SwingDJs

GuruReuben wrote:What A Night, What A Moon, What A Girl, Billie Holiday

Thought that was "... what a boy" ermz

Washington DC:
89.3 WPFW-FM
lots of different music, but generally jazz most weekdays and parts of weekends

88.5 WAMU-FM
Hot Jazz Saturday Night with Rob Bamberger, but plays a mix of Hot Jazz and Swinging Jazz.

Baltimore, MD:
88.9 WEEA-FM
Wish we could get this station in DC...

I haven't heard the album in the topic yet, but I do have a copy of the Branford Maralis Quartets's "Romare Bearden Revealed." Wynton appears on a few tracks... There is some nice blues on it, but I need to give it another listen to se if it would be worthwhile for a SwingDJ to acquire (do...

give him a cd to listen to in the car. encourage him to clap along... try to find the general beat, and hopefully he'll develop a sense for where 1 is... really i think immersion is the way to get through with someone having big problems finding the beat.

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Fats Waller - Then You'll Remember Me

Blech, 4stars? Unique maybe.. I couldn't get into it.

What is Balboa music? Wow, our polar opposite is probably the techno-types: Abstract Beats, Abstract Drum-n-Bass, Abstract Electronica, Abstract Hip-Hop, Abstract Hypnotic Pop, Acid House, Acid Jazz, Acid Rave, Acid-Beats, Acid-Funk, Acid-Techno, Alchemic House, Ambient Dance, Ambient Drum-n-Bass, ...

Thought I'd post about the e-mail I just got for Tower. I guess they're having a one-day online sale, April 15th. Take 15% off + free shipping. Coupon Code: TAXDAY15 Again, redeemable online only. no i'm not getting paid for this :) Oh, fineprint: *Applies to any US order $20 or more at Tower.com. N...

1. decent foxtrot song indeed. probably wouldn't play it unless the crowd was older and clearly wanted some foxtrot or smth. 2. I don't think I'd DJ this personally, but like if the band was there playing this -- I'd dance to it and I know others would, too. A lil' slow and ambling, though. 3. Hrm, ...

i got a cd of him... all good slow blues. Gotta like the lyrics for, "If you see Kay".

ha, after k2 one night, i walked off with greg avakian's book and he left with mine. I didn't notice nor answer my phone for much of the next day and I think he was getting a bit anxious as he was going back to Philly later that day. Anyways since then I've just been putting stickers on my shtuff.

"Swing Brother Swing!" off of Lady Day Swings is a nice, fast version of the song.

a band here played it that was about 150-160... pain. paaain. teeth gritting. Add insult to injury, it was for a planned jam.

Did Benny Goodman have that drive when Harry James was with the band? Did Count Basie have that drive when Harry James played with him? I agree some of James' band stuff is fluff, some of it is better suited for ballroom than lindy hoppers (probably the majority), but there's plenty of stuff pre 195...

The Mosaic set has a lot of good stuff for dancing as well as listening. Bangtail (you gotta hear the whole song) is anything but loping, and is extremely danceable. The rhythm section may not be on par as Basie's around 1940, but as you pointed out, nothing reaches that level. All of the danceable ...

haha yea i had my anxieties about it, but -- if you're getting basie live in 38 and 39... it's hard to pass up. Thankfully I didn't pay much for it; bought it used.