Uberparty Lindy
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- tornredcarpet
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Re: Uberparty Lindy
The majority of the tracks you list are on the fast side. You mentioned 'driving rhythm', so how about the following:tornredcarpet wrote:I'm looking for songs that I would call Uberparty Lindy- hard, driving hot jazz rhythm on top of the beat. Basically, stereotypical jungle music.
Mostly found in Artie Shaw, Bill Elliott, Jonathan Stout, gypsy jazz, etc.
Some specific examples of songs, just off the top of my head, and in alphabetical order for the heck of it.
Artie Shaw - Carioca (Begin the Beguine)
Artie Shaw - Diga Diga Doo (Self-Portrait)
Artie Shaw - Lady be Good (Begin the Beguine)
Artie Shaw - Man from Mars (Self-Portrait)
Benny Goodman - Bugle Call Rag (several versions)
Benny Goodman - Swingtime in the Rockies
Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - Bill's Bounce (Calling all Jitterbugs?)
Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - Streamliner (Calling all Jitterbugs)
Campus Five - Bloodhound
Count Basie - Lester Leaps In
Count Basie - Shorty George (Complete Decca Recordings)
Count Basie - Topsy (complete decca recordings)
Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
Django Reinhardt - All of Me
Duke Ellington - Rockin' in Rhythm
Fletcher Henderson - Happy Feet (VJM)
Fletcher Henderson - Big John's Special (VJM)
Glenn Miller - Jeep Jockey Jump
Jonathan Stout Orchestra - Dark Eyes
Kansas City Band - Tickle Toe (Kansas City After Dark)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Main Stem
Tchavolo Schmitt - Tchavolo Swing
Tommy Dorsey - Well, Git it!
As you see, it doesn't necessarily have to be fast... doesn't necessarily have to be in minor. What do these songs share in common besides the previously mentioned?
For example, Bill Elliott's Streamliner counts but Twelve Cylinders doesn't. A lot of versions of All of Me don't count, but the one in Alors, Viola by Tchavolo Schmitt does, and I can't find my Angelo Debarre cds, but I think his did even more so.
And second question: What other uberparty lindy songs do you know of? Do share.
x-posted on SoCaroSwing
Stompy Jones - Duke Ellington
Hocus Pocus - Fletcher Henderson
Chant of the Groove - Fats Waller
Nitwit Serenade - Chick Webb
Troubled - Glenn Miller
Doin' The Jive - Glenn Miller
No Name Jive - Glen Gray
Re: Uberparty Lindy
You seem to be looking for songs that have a "stompy" eight-beat, where every beat is clearly marked in the music. That's what makes your feet move!Haydn wrote: The majority of the tracks you list are on the fast side. You mentioned 'driving rhythm', so how about the following:
Stompy Jones - Duke Ellington
Hocus Pocus - Fletcher Henderson
Chant of the Groove - Fats Waller
Nitwit Serenade - Chick Webb
Troubled - Glenn Miller
Doin' The Jive - Glenn Miller
No Name Jive - Glen Gray
Some obvious additions to the ones already mentioned:
Artie Shaw - Hop Skip and Jump (1945)
Bennie Moten - Moten Swing (1932)
Count Basie - Jumpin' at the Woodside (1938)
Fats Waller - Moppin' and Boppin' (1942)
Fletcher Henderson - Christopher Columbus (1936)
Jimmie Lunceford - Too many to mention...
Re: Uberparty Lindy
"Troubled"? What is that one?Haydn wrote:
The majority of the tracks you list are on the fast side. You mentioned 'driving rhythm', so how about the following:
Stompy Jones - Duke Ellington
Hocus Pocus - Fletcher Henderson
Chant of the Groove - Fats Waller
Nitwit Serenade - Chick Webb
Troubled - Glenn Miller
Doin' The Jive - Glenn Miller
No Name Jive - Glen Gray
Guaranteed he will nix out on the two "Jive" tunes. Why? Too lilting. He wants intense Swing, real jack hammer power house stuff. That's my guess anyway.
Will big bands ever come back?
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Anton - you mean 4-beat. (it would only be 8 beats if you count like a dancer - not a musician)
What's funny about this, is that a thumping four-beat is what I think of just as quintisential swing. The best stuff, and specifically the best recordings of good bands seem to have that thumpin' four beat. That is what I go for at all times. Some recordings just don't do the musicians justice.
What's funny about this, is that a thumping four-beat is what I think of just as quintisential swing. The best stuff, and specifically the best recordings of good bands seem to have that thumpin' four beat. That is what I go for at all times. Some recordings just don't do the musicians justice.
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"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
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My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
www.campusfive.com
www.myspace.com/campusfive
www.swingguitar.blogspot.com
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sorry, I mixed up the names.
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
www.campusfive.com
www.myspace.com/campusfive
www.swingguitar.blogspot.com
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
www.campusfive.com
www.myspace.com/campusfive
www.swingguitar.blogspot.com
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Re: Uberparty Lindy
The "Troubled" I know of is under Bunny Berigan's name - HEREEyeball wrote:
"Troubled"? What is that one?
Re: Uberparty Lindy
Interesting trrack sample. Who's band is it? I have nver even heard *of* the tune. Trying to think who was on Victor in 1935 who would have used Berigan in their band aside from Goodman.dancin_hanson wrote:The "Troubled" I know of is under Bunny Berigan's name - HEREEyeball wrote:
"Troubled"? What is that one?
Will big bands ever come back?
Re: Uberparty Lindy
Yes, that's the one I mean. I've got it on The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 1-4. I'm guessing Miller played Trombone on the track.dancin_hanson wrote:The "Troubled" I know of is under Bunny Berigan's name - HEREEyeball wrote:
"Troubled"? What is that one?
... OK, just looked at the CD notes. It's Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra, recorded on 20.11.34 in New York, featuring:
Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody and alto sax)
Nat Natoli and Bunny Berigan (trumpets)
Glenn Miller (trombone)
Artie Shaw (clarinet & alto sax)
Jack Shore (alto sax)
Larry Binyon (tenor sax)
Roy Bargy (piano)
Lionel Hall (guitar)
Artie Bernstein (string bass)
Jack Williams (drums)
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Re: Uberparty Lindy
Agreed, 'Doin' The Jive' and 'No Name Jive' have more lilting melody than the others I mentioned, but they have the same underlying relentless driving rhythm.Eyeball wrote:Guaranteed he will nix out on the two "Jive" tunes. Why? Too lilting
Or, to put it another way, only a musician would claim that there are 4 beats to the bar in swing musicCampus Five wrote:Anton - you mean 4-beat. (it would only be 8 beats if you count like a dancer - not a musician)
If you took a man (or woman) from Mars and let him listen to swing for a while and then asked him, "what's the smallest number of beats you hear in the music that form a recognizable, repeating unit", he would answer "8"...