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SirScratchAlot · #106 Post by **SirScratchAlot** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:20 am

main_stem wrote:Honestly I think there was a great oprotunity lost here. There was a chance to really put the spotlight on our musical forfathers. Their music inspired so many musicians through out the decades, like Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Junior Mance and so on. It cross boundries, Willie Nelson. And while they may not get played at the dances in genreral this really seemed like the perfect opprotunity to bust them out and let the world know about them. Introduce dancers who may never have heard of Fletcher Henderson or Don Redman or any of the other greats to what they did and that the music we predominately dance to today is based on the works and innovations of so many people we tend to forget.

We stand on the shoulders of giants. It's so easy to miss those forming the bace.

It ended up being a great weekend with fun music, who wouldn't think so?, but your above post is right on the money.
Opportunity lost.

SirScratchAlot · #107 Post by **SirScratchAlot** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:28 am

JesseMiner wrote: This wasn't just any old weekend - the music was definitely rich with history throughout the event.
Jesse

are you admitting the music played at the weekends you attend are getting "old"??? It's about time ! LOL

djstarr · #108 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 2:17 am

GuruReuben wrote:1. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra ('41)
2. Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ('36)
3. Drop Me off In Harlem - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ('61)
4. Harlem Air Shaft - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ('99)
5. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie - Chick Webb and His Orchestra ('37)

I played the first three songs tonight at the Century and they all went over really well (I planned to play the last two but all the fast dancers were home resting)....

I also have been really digging the entire Armstrong/Ellington CD - almost all the songs on there are danceable - thanks!

djstarr · #109 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 2:21 am

JesseMiner wrote:Here's my set list from the DJ Battle:

5. Now Has Jazz - Louis Armstrong (LHJ Jumpin' Vol. 5) (168/4:00)

So I managed to find the original album this is from - Mack the Knife Live - recorded at Newport. I played it tonight, everybody really enjoyed it - I think it will be one of my new favorite songs.

djstarr · #110 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 2:39 am

SirScratchAlot wrote:
main_stem wrote:Honestly I think there was a great oprotunity lost here. There was a chance to really put the spotlight on our musical forfathers. Their music inspired so many musicians through out the decades, like Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Junior Mance and so on. It cross boundries, Willie Nelson. And while they may not get played at the dances in genreral this really seemed like the perfect opprotunity to bust them out and let the world know about them. Introduce dancers who may never have heard of Fletcher Henderson or Don Redman or any of the other greats to what they did and that the music we predominately dance to today is based on the works and innovations of so many people we tend to forget.

We stand on the shoulders of giants. It's so easy to miss those forming the bace.
It ended up being a great weekend with fun music, who wouldn't think so?, but your above post is right on the money.
Opportunity lost.

On the flip side, I think that the DJ battle made the DJ's participating think about what Harlem Jazz is; it may have not been reflected in the music played last weekend as much as either of you would have liked to see, but I think the cause was made.

This thread is also the most passionate and frenetic one that I have seen on this board yet; to me that indicates something significant happened.

Each of the DJ's invited to the battle is a key DJ in their respective cities; I would think that they would want to bring back some of the music they heard to their home towns; while it might just scratch the surface of what Harlem Jazz is, at least it's a start.

As a rookie DJ, I was listening for songs I liked; thanks to this thread I now have increased my CD collection by 11 albums and I played a much deeper set of music tonight than I have previously. The weekend made a tremendous impact on me personally, and I don't think I'm alone.

Brenda

Andy Reid · #111 Post by **Andy Reid** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 7:48 am

Andy Reid wrote:I >>THINK<< this is what I played, though I didn't write it down.

1. Chick Webb - Blue Room (Standing Tall)
2. Henry Red Allen - Love Me or Leave Me (World on a String)
3. (CAN'T REMEMBER)
4. Buddy Tate - Two Left Feet (Texas Tenor Sax)
5. Jimmie Lunceford - Lunceford Special (Lunceford Special)

I'm pretty sure my 3rd song was:
3. Jimmie Lunceford & His Harlem Express - Wham Rebop Boom Bam (Uncollected 1944)

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Willie Nelson?!?

Greg Avakian · #112 Post by **Greg Avakian** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:51 am

Andy, your set was really great, thanx!
V-power baby....

Andy Reid · #113 Post by **Andy Reid** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:48 am

haha.. thanks.

Greg Avakian · #114 Post by **Greg Avakian** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 11:13 am

RECAP:

Round 1

Matt Riddle (Australia)
2. Yacht Club Swing Intro (180) 1:00 Fats Waller A Career Perspective 1922-1943
3. Yacht Club Swing (170) 3:52 Fats Waller A Career Perspective 1922-1943
4. Pent Up In A Penthouse (128) 3:40 Fats Waller A Career Perspective 1922-1943
5. Basie English (170) Live at Birdland
6. Smart Aleck (182) 3:24 Lionel Hampton All Star Sessions, Volume 1: Open House (Disc 2)

Reuben Brown (Altadena, CA)
1. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra ('41)
2. Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ('36)
3. Drop Me off In Harlem - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ('61)
4. Harlem Air Shaft - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ('99)
5. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie - Chick Webb and His Orchestra ('37)

Lucy Falkner (Vancouver)
1. Opus Two... Buddy Johnson (minus 00:00:20 intro, as Abdel noted), 1945
2. Bli-Blip... Duke Ellington (Ray Nance vocal), 1940
3. Sweet Georgia Brown... Erskine Hawkins, 1940
4. Vine Street Rumble... Basie, live in 1960
5. Darktown Strutters Ball... Coleman Hawkins with the John Hylton Orchestra, 193?

Rayned Wiles (Washington DC)
1. in a mellotone (158), duke ellington, historically speaking
2. swing brother swing (194), billie holiday, billie swings
3. satin doll (145), duke ellington orchestra (mercer leading), mood indigo
4. art tatum, you took adavantage of me (118), the tatum group masterpieces, vol. 2- w,roy eldridge
5. don't be that way (220), chick webb, spinning the webb
6. you turned the table on me (124), sarah vaughan and count basie

Round 2

Andy Reid (Ithaca, NY)
1. Chick Webb - Blue Room (Standing Tall)
2. Henry Red Allen - Love Me or Leave Me (World on a String)
3. Jimmie Lunceford & His Harlem Express - Wham Rebop Boom Bam (Uncollected 1944)
4. Buddy Tate - Two Left Feet (Texas Tenor Sax)
5. Jimmie Lunceford - Lunceford Special (Lunceford Special)

Greg Avakian (Philadelphia, PA)
1). Let's get together / Ellington / 190
2). One O'clock jump / Metronome allstars / 176
3). Illinois blows the blues / Greg Piccolo / 160
4). Things we did today / Irene Reid /152
5). Woody / Leo Parker / 196

Manu Smith (New York, NY)
1. Ella Fitzgerald and her Famous Orchestra "The Radio Years" - Break 'Em Down
2. Erroll Garner - That's My Kick/Gemeni - Autumn Leaves
3. Eddie Condon and his Orchestra (1933 - 1940) - Madame Dynamite
4. Benny Goodman The V-Discs (1 of 4) - Oomph Fah-Fah

Jesse Miner (San Francisco, CA)
1. Shiny Stockings - Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie (The Concert Years) (125/3:35)
2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Gene Harris (The Concord Years) (122/3:16)
3. Alright, Okay, You Win - Joe Williams (A Swingin' Night At Birdland) (139/2:39)
4. C-Jam Blues - Duke Ellington (Blues In Orbit) (164/4:53)
5. Now Has Jazz - Louis Armstrong (LHJ Jumpin' Vol. 5) (168/4:00)

Mr Awesomer · #115 Post by **Mr Awesomer** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 11:39 am

Where's Manu damn it. He had one of my favorite sets.

SirScratchAlot · #116 Post by **SirScratchAlot** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:26 pm

GuruReuben wrote:Where's Manu damn it. He had one of my favorite sets.

damn, No Manu.

I love this 5 block set format, it really tells you what the DJ is all about and who they acually play to....

KevinSchaper · #117 Post by **KevinSchaper** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 4:11 pm

Yeah, even if it's not as educational and tribute oriented as it could have been, at least, from a traditionalist perspective, it looks like a phenomenal night of music.

There's a few tracks in there that I *love* that I haven't anybody else play before (Metronone Allstars, the Hawkins/Hylton track & the live Now You Has Jazz...was it the live one?)..

#118 Post by **JesseMiner** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 4:34 pm

KevinSchaper wrote:There's a few tracks in there that I *love* that I haven't anybody else play before (Metronone Allstars, the Hawkins/Hylton track & the live Now You Has Jazz...was it the live one?)..

Yup, the version of "Now Has Jazz" that I played is live. I love it too. So swinging! Hands down my favorite version of the song.

Jesse

wheato · #119 Post by **wheato** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 5:46 pm

Whew, great sets. Wish I could have been there (next year, hopefully). Not only do I see some great titles I need to chase down, I see some tracks on CDs I already own that I need to start spinning.

CafeSavoy · #120 Post by **CafeSavoy** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:43 pm

KevinSchaper wrote:There's a few tracks in there that I *love* that I haven't anybody else play before (Metronone Allstars, the Hawkins/Hylton track & the live Now You Has Jazz...was it the live one?)..

haha, i was going to ask if that Strutters Ball was only on that ASV Hylton cd, but i see I have a copy on a Hawkins cd.