Swing and Blues Corner Posts

Published Sep 24th, 2020 by

Dissecting the Apple Part 1

Over the lockdown, we spent twenty two weeks teaching our superhumanly patient group what could well be the world’s longest Big Apple course. For the benefit of the group, and for anyone else who’s interested, it feels like a great time to share a bit more detail on the Apple – some of the history, who the dancers were, musical breakdowns, and a few fun details we’ve spotted along the way. After the fold – some of the history, and the dancers who we see in this classic piece of dance history.

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General rambles

Eric Bibb in our Living RoomEric Bibb
Published Aug 24th, 2020 by

Eric Bibb in our Living Room

Blues General rambles Live

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Joshuaphile Times 2Many Joshuas
Published Jun 21st, 2020 by

Joshuaphile Times 2

Many many years ago, I wrote a slightly post called Joshuaphile, based on the fact that I had quite a few versions of Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (by any number of names) – and how they were mostly quite wildly different from each other. I’ve often wondered about playing a set where I stuck to different versions of exactly same song… so I put together an 8track of eight different versions.

Anyway – 8track has long gone, and now I have a whole lot more versions of Joshua. So here’s Joshuaphile take 2 (or times 2) – with double the number of Joshuas, and using MixCloud, which doesn’t look like going anywhere any time soon. I’m sure everyone has long been harbouring a burning desire to listen to sixteen different versions of Joshua in one stretch – so finally, after the fold you can do exactly that!

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Blues General rambles Music Swing

100 Most-DJ’d Swing Tracks: 10 – 1Charlie Christian
Published Jun 8th, 2020 by

100 Most-DJ’d Swing Tracks: 10 – 1

It’s been a long ten weeks, putting together this set of blog posts – and I can barely believe I’ve reached the end of it. Here then, is the last installment. As ever, all the songs can be heard on a MixCloud mix, and on my now complete(ish) Spotify list. Enjoy!

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DJing Music Set Lists Swing Top 100

100 Most-DJ’d Blues Tracks: 10 – 1Laverne Baker
Published Jun 1st, 2020 by

100 Most-DJ’d Blues Tracks: 10 – 1

Blues DJing Music Top 100

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100 Most-DJ’d Swing Tracks: 20 – 11John Kirby
Published May 31st, 2020 by

100 Most-DJ’d Swing Tracks: 20 – 11

DJing Music Set Lists Swing Top 100

100 Most-DJ’d Blues Tracks: 20 – 11Big Mama Thornton
Published May 25th, 2020 by

100 Most-DJ’d Blues Tracks: 20 – 11

Blues DJing Music Top 100

blues DJing set lists

100 Most-DJ’d Swing Tracks: 30 – 21Jimmy Noone, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds
Published May 24th, 2020 by

100 Most-DJ’d Swing Tracks: 30 – 21

DJing Music Set Lists Swing Top 100