulated to buy some music. I figure the US economy needs it more than ours so I'm eyeing off a couple of mosaic sets. Definitley on my list is the new Louis Armstrong set. But I'm also thinkin...

Either way, the question is providing the subject for a lot of dark humor in our scene--some of the DJs have taken to cracking jokes about it. Maybe we'll start to see the return of dance marathons. Or house rent parties. Perhaps the changes noticed in London may have something to do with Swing Pat...

I like it - good balance of quality and cost. Agree with J-h:n about the crystalizer and surround. The large volume knob that also acts as a mute button is also handy when I'm just using it to listen to music (and is a good backstop if you don't have your levels set right and the mixing board isn't ...

I wouldn't say that I don't want to hear it anymore, but overexposure has made Bechet's "Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives To Me" a lot less interesting for me. Brent There's an alternate take (from the same 1951 recording session - I found it on the Fabulous Sidney Bechet) of Blues my Naught...

Bah. I prefer Jumpy Nerves.

Though a version of In the Mood that I heard at a Battle of the Bands (when the two bands joined in) was pretty awesome.

I think the fastest song that most dancers would be familiar with (though I've heard it played over a huge range, as low as ~220bpm) would be Bugle Call Rag (though Hellzapoppin would feature too ~325bpm). The fastest version I'm aware of is a Glenn Miller recording I have form 28th April 1940. It's...

Good responses from everyone else so I thought I just post that I'm very happy with my external card. It's a Creative Xmod http://au.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=668&product=15913 and does a great job boosting the audio. The other bells and whistles make it a gr...

Hell, I can do better than that. I'll give you an exact date and place: January 16th, 1938, Savoy Ballroom, New York, New York. It's the first one I'm programming into my time machine when it comes in the post. I'd be at Carnegie Hall for the Goodman concert the same night. Wouldn't miss the Honeys...

Hell, I can do better than that. I'll give you an exact date and place:

January 16th, 1938, Savoy Ballroom, New York, New York.

It's the first one I'm programming into my time machine when it comes in the post.

trev wrote:Get some Duke Ellington:

Creole Love Call
Black And Tan Fantasy
Mood Indigo
The Mooche
Mobile Blues

Particularly these tracks (except for Mobile Blues) off the Decca recordings set. They rate about an 8 on the crust-ometer.

Hi All, I was wondering if someone might be able to help me out. I've lost my liner notes for my copy of Slim and Slam's Complete Columbia Master Takes http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006K0CY/thewholemagila Does anyone have any info on the tracks (particularly the year) electronically that...