Some good "Lindy Hop" music
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Some good "Lindy Hop" music
Without digging too deep into the politics of definitions - I have no trouble with the idea that only a portion of what I play fits solidly into the category of a stricter definition of Lindy Hop music - that being said - I want some recommendations to pick up some more of that stuff...
(not cuz I'm short, I recently split it out into it's own section, and saw that about 80 of the 220 or so discs I regularly travel with are strictly swing era - but when I'm not picking up new stuff in the genre I find I pay less attention to it.)
(not cuz I'm short, I recently split it out into it's own section, and saw that about 80 of the 220 or so discs I regularly travel with are strictly swing era - but when I'm not picking up new stuff in the genre I find I pay less attention to it.)
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Here are my suggestions, all Lindy Hop music:
http://www.jivejunction.com/djservices/
...though I'd be surprised if you didn't already have most of that. I consider that stuff standard material now.
http://www.jivejunction.com/djservices/
...though I'd be surprised if you didn't already have most of that. I consider that stuff standard material now.
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haha. not like that. i was just curious. i'm not that familar with his work.Kyle wrote:not this again!
I really dont want to start up this argument of what is considered swing music, lindy hop music, etc.... Not to sound holyer than thou with that request, but I am a bit overloaded with all the discussion about that.
Eddie Condon- his music has rhythmic displacement
i'm sure i have him on random stuff, like the commodore box set, and
i know he makes smart comments on a live buddy hackett set. so i'll
keep my eyes open for that set and give it a listen.
going back to the original question a guess a lot depends on what you
already have. perhaps we could come up with a list of recommendations
for "must have" recordings (maybe both swing era and modern) as a
product of the dj list.
with regard to new stuff, some things i recently got that were interesting
Count Basie _The Octet Sounds
- (not exactly swing era, but documents basie small 1950 band with buddy defranco and clark terry)
Count Basie _1944 - (some live footage with lester young back from the war)
Artie Shaw _Live in Hotel Lincoln NYC
Harry James _Record Session- 1939-1942
Harry James _Yes Indeed
Billie Holiday: Lady Day Swings
- (has an excellent "Swing Brother Swing"; she's accompanied by sidemen from the Basie and Goodman bands)
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ooh - does that have Bluebeard Blues?CafeSavoy wrote: Count Basie _The Octet Sounds
- (not exactly swing era, but documents basie small 1950 band with buddy defranco and clark terry)
I've got a copy of that on a real generic "Blues By Basie" LP, and I recently picked up another LP with some Octet stuff, and just noticed the similarity in sound.
yes, it does. this is the cd - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... en97lskr5t - and it is one of those multimedia cds with pictures, brief bio, and very brief discography.KevinSchaper wrote:ooh - does that have Bluebeard Blues?CafeSavoy wrote: Count Basie _The Octet Sounds
- (not exactly swing era, but documents basie small 1950 band with buddy defranco and clark terry)
it's kind of interesting hearing basie with a strong clarinet, like on
the one o'clock jump, almost like a benny goodman small group.
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Swinging Music
For me: I am currently favoring alot of
Will Bradley
Andy Kirk
Among my other standards- Shaw, Basie et. al.
Will Bradley
Andy Kirk
Among my other standards- Shaw, Basie et. al.
Fast music, fast cars, pretty girls and smoke filled bars..... ooohhh yeaaahhh.