What are your favorite songs right now?

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Haydn · #181 Post by **Haydn** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:47 am

Allen wrote:I've been listening to Joe Daniels and His Hot Shots. The "Swign is the Thing" Album to be exact. It's pretty much pure gold.

Good stuff. Just ordered this, and the other CD 'Drummer Goes to Town'.

Haydn · #182 Post by **Haydn** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:05 am

A band I discovered in a Jazz shop in London is 'Skeets Tolbert and His Gentlemen of Swing'

The 1931-1940 CD is excellent, and the sound quality is not bad -
http://tinyurl.co.uk/hekl

My current favourites are:

Bouncing Rhythm
Hole Holy Roly-Poly

Allen · #183 Post by **Allen** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:16 pm

Haydn wrote:
Allen wrote:I've been listening to Joe Daniels and His Hot Shots. The "Swign is the Thing" Album to be exact. It's pretty much pure gold.
Good stuff. Just ordered this, and the other CD 'Drummer Goes to Town'.

You'll have to tell me how "Drummer goes to Town" is. I have yet to find it for a price i wanted to pay.

Haydn · #184 Post by **Haydn** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:51 pm

Allen wrote:
Haydn wrote:
Allen wrote:I've been listening to Joe Daniels and His Hot Shots. The "Swign is the Thing" Album to be exact. It's pretty much pure gold.
Good stuff. Just ordered this, and the other CD 'Drummer Goes to Town'.

You'll have to tell me how "Drummer goes to Town" is. I have yet to find it for a price i wanted to pay.

Just got it - I wouldn't really recommend it. The 'Swing is the Thing' CD seems to have better material and be better for dancing, from listening to the samples via allmusic. The sound quality on 'Drummer goes to Town' is very good though. And there are some lovely slow numbers like the jazzy blues 'Moonglow'.

Haydn · #185 Post by **Haydn** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:14 am

Just fallen in love with Benny Carter's 'Blue Interlude', track 25 on this CD set -

http://tinyurl.co.uk/joeh

I love the slow lilting rhythm, and this is a number that's great for listening OR dancing.

Matthew · #186 Post by **Matthew** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:13 pm

"Shake That Jelly Roll" - J.C. Cobb & His Grains of Corn, from a CD called Chicago Black Small Bands

The solo in the break at 0:40 is mind-boggling and awesome!

zipthebird · #187 Post by **zipthebird** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:36 pm

Matthew wrote:"Shake That Jelly Roll" - J.C. Cobb & His Grains of Corn, from a CD called Chicago Black Small Bands

The solo in the break at 0:40 is mind-boggling and awesome!

Is this the tune you're talking about?

Matthew · #188 Post by **Matthew** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:42 pm

Yes, and that's the break! If you hear it in context, the syncopation is remarkable.

CountBasi · #189 Post by **CountBasi** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:33 pm

Haydn wrote:A band I discovered in a Jazz shop in London is 'Skeets Tolbert and His Gentlemen of Swing'

The 1931-1940 CD is excellent, and the sound quality is not bad -
http://tinyurl.co.uk/hekl

My current favourites are:

Bouncing Rhythm
Hole Holy Roly-Poly

I have the Chronological Classics 1940-1942. Fantastic stuff!

lipi · #190 Post by **lipi** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:46 am

"Shout 'em Aunt Tillie", Duke Ellington

When I played it last night two people came up to ask what it was.

Joninho22 · #191 Post by **Joninho22** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:03 pm

I recently found Some old Ray charles that I'd never heard before, and the song I'll Do Anything But Work (unknown take) from the album "swing time Jive" its a very relaxed fun song, almost reminiscent Of some of the better Fats Waller stuff.

dogpossum · #192 Post by **dogpossum** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:02 pm

lipi wrote:"Shout 'em Aunt Tillie", Duke Ellington

When I played it last night two people came up to ask what it was.

I love this song. A Melbourne band called The Red Hot Rhythmakers do a really top notch version of it live.

mr. e · #193 Post by **mr. e** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:45 am

dogpossum wrote: I love this song. A Melbourne band called The Red Hot Rhythmakers do a really top notch version of it live.

I love the Red Hot Rhythmakers. We had them visit Munich last year, and they were awesome. I think they were sold out on one of their CDs after their Munich stop, despite having some more tour stops in Europe...

dogpossum · #194 Post by **dogpossum** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:29 pm

Right now I'm obsessed with the song 'Everybody does it now'. I first heard it on the latest Abigail Washburn ep.

http://grooveshark.com/s/Everybody+Does ... pVZo?src=5

Then I realised Martha Copeland's version is the best-known.
Then I found a Helen Humes version.

This really is my favourite sort of music. Now I need to learn more about Martha Copeland!

lipi · #195 Post by **lipi** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:01 am

dogpossum wrote:Right now I'm obsessed with the song 'Everybody does it now'. I first heard it on the latest Abigail Washburn ep.

http://grooveshark.com/s/Everybody+Does ... pVZo?src=5

Then I realised Martha Copeland's version is the best-known.
Then I found a Helen Humes version.

This really is my favourite sort of music. Now I need to learn more about Martha Copeland!

$%#^&*(% me. That's awesome. *bought*