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I'm a crazy freak dancer, I love to fast dance, I also like to DJ fast songs, can you tell me which are your favorite fast songs? I can't get enought of those I want more!!!

Ali
www.portoswing.com

"Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie" by Chick Webb
"Shanghai Shuffle" by Fletcher Henderson
"Shake It And Break It" by Sidney Bechet
"Diga Diga Doo" by Artie Shaw
"Jumpin' At The Woodside" by Count Basie
"Main Stem" by Duke Ellington
"Well Git It" by Tommy Dorsey

Of course, it depends on what your definition of "Fast" is, and what versions of the songs you play.

This thread is worth reading: Actual (not armchair) HJDF battle - there are some great fast songs listed throughout the thread.

Some of mine (song - band - CD (if applicable)):

"Man with the Hex" - Atomic Fireballs - Torch This Place
"Jumpin' at the Woodside" - Count Basie
"Panassie Stomp" - Count Basie - The Best of Early Basie
"Bumble Bee Stomp" - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman
"Hi Ya Sophia" - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman
"Cotton Tail" - Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Presents...

Panassie Stomp is definately one of my fav fast songs. I heard a song this last weekend at showdown a couple times and it's so familiar but I just can't put my finger on it. The Seattle team did a demo to it (they also did it at camp hollywood) and I think I heard it in the liberation prelims. Anybody?

The song we used for the routine at Showdown and CH was 7th Avenue Express by Count Basie.

Travis wrote:The song we used for the routine at Showdown and CH was 7th Avenue Express by Count Basie.

which can be found on Wicked Swing

I was listening to this last weekend for the first time and I'm like "oh, that's the RCRC competition song".

And this album has a bunch of fast songs (guess that's why it's called wicked..... )

djstarr wrote: which can be found on Wicked Swing

This reminds me of that thread about bridging between newer and older music. I like to use Jivin' With Jarvis off of Wicked Swing. It's fairly slow, grooves pretty well, and can be used to bridge between modern stuff and older lo-fi recordings.

Some off the yop of my head

Jangled Nerves; Fletcher Henderson
Trafic Jam; Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famour Orchestra
Man From Mars; Artie Shaw
105 in the Shade; Cab Calloway
Jam Session; Benny Goodman
The Jitters; Count Basie
Scotch and Soda; Charlie Barnet
Lunceford Special; Jimmie Lunceford
I Got Rhythm; Lester Young
Lafyete; Bennie Moten
Swingin' High; Tommy Dorsey
Bugle Call Rag: Metronome Allstars
Battle of the Balcony Jive; Dorsey
Sweet Georgia Brown; Erskine Hawkins
Chimes at the Meeting; Willie Bryant

If I had my music in front of me I could give you a better list.

-Kevin

Travis wrote:The song we used for the routine at Showdown and CH was 7th Avenue Express by Count Basie.

Danget! I knew it was a basie track, I just couldn't remember the name. Thanks.

Hot Mallets - Lionel Hampton - Proper Box
Jack the Bellboy - Lionel Hampton - Proper Box
Darktown Strutters' Ball - Check Webb - Chrono. Classics '29-'34
Special Delivery Stomp - Artie Shaw - Portait of Artie Shaw
Mission to Moscow - Benny Goodman - JSP box

"Limehouse Blues" - Anybody good

"Lover" - Gene Krupa - The Gene Krupa Story

it's about 375 bpm

White Heat - Jimmie Lunceford
Lester Leaps In - Count Basie
Come on with the come on - Cab Calloway

djstarr wrote:

Travis wrote:The song we used for the routine at Showdown and CH was 7th Avenue Express by Count Basie.

which can be found on Wicked Swing

I was listening to this last weekend for the first time and I'm like "oh, that's the RCRC competition song".

And this album has a bunch of fast songs (guess that's why it's called wicked..... )

The version I have of 7th Avenue Express that they used can be found of the Complete Count Basie on RCA/Victor. And yes, it is one of my favorite fast tunes.