SwingDJs

I work in a high school and outside of the auditorium there is a plaque that commenorates that Buddy Rich played here and that he is the greatest drummer whoever lived, etc. I was talking to the head of our music department who remembers Rich coming and playing here three times. He went to college w...

turin wrote:The crowd is used to common swing, so if that can help, please use it.

What is 'common swing'?

I use the dj1800 with iTunes (both open at the same time) and have never had any problems - have never had it hang, crash, etc. I preview with iTunes thru the headphone jack and dj with a Turtle Beach usb sound card and it's all good. (and dj1800 has a new version coming out soon that incorporates i...

Jason Provost - Boston!!

I read his autobiography which was very interesting . . . . and have a couple of his cd's.

Also - he wrote (and recorded) Tar Paper Stomp which morphed into Hot and Anxious and In the Mood.

I guess I'll start saving money now. I'll be in L.A. in September . . .

I've never been to an Amoeba store so I don't have any comparison.

Guess I will have to check out Amoeba some time . . .

Rent a car and check out Canterbury Records. From their website: Sales to the public at our retail store - We have hundreds of thousands of titles on hand, including many rarely cataloged big band, vocal, show, jazz & classical titles. Other extensive sections including blues, theatre organ, cou...

Just noticed this - it's on my local PBS station here in Cleveland tonight at 8pm . . . Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein Wednesday, March 14, 8:00pm CHANNEL 25 (WVIZ) A look at soundies (precursors to music videos), which appeared on machines called panorams in the 1940s. Incl...

No kidding. I can't stand to listen to "Blue My Naughty Sweetie" any more. Ben and Jerry's Half Baked is good and my favorite flavor but I can't eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner . . .

No, I remember that too.

kitkat wrote:(the pendulum seems to have swung back a little more into the swing era <snip>

Thank God.

Not exactly my favorite (my vote is the the Chick Webb version) but I have a very nice rendition by the Kansas City Five from the box set "From Spirituals to Swing". Very bluesy . . .

I read that a contemporary musician friend of Miller's said that he was a really terrific guy but that his music was terrible . . . and that it was too bad it couldn't have benn the other way around. I have a couple Miller tracks that I regularly dj, but most dancers would not say, "Ah, yes, th...

Ah, thanks!