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#16 Post by smunky » Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:31 am

GuruReuben wrote:Groove Juice Special, Slim & Slam, 172
One Foot In The Groove, Artie Shaw, 172
In The Groove At The Grove, Chick Webb, 180
Keep It In The Groove, Andy Kirk, 182
Blues In The Groove, Jan Savitt, 190
Swingin' In The Groove, Coleman Hawkins, 314

...oh how this joke will never get old.
groove is in the heart, DeeLite (do you have the bpm for this one?)

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#17 Post by kitkat » Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:13 am

smunky wrote:
GuruReuben wrote:Groove Juice Special, Slim & Slam, 172
One Foot In The Groove, Artie Shaw, 172
In The Groove At The Grove, Chick Webb, 180
Keep It In The Groove, Andy Kirk, 182
Blues In The Groove, Jan Savitt, 190
Swingin' In The Groove, Coleman Hawkins, 314
...oh how this joke will never get old.
groove is in the heart, DeeLite (do you have the bpm for this one?)
[cue music]
One of these things is not like the others!

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#18 Post by mousethief » Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:51 am

D Nice wrote:
GuruReuben wrote:Groove Juice Special, Slim & Slam, 172
One Foot In The Groove, Artie Shaw, 172
In The Groove At The Grove, Chick Webb, 180
Keep It In The Groove, Andy Kirk, 182
Blues In The Groove, Jan Savitt, 190
Swingin' In The Groove, Coleman Hawkins, 314

...oh how this joke will never get old.
Reuben will you have my children?
I knew it.

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#19 Post by JesseMiner » Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:01 pm

Great question. Here are a few tunes to get you started:

Louis Armstrong - Now You Has Jazz (Mack The Knife / 168 bpm)
Ruth Brown - He's A Real Gone Guy (Live In London / 169 bpm)
Ray Bryant - Hit It (instrumental) (Madison Time / 206 bpm)
Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham - Gud Nuz Bluz (Gud Nuz Bluz / 168 bpm)
Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (Ella & Duke at the Cote D'azur, 167 bpm)
Johnny Hodges - Good Queen Bess (Live In Atlantic City / 173 bpm)
Louis Jordan - Onion (Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five / 170 bpm)
King Pleasure - Jazz Jump (Moody's Mood for Love [Blue Note] / 204 bpm)
Diana Krall - Hit That Jive Jack (All For You / 222 bpm)
Jimmy McGriff - Swingin' The Blues (Tribute To Basie / 172 bpm)
Johnny Nocturne - Little Slam (Wild & Cool / 202 bpm)
Johnny Otis w/ Jackie Payne - Jumpin' The Blues (Spirit of the Black Territory Bands / 180 bpm)
Oscar Peterson Trio w/ Clark Terry - Mumbles (Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One / 187 bpm)
Lou Rawls - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (Anthology / 192 bpm)
Doc Severinsen w/ Barbara Morrison - The Hucklebuck (Swingin' The Blues / 167 bpm)
Lavay Smith - Now or Never (Everybody's Talkin' Bout Miss Thing / 174 bpm)
Buster Smith - Buster's Tune (Legendary Buster Smith / 182 bpm)
Slam Stewart - Moten Swing (Slam Bam / 162 bpm)
Van Morrison w/ Georgie Fame - Heathrow Shuffle (How Long Has This Been Going On / 182 bpm)
Joe Williams - Roll 'Em Pete (Count Basie Swings -- Joe Williams Sings / 185 bpm)
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans - Sent For You Yesterday (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions / 177 bpm)

As for Gene Harris, I carry very little in my books that is over 150 bpm, so it's quite easy to forget him while trying to answer this specific question.

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#20 Post by (geek) » Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:11 am

for the gene harris camp:

Riled Up - The Gene Harris All Star Big Band - Tribute To Count Basie (307bpm)
Yours is My Heart Alone - Gene Harris - Swingin The Blues (284 bpm)
Old Man River - Gene Harris - Swingin The Blues (283 bpm)
Cottontail - Gene Harris - The Best of the Concord Years (268 bpm)
Nica's Dream - Gene Harris - Swingin The Blues (237 bpm)
I Told You So - Gene Harris - Swingin The Blues (235 bpm)
Will You Still Be Mine - Gene Harris - Swingin The Blues (224 bpm)
Cayenne Blues - Jack McDuff & Gene Harris - Down Home Blues (218 bpm)
Swingin The Blues - Gene Harris All Star Big Band - Tribute to Count Basie (218 bpm)
Take The 'A' Train - Gene Harris - The Best Of The Concord Years (205 bpm)
Blues of Pepper - The Gene Harris All Star Big Band - Tribute to Count Basie (191 bpm)
Strollin' - Gene Harris - Swingin The Blues (183bpm)
Captain Bill - The Gene Harris All Star Big Band - Tribute to Count Basie (175 bpm)
Listen Here - The Best of the Concord Years (170 bpm)
Don't Be That Way - Gene Harris - The Best of the Concord Years (166 bpm)

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