Music that Swings HARD!
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I guess part of the joke is that what you asked for at the start of this thread is what music collectors like ourselves are on the look out for all the time.
It's also somewhat subjective. The fact that Jimmie Lunceford and Louis Armstrong have recordings that "swing hard" seems obvious, but they also have recordings that are much sweeter, on the same album most of the time, so that's another part of what makes this question funny...you just have to listen to them to find out.
You'll probably get the best feedback if you continue to share the names of recordings you know fit the sound you're looking for, then let others try to think of songs they have that are similar, just as you did with Cole Slaw and whathaveyou. I don't personally think of Cole Slaw when I think of songs that "swing hard", so that's why your question is hard to answer unless you give more examples of what you're hearing in your head.
It's also somewhat subjective. The fact that Jimmie Lunceford and Louis Armstrong have recordings that "swing hard" seems obvious, but they also have recordings that are much sweeter, on the same album most of the time, so that's another part of what makes this question funny...you just have to listen to them to find out.
You'll probably get the best feedback if you continue to share the names of recordings you know fit the sound you're looking for, then let others try to think of songs they have that are similar, just as you did with Cole Slaw and whathaveyou. I don't personally think of Cole Slaw when I think of songs that "swing hard", so that's why your question is hard to answer unless you give more examples of what you're hearing in your head.
Can anyone tell me what other songs I might like if these are some of the songs I think swing hard?
For Dancers Only - Duke Ellington
Kansas City Riffs - Buster Smith
Early Morning Rock - Johnny Hodges
Lindyhopper's Delight - Chick Webb
Blue My Naughty Sweetie - Sidney Bechet
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Dizzy Gillespie
Woodchoppers Ball - Woody Herman
Other tracks that I think are fun dancing to:
Baby, You've Got What It Takes - Nellie McKay
Alligator Meat - Joe Swift
Shake it up and Go - B.B. King
All Around the World - Lou Rawls
For Dancers Only - Duke Ellington
Kansas City Riffs - Buster Smith
Early Morning Rock - Johnny Hodges
Lindyhopper's Delight - Chick Webb
Blue My Naughty Sweetie - Sidney Bechet
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Dizzy Gillespie
Woodchoppers Ball - Woody Herman
Other tracks that I think are fun dancing to:
Baby, You've Got What It Takes - Nellie McKay
Alligator Meat - Joe Swift
Shake it up and Go - B.B. King
All Around the World - Lou Rawls
You probably should stop using the "swing hard" description, it just confuses things. Most people don't share your interpretation of the word, "music you like" works just fine.
Check the Yehoodi DJ Set list thread, go to iTunes or Amazon MPS and play the 30 second samples of the songs you can find on there. Buy the ones you like. Do something similar on eMusic. Print the list of songs and go to your local used record store and sample what they have. Listen to the internet radio shows (Yehoodi radio, etc..) and take notes about what you like.
Pay attention at dances, if you hear a song your like, ask the DJ what they played.
Your song list has a lot of variety. You just need to listen to a lot of music and develop your sense of what feels right.
Nathan
Check the Yehoodi DJ Set list thread, go to iTunes or Amazon MPS and play the 30 second samples of the songs you can find on there. Buy the ones you like. Do something similar on eMusic. Print the list of songs and go to your local used record store and sample what they have. Listen to the internet radio shows (Yehoodi radio, etc..) and take notes about what you like.
Pay attention at dances, if you hear a song your like, ask the DJ what they played.
Your song list has a lot of variety. You just need to listen to a lot of music and develop your sense of what feels right.
Nathan
As Nate says - this is all pretty subjective, and there's not a lot on your list which I'd put in my own 'swings hard' list.
Reading through though, a couple of associations kick in for me, so a few personal favourites of mine you might try (if you don't already have 'em, which you may well do)
You should already have Take it From the Top by Chick Web, but if not, grab it.
Ball of Fire - Gene Krupa
Troubled - Glen Miller / Frankie Trumbauer / Bunny Berigan et al
Johnson Rag - Glen Miller
Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford
Mr Ghost Goes to Town - Tommy Dorsey
Pussy Willow - Ellington
By Heck - The Dorsey Brothers
Reading through though, a couple of associations kick in for me, so a few personal favourites of mine you might try (if you don't already have 'em, which you may well do)
You should already have Take it From the Top by Chick Web, but if not, grab it.
Ball of Fire - Gene Krupa
Troubled - Glen Miller / Frankie Trumbauer / Bunny Berigan et al
Johnson Rag - Glen Miller
Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford
Mr Ghost Goes to Town - Tommy Dorsey
Pussy Willow - Ellington
By Heck - The Dorsey Brothers
Tommy Dorsey 1940 - 1942
DEEP RIVER
SWINGTIME UP IN HARLEM
WELL, GIT IT!
QUIET, PLEASE
NOT SO QUIET, PLEASE
SO WHAT?
SWING HIGH
Most bands couldn't cut 1941's DEEP RIVER the way TD plays it and many dancers would not be up to the challenge of making it through the entire number which runs more than 4 minutes. It's fast and intense and it builds!
Most people have not heard it because it has rather successfully avoided a legitimate reissue since 1956 or so; that's the last time I saw it on an TD collection on RCA, except for a Reader's Digest box set reissue in the 70s, IIRC.
DEEP RIVER
SWINGTIME UP IN HARLEM
WELL, GIT IT!
QUIET, PLEASE
NOT SO QUIET, PLEASE
SO WHAT?
SWING HIGH
Most bands couldn't cut 1941's DEEP RIVER the way TD plays it and many dancers would not be up to the challenge of making it through the entire number which runs more than 4 minutes. It's fast and intense and it builds!
Most people have not heard it because it has rather successfully avoided a legitimate reissue since 1956 or so; that's the last time I saw it on an TD collection on RCA, except for a Reader's Digest box set reissue in the 70s, IIRC.
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Do you mean this 1941 recording of Deep River - VICTOR 36396? It's not very fast, just shy of 4 minutes.
This one's a little faster (just a bit)Toon Town Dave wrote:Do you mean this 1941 recording of Deep River - VICTOR 36396? It's not very fast, just shy of 4 minutes.
http://www.emusic.com/album/Tommy-Dorse ... 13934.html
Nice track.
That isnt DEEP RIVER. It's WITHOUT A SONG.Toon Town Dave wrote:Do you mean this 1941 recording of Deep River - VICTOR 36396? It's not very fast, just shy of 4 minutes.
Seems like they uploaded WASong twice b/c it on their list as both that and DEEP RIVER.
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That's a pretty good recreation of DEEP RIVER by someone. That's the TD arrangement (Sy Oliver). Be nice to hear the rest.straycat wrote:This one's a little faster (just a bit)Toon Town Dave wrote:Do you mean this 1941 recording of Deep River - VICTOR 36396? It's not very fast, just shy of 4 minutes.
http://www.emusic.com/album/Tommy-Dorse ... 13934.html
Nice track.
BTW - WITHOUT A SONG was the reverse side of thE original record release of DEEP RIVER, so same catalog number 36396.
And let me add by TD-
BLUE SKIES
LOOSE LID SPECIAL
and the two part
MILENBURG JOYS
Great web site
http://www.jazz-on-line.com
Lots of great Tommy Dorsey to listen to and dig! One of the greatest bands of the Swing Era.
Go, youngbloods, go!!!!
http://www.jazzitude.com/bldorseya.htm
BLUE SKIES
LOOSE LID SPECIAL
and the two part
MILENBURG JOYS
Great web site
http://www.jazz-on-line.com
Lots of great Tommy Dorsey to listen to and dig! One of the greatest bands of the Swing Era.
Go, youngbloods, go!!!!
http://www.jazzitude.com/bldorseya.htm
If you don't have The Fabulous Sidney Bechet [which has Blues my Naughty...] on it, you should get it. The entire CD really swings hard.btluhrman wrote:Thanks so much, I actually don't have some of those. Thanks for the help and does anyone else have any suggestions based off of my list?
Another CD that has a great range of songs on it is Henry Red Allens "World on a String".