It can get a lot worse than loving Harry James - I'm told my grandparents were big Wayne King fans.yedancer wrote:One thing to realize is that there was a major difference in the tastes of average white folks and black lindy hoppers during the swing era.
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- Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:25 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: 50s bands for swing dancing
- Replies: 211
- Views: 118882
- Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:03 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Albums You Wish You Never Bought
- Replies: 78
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I think I've got that one too, and I gave up on the idea that I'd ever use anything on it... here's my contribution: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008YO90.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Musically, man, I bet it's killer.. but since they're basically nothing but the drum mic, it's a little hard to tell. (the...
- Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:13 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Tweaking the Tempo (Pitch control)
- Replies: 19
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Without actually understanding all the technology underneath, I think there's still an issue of processing power.. my turntable does pitch-corrected tempo changing up to 50%, but it starts sounding like a 50's robot if you low it down too far.. (or maybe that's inevitable) I wouldn't use it for anyt...
- Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:01 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Pleasing the Dancers
- Replies: 26
- Views: 21136
- Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:32 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Slower version of Take the A Train?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7211
- Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:31 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJ Battles
- Replies: 27
- Views: 24002
- Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:18 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: How do you find your new music?
- Replies: 35
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Re: traditional jazz societies
I got a big crowd of dancers to turn out 3 or 4 years ago when the PSTS flew in Hal Smith's Roadrunners..djstarr wrote: Thanks Gary for letting us know about it.
I remember it was the funniest thing when we were all too tuckered out to dance to Crazy Capers - so there was nobody on the floor under 70. :)
- Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:10 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Swing and Jazz Guitar Spotlight
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11645
Tiny Grimes!
My favorite stuff of his is on Blue Note Swingtets
next comes the stuff he did with Cats and the Fiddle..
My favorite stuff of his is on Blue Note Swingtets
next comes the stuff he did with Cats and the Fiddle..
'if its obscure its obscure for a reason'. with so many small labels recording great jazz musicians, and so much good music going in and out of print, that really doesn't apply to our music. 2) switch styles up more often than every half hour or hour. Amen. I think it's harder to move quickly betwe...
- Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:14 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What's the makeup of your collection?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11839
- Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:54 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: And it goes on and on and on ...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15299
- Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:57 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: It's bad... then INCREDIBLE!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3593