Zürich Balboa Night am 7. Januar 2011

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Zürich Balboa Night

ENGLISH version: find this event on Facebook Das Jahr ist zwar neu, bewährtes bleibt jedoch, wie es war: Januar-Ausgabe der Zürich Balboa Night – der einzige monatliche Balboa Event in der Schweiz! Achtung: Ohne Mini-Workshop vor der Party! Host Christian Bossert DANCE NIGHT Zeit: 21.00 – 1.00h DJ Chrisbe spielt die heissesten Balboa-Tunes für euch! Ort Downtownswing, Friedaustrasse 17, 8003 Zürich Kosten CHF 15/10 Nächste Balboa Night: 4. Februar 2011 mit Gratis Balboa-Schnupperstunde! (19.45-20.45h) Die Zürich Balboa Night findet in der Regel jeden 1. Freitag im Monat statt; ausser im August (Sommerpause). If you like this event please click LIKE [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #43: Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me

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The Fabulous Sidney Bechet

It was in Herrang in 2006 when I heard that song by Sidney Bechet the first time. Skye Humphries used only this particular song the whole week in his classes and pretty soon, the DJs played it also during the nights. I remember when I was asking for the title: “Blues my naught… what???” Such a long bizarre title was hard to memorise, but eventually I made it and I bought the song right after the camp. Meanwhile, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me probably is overplayed on the dance floor but in this case, I don’t care. It [...]

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Pops like never before! Armstrong Museum Catalog Online

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Louis Armstrong House Museum Online Catalog

As the Louis Armstrong House Museum tweeted yesterday, their Museum Collections are available for online browsing: The Louis Armstrong House Museum holds the world’s largest archives devoted to a single jazz musician. Its collections encompass more than 5,000 sound recordings, 15,000 photographs, 30 films, 100 scrapbooks, 20 linear feet of letters and papers, and six trumpets. Researchers, record companies, publishers, film producers, public school students, and many others routinely use these materials. Since 1994, more than a dozen books and recordings have been published based on research from the collections, including Terry Teachout’s Pops, a notable book of 2010. Source [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #42: Baby, Baby

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DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week: Baby, Baby by Rose Murphy

Because she sang “chee chee” in her high-pitched voice in almost every number somewhere, Rose Murphy (07.05.1913-16.11.1989) became famous as “the Chee Chee Girl“. She started her career in the late 1930s playing intermission piano for artists such as Count Basie. Although she was a highly talented pianist, she was best known for her eccentric singing. She combined scating, giggling, percussive sounds and squeals to a unique style. Indeed, it’s a challenge to listen to a full album by Rose Murphy in one go, it could be annoying… No matter I love weird stuff! Baby, Baby is my favourite tune [...]

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“Three Perfect Minutes” Blog

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Three-Perfect-Minutes

Recently I discovered a very interesting blog by Brian Mangum called Three Perfect Minutes. Especially as a Swing music fan and dancer you might be interested in this blog as well. On a regular basis, Brian is writing about what he is considering as Milestone Recordings in American History. His latest post from November 28th for example is about trombonist and bandleader Glenn Miller. Brian gives us a short biography about the artist and features three records from 1939 with additional informations: “Little Brown Jug”, “In The Mood” and “Moonlight Serenade”. To enhance the experience, he suggests additional tracks to [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #41: Cherry

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The Stanley Dance Sessions: Billy Strayhorn & Johnny Hodges

William Thomas “Billy” Strayhorn (29.11.1915-31.5.1967) was a composer, arranger & pianist and especially known for his successful collaboration with Duke Ellington. His most famous composition probably is “Take the “A” Train“. Strayhorn only led few sessions throughout his career. 1959 he (only) recorded his second full-length album called Cue For Saxophone* as the Billy Strayhorn Septet . Actually, the main star is altoist Cue Porter – who was nobody else than Johnny Hodges – while Strayhorn (who plays piano on the seven songs of the album) only co-wrote two basic tune with Hodges and played a fairly minor role. Cherry is one of my favourite songs, almost six [...]

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Zürich Balboa Night am 10. Dezember 2010

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Zürich Balboa Night

ENGLISH version: find this event on Facebook Die letzte Ausgabe in diesem Jahr: Zürich Balboa Night – der einzige monatliche Balboa Event in der Schweiz! Bitte beachten, die Balboa Night beginnt ausnahmsweise um 22.00 h. Host Christian Bossert DANCE NIGHT Zeit: 22.00 – 2.00h Special Guest DJ The Boiling Soup (Tim Kask) und DJ Chrisbe spielen die heissesten Balboa-Tunes für euch! Ort Downtownswing, Friedaustrasse 17, 8003 Zürich Kosten CHF 15/10 Nächste Balboa Night: 7. Januar 2011 Die Zürich Balboa Night findet in der Regel jeden 1. Freitag im Monat statt; ausser im August (Sommerpause). If you like this event please [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #40: Piano Stomp (Shine)

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Lionel Hampton Piano Stomp (Shine)

Frenchie Balboa Festival (FBF) is over! Another great Balboa weekend with great dances and great music. If you would like to improve your speed in Balboa dancing and especially shuffling, here is my song of the week which will be a challenge for sure. This is one of the fastest song I’ve ever danced to: A breathtaking version of Shine with 300 bpm!! Lionel Leo Hampton (20.04.1908-31.08.2002) was one of the swing giants, he was the first jazz vibraphonist, but also pianist, percussionist, band leader and actor. 1936 he was discovered by Benny Goodman, shortly afterwards he played and recorded [...]

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DJ Chrisbe Hosts Guest DJ Show on Yehoodi Radio

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DJ Chrisbe hosts Guest DJ show on Yehoodi Radio

I’m feeling honoured! This month I’m going to host the guest DJ show on Yehoodi Radio, a 24 hour lindy hop, blues and jazz internet radio station. The show is scheduled on Thursdays (all day rotation) during December 2010. The set is about 4.5 hours! >> Tune into Yehoodi Radio << Set list guest DJ show by Swing DJ Chrisbe [the number between square brackets indicates the number of the Song of the Week] When I Get Low I Get High – Linnzi Zaorski & Delta Royale [#2] The Gal From Joe’s – Charlie Barnet [#6] Dinah – Cab Calloway [...]

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