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Trev - your set makes me extra cranky that I'm not there. Half of Sydney has decamped for Hullabaloo. >:|

JesseMiner wrote:

trev wrote:Yacht Club Swing ✔

*just baiting

Inside joke? The version of "Yacht Club Swing" by Echoes of Swing is sweet!

I think that's what he meant, Jesse - Yacht Club Swing: acquired.
The asterisked comment 'just baiting' was a reference to his joke 'might make a nice modernist hook into the real stuff'. Trev has a rep for playing a lot of bitching old school, but he's prepared to play a modern song (with an 'old' style) like 'Just because you can' for transitioning between 'old' and 'new' or for hooking in dancers who're not so keen on 'old' stuff.

Is that right, T?


I played that song again last night at a different event and it went down just as well. I also did a blues set last night and played 'My Man's an Undertaker' from Russell's other album 'Cat'. It was just as popular. Good on you for pimping Russell's albums, Jesse.

Yes, fortunately Dogpossum speaks fluent Trev.

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Thanks for clearing that up! Somehow I completely missed the sentence with the first *, so I wasn't getting the reference.

Speaking of which, I hadn't heard that Nora Jones track before. Nice!

Now I have some new ideas for my DJ set tonight...

Jesse

Doh, I totally forgot to play it too. Maybe tomrrow night. By the way, make sure you get the version of Sinking Soon with the funky trombone. There's a different version without it that doesn't do it as much for me.

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the scary part is how many of these tunes I have on my computer and just hadn't gotten around to playing at dances yet. Thanks for the (free) ideas.

I recently found the Tommy Dorsey version of Wade in the Water.

Yesterday I caught up on the Hey Mr Jesse podcasts and heard the Catherine Russell version of 'All the Cats Join In' (I got the original tip from your tweet, Jesse).
Bizarrely, last weekend when I first played 'Just Because You Can' I followed it up with a 1946 Peggy Lee version of 'All the Cats Join in' which I never usually DJ. It's a very mellow, nice version, and I played it mostly because I was working down the energy in the room from 'crazy' to 'mellow' before moving back up.

Hey Trev,

I was at Hulla (we met briefly-enjoyed the dance! ) and I thought your set was kickin!

Great set

Thanks pals!

trev wrote: Black Bottom Stomp - Sidney Bechet
Call Me A Taxi - Will Bradley & His Orchestra With Ray McKinley

Great songs, I hadn't heard these versions before!

Do you know when and where Black Bottom Stomp was recorded? It is not listed in the discogs.

Thanks!

anton wrote: Black Bottom Stomp - Sidney Bechet

Do you know when and where Black Bottom Stomp was recorded? It is not listed in the discogs.

i don't know which version trev played, but the version i know is from 1952 with lil armstrong and zutty singleton (what a line-up!). i think it was recorded in france for vogue, but i don't have my discography with me this weekend. i can check next week.

I think it's the same version. I don't have an accurate year (I have it down as 1951, but it could be 1952) but it was from a Bechet compilation album called "Marchand De Poissons" if that helps.

While I'm here, here's my set from last Saturday night:

I might have played 7 Benny Goodman tracks...

Name - Artist - Album

Lullaby Of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday & Carmen McRae At Newport
Ooh Ooh Baby - Freddie Slack - Essential Masters
Somebody Stole My Gal (Alt Tk -3) - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Classic Columbia & Okeh Orchestra Sessions (1939-58)
The Frim Fram Sauce - Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald with Bob Haggarts - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions
Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (Alternate Take) - Benny Goodman Sextet - Genius Of Electric Guitar (Disc 2)
Jeep Jockey Jump - Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band - Big Band Box: Moonlight Serenade (Disc 2/2)
Christopher Columbus - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Plays Fletcher Henderson vol 1
Mop-Mop - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, Volume #2
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone - Nina Simone
Don't You Miss Your Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon & Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans
Across The Alley From The Alamo - Ella Fitzgerald - Twelve Nights In Hollywood
Kat's Fur - Ben Webster - Ben Webster Story
Every Day I Have The Blues [live] - Count Basie & Joe Williams - Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Call Me A Taxi - Will Bradley & His Orchestra With Ray McKinley - Eight To The Bar: The Best Of Will Bradley
Give Me The Simple Life - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - 1945 Vol.2
C Jam Blues (live) - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - LCJO is Live In Swing City: Swingin' With Duke [game]
Splanky - Count Basie - Atomic Basie [birthday dance]
Splanky (live) - Count Basie - Count Basie Live at the Sands (before Frank)
I Like Pie, I lIke Cake - Four Clefs - BLUEBIRD 8884
That's What Makes My Baby Fat - Faye Adams - 1952-1954
Too Close For Comfort - Ella Fitzgerald - Twelve Nights In Hollywood
Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Duke Ellington - Swingin' With The Duke
Louisiana - Casey MacGill's Blue 4 Trio - Casey MacGill's Blue 4 Trio
Small Batch O'nod - Freddie Slack - Essential Masters
'Tain't No Use - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - The Birth of Swing
I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions
Peckin' - Benny Goodman - The Instrumental Hits
Answer Man - Harry James - New York World's Fair, 1940
Shortnin' Bread - Fats Waller - Complete Jazz Series 1939 -1940
My Daddy Rocks Me - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra w Slam Stewart - Benny Goodman et son orchestre: 1945 Vol.2
Georgia Grind - Louis Armstrong & The Hot Five - Hot Fives & Sevens (1)
Keep The Rhythm Going - Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1933-1936 (Disc 1)
Junior Hop - Duke Ellington - The Duke: (29) Blue Serge (1940-1941) (Disc 1)
Cow-Cow Boogie - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald 1936-1950 -CD B
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie & His Orchestra - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 1)

Thanks, lipi and trev! I'm thinking about ordering the latest edition of Tom Lord's discography, but at $350 it's a tad pricey...

anton wrote:Thanks, lipi and trev! I'm thinking about ordering the latest edition of Tom Lord's discography, but at $350 it's a tad pricey...

I go in and use the paper version at a local university library for free... but $350 for all 30-odd volumes is a very good price... Unless you mean the online version or DVD?