ellington "it ain't what you do"?

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ellington "it ain't what you do"?

#1 Post by lipi » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:22 pm

i checked allmusic and the discographies i had handy (read: none, because everything is in boxes following a move), but i can't find any recording of "'t ain't what you do (it's the way that you do it)" by duke ellington.

does anyone know of one and what album i may find it on? bonus points if it's on emusic, itunes, or amazon mp3.

failing that, any preferred ellington tracks for a shim sham? i could use "tuxedo junction", i suppose, form the memories of the big band era album.

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#2 Post by Haydn » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:14 pm

Just listened to a few tracks, and I'm not sure if Ellington tracks work for a shim-sham.

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#3 Post by anton » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:54 pm

Duke did not record 'Tain't What You Do, at least not according to Tom Lord's discography.

It's hard to find Ellington tracks with a straight AABA structure and without weird bridges and breaks. The only mid-tempo song I can think of that is straight enough is Take the A-Train.

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#4 Post by mr. e » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:15 am

I could neither find that song by the duke on AMG, nor on the 40 CD "The Duke" box set that I have.

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#5 Post by Mr Awesomer » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:14 am

anton wrote:The only mid-tempo song I can think of that is straight enough is Take the A-Train.
Mid-tempo Shim-Sham is boring.
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#6 Post by anton » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:23 pm

Mr Awesomer wrote:Mid-tempo Shim-Sham is boring.
Not as boring as your condescending remarks.

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#7 Post by lipi » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:35 pm

o.k., thanks for looking and chiming in, guys!

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#8 Post by Mr Awesomer » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:06 pm

anton wrote:
Mr Awesomer wrote:Mid-tempo Shim-Sham is boring.
Not as boring as your condescending remarks.
oooh... burn! haha

Watch Frankie leading different Shim-Shams... and you tell me when he's the most excited, and in turn the most entertaining.
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#9 Post by anton » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:30 pm

Mr Awesomer wrote: Watch Frankie leading different Shim-Shams... and you tell me when he's the most excited, and in turn the most entertaining.
I define mid-tempo as 150-200 bpm. And I've never seen Frankie lead a shim-sham faster than that (and I suppose I never will now that he's gone)

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#10 Post by dogpossum » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:24 am

Mr Awesomer wrote:
anton wrote:The only mid-tempo song I can think of that is straight enough is Take the A-Train.
Mid-tempo Shim-Sham is boring.

But really slow shimsham is really stimulating.

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#11 Post by zzzzoom » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:28 am

anton wrote:
Mr Awesomer wrote: Watch Frankie leading different Shim-Shams... and you tell me when he's the most excited, and in turn the most entertaining.
I define mid-tempo as 150-200 bpm. And I've never seen Frankie lead a shim-sham faster than that (and I suppose I never will now that he's gone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrOqF7E ... PL&index=3

:D

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#12 Post by anton » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:40 am

Nice.

My verdict on Reuben as being condescending still holds though. As a moderator, he's not setting a very good example of conduct on this forum with his frequent unfriendly remarks.

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#13 Post by fredo » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:25 am

all he did was state an opinion about mid-tempo shim shams? why get all bent out of shape?

and besides, it led to the posting of a fun fast shim sham video with Frankie, so what's the real harm?

A forum of only tacit agreement is boring.

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#14 Post by Mr Awesomer » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:38 am

My favorite Frankie Shim-Sham moment was him leading it to Chick Webb's Stompin' at the Savoy. He was so excited. Don't think it's on video though.

And Anton, I think you're being way to sensitive. Stating an opinion about a dance is nothing like issues we've had in the past around here of arguments that led to name calling.

This wouldn't be a very interesting forum to read if we weren't bouncing our opinions off one another, and we all do it in different ways.
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#15 Post by anton » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:01 am

Mr Awesomer wrote: And Anton, I think you're being way to sensitive. Stating an opinion about a dance is nothing like issues we've had in the past around here of arguments that led to name calling.

This wouldn't be a very interesting forum to read if we weren't bouncing our opinions off one another, and we all do it in different ways.
I don't mind your opinions at all. It's just the way you keep jumping into the middle of conversations with those hostile, slightly off-topic remarks that is starting to get on my nerves.

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