DCLX 2011: Encore! Encore! Encore!

April 24, 2011 at 4:18 am (balboa, Dance, Lindy Hop, Music Review, Video Highlights)

So I’m working backwards for a reason. Several actually. I was going to do a recap of my self-proclaimed Greatest Lindy Exchange EVER!,but then it became apparent that I should do a separate post on the Battle of the Bands on Saturday night. After I started working on that, I turned it into an even bigger project by soliciting input from the musicians, DCLX committee members, and dancers who attended.

The good news: I’ve gotten a ton of really insightful responses, so now the challenge is weaving this wealth of information into a coherent post. Maybe more.

The bad news: This is taking longer than I thought, even as I keep getting more and more responses.

So until I finish those posts, I thought I’d give you guys a little taste. Read the rest of this entry »

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“All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm”

April 6, 2011 at 11:00 pm (Uncategorized)

I posted a couple of links today on the Facebook page for this blog that led me to the idea of posting the full scene from “A Day At The Races” featuring Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. But since I had some thoughts lengthier than 420 characters, I just thought I’d turn it into a full blog post.

This clip reminded me of one of my many incomplete blog posts where I was doing research on my favorite Duke Ellington vocalist featured in this clip, and possibly my favorite female jazz vocalists of all time, Ivie Anderson. Had she lived longer, I have no doubt that she’d be considered in the same breath as Billie and Ella. Read the rest of this entry »

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