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*Ahem* (soapbox) Not all guys nor are all engineers petty bickerers. The obnoxious and loud ones always get the attention, but they are not necessarily the majority. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ......... (end soapbox) just teasing; you won't be the first to accuse me of generalizing. yep, it...

but I think the winner is: http://www.danielsmithbassoon.com - with a CD called "Bebop Bassoon" - here's a track: http://www.danielsmithbassoon.com/music_clips/sister_sadie.mp3 OK, that is amazing. An actual decent version of Sister Sadie in Bassoon! What I liked the best was that each of...

Unfortunately, I worry a little that I will overplay this song. dont worry, that was already done 2 years ago I hear you're coming out for the Seattle Exchange? We'll make sure all your favorites get played - "I love being here with you", "Wade in the Water", "Shiny Stockin...

We shold do a poll - how many Women DJ's are in mathmatical realated Jobs? I know Shana and I are, and we both have musical backrounds as well. Interesting - I am both a musician and a software engineer; having hung out with male engineers for a long time now the sword fighting on the forum is par ...

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. agree - I used to hear "I love being here with you" whene...

JesseMiner wrote: Moving forward from there, you've got many choices as Basie recorded so much in the 50s/60s. A few good starting points would be:

- Count Basie at Newport

My favorite selection off this album is Evenin' featuring Jimmy Rushing.

It always tough to respond to threads like this. Inevitably, your fellow DJs decide to pull out their swords. It is one thing to say that you like a certain track/album track. Most of the time, you can get away with that, if it phrased properly. However, whenever you start ranking or saying that on...

This thread came up because a fledgling DJ was asking about essential CDs to have in her collection for DJing purposes. We thought it would be interesting to poll the Swing DJs to see what they thought. Do what you will with it, but that's what I would find most interesting. I'm thinking maybe one ...

I'm shocked, SHOCKED that you would use the term "panties in a bunch" freely. :lol: :wink: Perhaps the Groove DJs with their "panties in a bunch" should chime in on the thread about how to recruit more female Swing DJs, because we could use some good, female, groove DJs.... :P :...

I always thought Peter and the Wolf was danceable ;-) I've never heard of a jazz bassoonist before, but believing in the power of google here are some hits I got on "jazz bassoonist" http://www.jazzbassoonist.com/ - Michael Rabinowitz - sounds good on the samples, and there is a "Cele...

Essential Jump: Roy Milton and His Solid Senders - Specialty Series (Greatest Hits)

thanks Andy - a dancer from Seattle who was at HJDF will be very happy - I think he wants to start practicing to it

I love Cab Calloway and play his music almost every time I DJ. Tonight I DJed Lindy Groove, and I played "Are You All Reet?". Some dancers always seem to get confused with the long break near the beginning, but it's a killer song none-the-less. "Are You Hep To The Jive?" is one ...

Sorry - I don't own Cruisin' with Cab - I do have a version of King Porter's Stomp that someone gave me on an MP3 - the song is about 200 bpm, with a 30 second intro - once you're past that the song swings ok. Since it's MP3 though it's hard to tell what the quality is like. I did want to ask what e...

So considering only women have replied, it doesn't appear any one with a sword wants to compete with you :wink: This is a total guess, but may trigger your memory - it sounds to me like the song might be "Everyday I have the Blues" --- there is a medley on the following Gene Harris song - ...