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- Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:47 pm
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: Swingable "other genre" music
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10987
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:20 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Narvin Kimball: Ninety and Still Delivering
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5012
Re: Narvin Kimball: Ninety and Still Delivering
This album kicks butt. Recorded live in 1999 at Yoshi's in Oakland (one of the best jazz clubs in the world) and therefore has impeccable sound. Narvin on banjo, Paul Cosentino on Piano, Evan Christopher on clarinet, bass, trombone, trumpet, drums. A little pre-swing, songs are on the long side, bu...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:19 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Narvin Kimball: Ninety and Still Delivering
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5012
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:59 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Narvin Kimball: Ninety and Still Delivering
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5012
Narvin Kimball: Ninety and Still Delivering
This album kicks butt. Recorded live in 1999 at Yoshi's in Oakland (one of the best jazz clubs in the world) and therefore has impeccable sound. Narvin on banjo, Paul Cosentino on Piano, Evan Christopher on clarinet, bass, trombone, trumpet, drums. A little pre-swing, songs are on the long side, but...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:22 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Barrett Deems: Deemus
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2297
Barrett Deems: Deemus
If you like clarinet and drums and some rippin' guitar, check out the album "Deemus" by Barrett Deems, who was Louis Armstrong's All-Star drummer (and is mentioned by name in Now You Has Jazz). It was recorded in 1978 and, well, the musicianship is outstanding. Picked this up for $2.99 at ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:22 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Black Angel, Ike Turner
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4866
- Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:23 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: How do you get late 30s tracks to sound brighter at dances?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 65319
From my long-ago garage band days I recall a piece of equipment called the BBE Aural Exciter which was used on most major studio albums of the day (well, at the time I listened primarily to heavy rock and metal). No magazine could pin down exactly what it did, but speculation ranged from boosting hi...
- Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:17 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Campus Five in the studio
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42196
- Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:54 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Uberparty Lindy
- Replies: 59
- Views: 33663
- Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:15 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Anita O'Day R.I.P.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8467
- Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:14 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Major & minor keys in swing music
- Replies: 56
- Views: 47252
The A section of Willow Weep For Me has an overall major tonality although parts of the chord progression imply a minor key. The B section has an overall minor tonality. It is coolly ambiguous about the major/minor key, which I think is a key feature of blues, and which makes Willow Weep For Me a bl...
- Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:35 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Swing/Jazz books
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13260
- Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:51 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Swing/Jazz books
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13260
Everyone's tolerance for noise defect removal is different. As a listener, I would prefer to hear crackles and pops and hiss plus frequencies from the instruments in that range instead of a clean, but dulled version. On a lot of old, badly remastered tracks you cannot hear cymbals at all because the...
- Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:15 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Personal evolution of music preferences
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16032
Just out of curiosity, have any of you ever DJed a dance/event with some of the oldtimers (Dawn, Frankie, Norma, etc.) and asked them afterwards what they thought about the music? I can't decide if they'd be brutally honest or polite, and also I'd be interested in hearing what their evolution in mus...
- Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:26 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Campus Five in the studio
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42196