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that sounds pretty cool, Peter. How was the "contest" run?

D&E is one of my absolute favorite songs: great flow, great change in pace, great solos. That song alone makes "We Get Requests" a great buy no matter what. For most of the rest of the album, you need to be in a somewhat "quiet" mood for it to click. On the occasions that I ...

I don't have any of their recordings. But, I stood outside of their main venue at the Riverwalk in San Antonio and listened to them perform. It seemed entertaining.

I just got this in the mail. Thanks go out to Mike Marcotte for the recommendation here on SwingDJs. This is really good stuff!!

Welcome, Jerry! You'll provide some interesting contributions to this community, as most of us DJ not as a profession or even on-air, but rather for lindy hoppers and other swing dancers at dance events. I'd say most folks here are dancers first, DJs second (at least if a recent poll is any indicati...

I've got a soft spot for "Walkin' Slow Behind You" -- the last song recorded w/Jimmy Rushing.

Here are the 10 most recent additions to my collection (in no order): Mildred Bailey - The Incomparable Mildred Bailey (Columbia) Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet (Blue Note) Bunny Berigan and His Boys - 1935-136 (Chronological Classics) Teddy Wilson - Early Session Hop (Past Perfect) Jay ...

For me it's Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans (chrono classics). I bought it quite some time ago and played a track off of it at one dance, and then kinda forgot about it. This past week I went through my discs to prep for my first DJ slot here in Seattle and rediscovered it.

Well, it's not necessarily jazz (though it's certainly jazz influenced), there is a lot of swinging violin (fiddle) in western swing.

Have you heard the version by Dean Mora? I spotted it on allmusic - it's on Goblin Market - at 2:39 that's the perfect length for a request ;-) I have it, and it's quite bad, actually. I really like Moras. But, I've always had a problem with their vocalists, and the fella singing on their version o...

These are both good:

Real Kansas City of the 20s, 30s, and 40s (Columbia)

The World of Swing (Sony)

The OKeh Ellington 2 disc set would be it for me.... but I have to admit being woefully short on Ellington in my collection.

Chrono Classics:
1938-147 by Gene Cedric
1939-1941 by John Kirby
1940 by Harlan Leonard
1943-1937 by Earl Hines
1935 by Fats Waller

and anything by the New Orleans Feetwarmers

Just a little bump to let folks know the web site is up and running (mostly)

www.allbalboa.com

Personally, I like the recordings I have with Midred singing. i have the incomparable disc, and she's all over the Red Norvo "best of the big bands" disc I have. This is from a DownBeat article that mentions her influence (on white crooners...): ***** While Bailey never became an icon like...