SwingDJs

I love Oscar Brown, especially Sin and Soul. It's hard to find, but "Then and Now" is pretty cool, too. Many many years later, he revists the Sin and Soul cd (and some other old songs of his). New, fun versions of Dat Dere, Work Song, etc (including his son on bass, which is what the words...

Matthew wrote:The last time I had a healthy, unmitigated dose of it was about two months ago, at SoFLeX.

LOL. SoFleX was an unmitigated dose of classic swing in comparison to what you currently hear?! Wow!!!

They still play every Thur night at the Fez here in NYC. And they're still awesome. (Too bad that's Frim Fram night, so I very rarely make it...)

Cute little story: About three years ago I couldn't stand Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"; I just didn't "get it". And then I went to sleep listening to it every night for over a month. Sometimes more than once. After that, I've been totally crazy about it (although I'm sure I still ...

Grrrr...well if nobody else is gonna post about Gene Harris, then I guess I will

Beautiful, slow version from Ray Brown's "Soular Energy"
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 6xlfkegcqo

I love the entire cd...highly recommend it.

Clark Terry, for example, could barely play one song with Oscar Peterson last year. Wow. Sorry to hear that. Are you sure it wasn't billed as a "special one song guest appearance" type thing by Clark? If not, then he must have been sick, which is too bad (for him and you). I've had the pl...

Pardon my ignorance. I just wasn't sure if New Testatment Basie stuff with Frank Foster and Neil Hefti arrangements was considered "original era music". (And if it's not, then nonetheless it's good to know you also enjoy music beyond that specific genre.) It's not though it's closely rela...

Yeah, most DJ battles are not as spectacular as the hype around them. If the DJs are too close in philosophy or style, it's like having the same guy all night. If they're too far apart, you end up alienating half of the room half of the night. Kalman *ahem* What have I told you about this?? :) Tina...

Not that this is important or anything, but who is djing on yehoodi today and where can I find the set list? LOL. We come full circle (that's what started this whole thing...check out page 5) March Thursday Guest DJ: Iain McBride (Vancouver, BC) The month of March brings to us another swingin’ Gues...

how much new (to the audience) stuff do you play? *edit sorry this question was meant for dave Completely new songs - as in I've never ever played that version of that song at any venue I've ever DJed - maybe 1-2 a night . Unless, of course, I just got back from Amoeba :) But that's getting too pic...

I've seen way too many people wait to hear if they know a song and then go "Oh goodie I love this, I'm gonna go dance" to ever play a night with "almost all new stuff". On another note, there are songs like Smooth Sailing which was way overplayed in NYC three or so years ago, so ...

here is what i dont understand. why dont the musicians wanna tap the swing dance market. we are willing to pay something to hear swing music. musicians need gigs. isnt something, which i understand could be less than what a jazz venue would pay them, better than nothing. i know there are musicians ...

It's a shame Luci's isn't better attended. The night I went when people organized and went en masse was AWESOME. I don't know if I agree with that in regards to Luci's. In my opinion, the worst thing that could happen to Luci's was if 30+ dancers from "our" swing community regularly atten...

DJStarr, what a great story! Thanks for sharing. One thing I do want to say about live music. As much as Shorty Dave and I differ as far as what kind of music we like, iI must say I really respect his hard work and diligence in bringing live music to dancers in the New York are. And, of course, his ...

As I said before, this isn't the best band to dance to *ever*, but it very arguably will be the greatest band *you'll* ever have the chance to dance to. Oct 9th, Yehoodi.com marks six years of support to the Lindy Hop community by celebrating the Centennial of William (Count) Basie with a phenomenal...