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Now, see, when I hear that song I start laughing like a pure grade idiot. :lol: Chicken noises are funny to me. But then again, I think Austin Powers is funny. But I digress... If you heard Chicken In The Mood *every* time you went to a certain venue...for YEARS, you'd hate it with the power of one...

julius wrote:i hesitate to nominate this one because i know many DJs here have played it, but i think the yallopin' hounds cd with "oops my bad" on it is pretty atrocious.

Hear, hear.

Chicken In The Mood.

Or anything else with chickens.

This looks kind of interesting - hard to tell if one of the two "Lester Leaps In" has vocals, but Joe Williams is on the credits. Strangely enough, I just listened to that disc for the first time on Monday. It's really good. Strangely enough, I just played "Jumping With Symphony Sid&...

This looks kind of interesting - hard to tell if one of the two "Lester Leaps In" has vocals, but Joe Williams is on the credits. Strangely enough, I just listened to that disc for the first time on Monday. It's really good. No vocals on Lester Leaps In, but I'm starting to wonder if that...

I could make something up for you - isn't that how the best stories happen? Perhaps "leaping in" was slang for taking a turn to solo? Actually, this discussion started because of a story he'd been told that sounded a little suspect. Since most song titles that include someone's name just ...

I have a great Jon Hendricks album (Freddie Freeloader) with him, George Benson, and Bobby McFerrin doing a kickass version of Listen to Monk. Unfortunately, I can't find any of his vocalese that I actually want to dance to.

Thanks Julius and Kevin.

In general, do you have a good source of anecdotal stuff like this? You can sometimes get it in liner notes, but those aren't indexed anywhere that I know of.

Swords out! Let's fight!

My vote is for all of the above. I think it's possible to have it all.

I vaguely recall a request for something from a particular musician happening to me once just seconds before the previous song ended. I had that musician cued up. [Big smile] "You mean something like this...?" [press play] That is beautiful. When they request an artist when he/she is *cur...

The song is based off the changes in I Got Rhythm, one of Lester Young favorite songs. You could actually play them on top of each other and hear how similar they are. That's true for a large number of jazz tunes. But what I want to know is why the song is called "Lester Leaps In." Was th...

Someone asked me the story behind the title of Lester Leaps In and I didn't have a good answer. Does anyone know the story behind that particular title? Which version would you consider the definitive version?

Shana

Something that might make you feel more comfortable is to have a first and last song picked out for your set. That way, you don't have to worry about where to start or where to end. You can always change, but it's always nice to have an idea of where you're going. You might also want to have a few &...

Maybe the correlation is between DJ ability and defensiveness.

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