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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #97: Some Of These Days

DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week #97: Some Of These Days by Mario "Harp" Lorenzi | Shuffle Projects

“Some Of These Days” was originally composed and written in 1910 by Shelton Brooks but it is associated with Sophie Tucker, because it became her signature song. It has been recorded by many other artists and it is also very popular among contemporary bands playing in the New Orleans tradition. As a regular reader of this series you know, that I like swing songs played with uncommon instruments, here it’s a harp, played by Mario “Harp” Lorenzi. I got introduced to this Song of the Week by Mitya Kuznetsov – a great swing DJ from Moscow! – at The Snowball [...]

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Documentary: The Call Of The Jitterbug

Documentary Call Of The Jitterbug

YouTube is full of surprises. Again and again you can discover new clips and documentaries about Swing dancing. Yesterday, I’ve found (via Facebook) a documentary from 1988 about Lindy Hop, uploaded by “sabinoson”. The Call Of The Jitterbug A film by Jesper Sorensen, Vibeke Winding and Tana Ross. Edited by Rachel Reichman. Featured among others are Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, George Lloyd and Mama Lu Parks.

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Zürich Balboa Night am 6. Januar 2012

Zürich Balboa Night | Shuffle Projects

ENGLISH version: find this event on Facebook Lasst uns das neue Jahr shuffelnderweise willkommen heissen, an der ersten Zürich Balboa Night in 2012! Zürich Balboa Night Host Christian Bossert Zeit 21.00 – 1.00h DJs Special Guest DJ Romanoff und DJ Chrisbe die heissesten Balboa-Tunes für euch! Ort Downtownswing, Friedaustrasse 17, 8003 Zürich Kosten CHF 15/10 für die Party Stir It!-Mitglieder erhalten CHF 5 Rabatt! Latest News Es geht das Gerücht um, dass eine Berner Delegation an die Balboa Night kommt! Nächste Balboa Night 3. Februar 2012 Die Zürich Balboa Night findet in der Regel jeden 1. Freitag im Monat statt; [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #96: Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass

DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week #96: "Flaming Reeds And Screaming Brass" by Jimmie Lunceford

This is a song I have in my library since a long time but interestingly I didn’t play it until last Saturday at The Snowball in Stockholm. It’s an uptempo song with unexpected breaks and sound patterns. First, you wait until the song really starts when you realize, that you are already in the midst of it. Interestingly, “Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass” was a test recording by the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra from 1933 for Columbia and not released before the late 1960s on LP! James Melvin “Jimmie” Lunceford (6.6.1902 – 12.07.1947) was a multiinstrumentalist but mostly famous as bandleader. [...]

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End-Of-Year Review 2011

End Of Year Review 2011 | Shuffle Projects

After the first end-of-year review at the end of 2010 I thought I’m going to write another one for 2011. There are two reasons for that: I can wrap up the year and summarize what was happening here during 2011 for myself but also for you It helps me to set goals for 2012. We all need goals, don’t we? Some Personal Thoughts Before I start with the summary, I would like to write down some personal thoughts about Shuffle Projects The Blog (Shuffle Projects is actually the head label for all my activities in the swing world, that’s why [...]

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Herrang Dance Camp 2012 – Promotional Video

Herrang Dance Camp 2012 - Promotional Video 30th Anniversary | Shuffle Projects

30 Years Herräng Dance Camp Herrang Dance Camp (HDC) will celebrate the 30th anniversary in 2012. Just today, the promotional video was released. The video was produced by ReelMacoy Herrang Dance Camp 2012 will happen from 30th June – 4th August. The registration will start today, register at http://herrang.com. I can’t wait to be back in Herräng and I’m sure this anniversary edition will be especially unique! Related Posts: Staff DJ at Herräng Dance Camp 2011

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #95: Four Or Five Times

DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week #95: "Four Or Five Times" by Jimmie Noone | Shuffle Projects

From a few songs, I like to collect different versions. “Four Or Five Times” is one of them and this week’s song is one of my alltime favourite swing tunes. A recording from 1937 by Jimmie Noone (23.04.1895-19.04.1944). Beside Johnny Dodds and Sidney Bechet, Jimmie Noone is considered one of the three top New Orleans clarinetists of the 1920s. Noone had a smoother tone and his style influenced many musicians of the Swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, such as Benny Goodman. As a child, he played the guitar before he started to take clarinet lessons at age 15. [...]

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Top Swing Albums of 2011: Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra “Let’s Dance”

Best of 2011: Let's Dance by Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra | Shuffle Projects

Musical Hero Benny Goodman One of my favourite contemporary swing musicians, a fabulous clarinetist from the Netherlands, is Bernard Berkhout. Bernard used to play with small groups, but after reading the book “Swingin’ the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture” by Lewis A. Erenberg [Amazon.de | Amazon.com], he realized the historical importance of his musical hero Benny Goodman and he was so inspired, that he started his own big band. That was in 2008. The big band album was in the air since more than a year, but we had to be patient, until it was [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #94: Petite Fleur

DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week: "Petite Fleur" by Sidney Bechet | Shuffle Projects

During this week, my son will celebrate his first birthday! I dedicate this Song of the Week to him. Petite Fleur means “Little Flower” and I think, it suits perfectly to him. This beautiful and sentimental song was composed by Sidney Bechet, my personal king of the soprano saxophone. He recorded it several times in the fifties with different formations. After performing as a soloist at the Salle Pleyel Jazz Festival in Paris, Bechet decided to move to France in 1950 where he spent the rest of his life. There he was a major celebrity and national hero. Before his [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #93: Moonglow

DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week #93: "Moonglow" (Take 2) by Benny Goodman Quartet

I’m a big admirer of Benny Goodman’s small group recordings from 1935 to 1939. He recorded with different group sizes and what I like is the relaxness in the songs, there is so much joy of play hearable. The sound is full and often, you get the feeling, there were many more musicians involved than actually were. Most of the recordings were done as a quartet, with Gene Krupa on drums, Teddy Wilson on piano and Lionel Hampton on vibes. Please note, that two of the musicians (Wilson and Hampton) were black. It was quite uncommon at that time to [...]

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