Swing DJs in the news
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:07 pm
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"We’re the only people in the galaxy licensed to play Dixieland on the radio," says Plaskett, while Wingy Manone and Nappy Lamare belt out "At the Jazz Band Ball" in the background. "Well, there might be someone on Arcturus, where the Philistines haven’t caught up with ’em yet. But if anyone else in Pittsburgh played this tune on the radio, they’d be fired within 16 bars."
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"People out there listen to Ken, and they think of him as this guy who spins these records," says Abraham. "But I see him as my only possible connection to these people -- he’s had dinner with Jimmy Rushing, Mr. Five-By-Five from Count Basie’s band; he’s the only person I can ask, ‘So, how much did Billie Holiday drink when you two went out?’"
Rhythm Sweet and Hot: saturdays on WDUQ. http://www.wduq.org/prog/default1.html
It's syndicated across the world. These guys DJ'd at Pitt Stop 3. It was hot.
"We’re the only people in the galaxy licensed to play Dixieland on the radio," says Plaskett, while Wingy Manone and Nappy Lamare belt out "At the Jazz Band Ball" in the background. "Well, there might be someone on Arcturus, where the Philistines haven’t caught up with ’em yet. But if anyone else in Pittsburgh played this tune on the radio, they’d be fired within 16 bars."
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"People out there listen to Ken, and they think of him as this guy who spins these records," says Abraham. "But I see him as my only possible connection to these people -- he’s had dinner with Jimmy Rushing, Mr. Five-By-Five from Count Basie’s band; he’s the only person I can ask, ‘So, how much did Billie Holiday drink when you two went out?’"
Rhythm Sweet and Hot: saturdays on WDUQ. http://www.wduq.org/prog/default1.html
It's syndicated across the world. These guys DJ'd at Pitt Stop 3. It was hot.