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When I hear "Count Basie" the first thing I think of isn't "Harlem"... instead I think "Kansas City." I'm with you on this one. It's not as though I'd go to and event promting the contributions of Kansas City and play a bunch of Chick Webb. Admittadly I did use a Basie...

1. Take the A Train; Duke Ellington
2. Strictly Jive; Chick Webb
3. South Main; Buddy Johnson
4. Christopher Columbus; Fletcher Henderson
5. Swingin' on C; Jimmie Lunceford

If time permits
Swing Brother Swing; Count Basie fea Billie Holiday

So, what would you play if you had only 15 minutes? (5-6 songs depending on the length) Here are teh rules go nut. a. 85% of the music played must be played or composed by African-American artists. b. No cartoon music. Period. c. No West Coast music. Period. d. No Neo-Swing. Period. "...come pr...

Ron wrote:Like 15 minutes is enough time to judge a DJ!

Yeah with you we'd only need one song

Actually you can get 5 really good licks perhaps 6 in that amount of time. It's going to be tuff, but that's what makes it fun.

Dude I'm thowing down for Reuben. Given the criteria I think he best suits it. But hey that just me.

As for judging I think it should be both dancers and peers.

Let the cutting begin.

I actually have the ISoR LP. Good stuff.

anyway, regarding the topic - I think a lot of stuff has been reissued at some point, somewhere - like International Sweethearts of Rhythm, it's a bitch to find their music, but you can find LP reissues, you don't hafta go all the way back to the 78. There's a couple tunes on this collection: http:...

CafeSavoy wrote:Some of those japanese cds are starting to show up here. although they're usually more expensive.

Yes but they come in as imports and usually cost $30.00 US. While in Japan they're around 1800 yen, ruffly $13 US.

It's not just the 78's. There are tons of albums that have never been trasfered to CD and probablynever will. Then of course there is Japan. The Japanese love Jazz. Every music store has a decent collection of Jazz over there, though the bigger stores are better. Their love for Jazz is also showed i...

For those Mac geeks out there using OS10 and iTunes 4; Blacktree.com has a nifty bpm atachment.

http://www.blacktree.com/apps/

I ask this in this thread because I remember my jazz band in highschool being all guys and one young woman. We went to some competitions and other performances and the other school's jazz bands seemed much the same to me, while the concert bands and string orchestras were much more evenly divided a...

Since none of us ever knew Duke I doubt we'll ever know why some songs never were rerecorded. KoKo adn Jack the Bear were specific vehicles for Blanton. This could be another reason why they never got redone in large fashion.

djstarr wrote: Ernestine lives in Seattle and goes to my church (can you say "name drop"); she also played a lot in town when I was in college, so I have some personal attachments to her.

Yeah we drove that one into the ground out here.

Duke, while being an artist through and through, still admitted he was obligated to play what the audiences wanted to hear. If that meant playing mostly old hits, he was more than willing to do that because the audience was so important to him. Or maybe he thought those particular songs were just f...

The new reissue of teh Blanton Webster Band (Never No Lament) is pulled rom the Centenial Edition. The sond is great. A great leap forward from the previous one Blue Bird put out. On top of the improved sound they have include the the duets between Ellington and Blanton. You cold only get these on i...