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Herräng Resources

Well I’m officially feeling nostalgic about summertime craziness in a small town in Sweden. Registration for 2014 ain’t that far away so in the first of a few posts I may or may not write about Herräng I’ve put together this (incomplete) list of resources about the centre of the centre of the Lindy Hop Universe.
Official Sites

Official Website (I’ll note that they’ve done a major revamp this year)

(and it would appear that Heaven’s Kitchen has a website too)

Social Media

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn 

Blog Posts
I’ve tried to concentrate on blog posts that have been written in the last few years. There’s plenty out there from before then.

Lloydian Dance – Reviews of every camp since 1999 (warning – reading these can be a huge time sink – especially if you’ve been to Herräng before. Lloyd is also a person of very strong opinions, so tune out if you’re easily offended)

It’s the Way That You Do It – What’s Herräng and 10 Things to Know about Herräng 

Ickeroo’s – Top 10 Things To Bring With You to Herrang

Small Dancer Ramblings – Herräng for Dummies (also see this post on the 2011 camp)

Jazz up your life Singapore – The Ultimate Guide to Herräng 2011

Rikomatic’s 2011 Herräng series – Day 2, Day 3, Swing Kids, Carling Family, Floorcraft, Flu, Final Day, Food.

Norma Miller’s HDC 2012 Review

My World in D Flat – Its the Final Countdown! Herrang 2012.

Videos

Calle Johansson’s Channel (the unofficial official Herräng channel)

Herräng on Vimeo

Tor Helmstein’s Videos (a number of public service announcements and other videos shown in the evening meetings)

Lindybeige’s Herräng series (more from Lloyd – this time in video format)

Chester Whitmore – Blackman and Reefer

Anthony Mak’s Why We Lindy Hop – Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4

Film Festival videos (Herräng the Musi-Documentary, The Creeper, Herrang Hide and Seek if anyone has more upload them to Youtube)

Blues Dancing Educational Video

Audio

Yehoodi Talk Show’s Herrang Show

Lonely Planet – 15 min Audio Documentary

10 Lindy Hop Videos Everyone Should Watch

Well I’ve been slack with the postings as of late (I’ve been working on some other projects – and am starting my PhD – besides am I ever not slack with posting stuff here) – heck I’m always slack, but here’s 10 important videos about Lindy Hop. There’s no real criteria for inclusion – I’ve picked some that are great examples of things, others that are important for our modern scene in various ways and others because I like them. Enjoy!

1 – After Seben 1929
Baring the uncovering of some archival footage (which is possible, film shot at the 1928 Harlem dance marathon – where Lindy was supposedly invented – exists in a vault in South Carolina) this film from 1929 is the earliest example we have of Lindy Hop and features the legendary ‘Shorty’ George Snowden. With comments from Bobby White:

2 – Hellzapoppin – 1941
The most famous Lindy Hop routine on film. You can also watch the full movie here.I like this version with the musical introduction featuring the genius of Slim and Slam which illustrates the call and response features of jazz.

3 – The Spirit Moves
The most important video documentary of African American vernacular dance. Mura Dehn filmed a bunch of the greats from the Savoy, including Al Minns and Leon James, amongst many other dancers tracing the changes in dance styles across the 20th century. This is just a preview of the DVD (if you’re serious about this shit you should buy yourself a copy). There’s videos on youtube of various lindy hop related scenes that you can search out as well.

4 – Mad Dog 2002
Badass! was a quality missing during the neo-swing and groove phases that contemporary lindy hop went through – but it’s not missing in this routine. It’s was pretty influential (I wasn’t around then, but those who were still talk about it) and a great example of a throw down everything balls-to-the-wall jam.


6 – Skye and Frida “24 Robbers” – 2007

No list of lindy hop videos is complete without a performance from the power couple of Frida Segerdahl and Skye Humphries. This is one of their more iconic routines (and one of my personal favourites).
Jerry Almonte has a lengthy post about this routine that is well worth reading – in fact if you really want to get yourself schooled on the recent history of lindy hop (and have some time to kill – it’s about 70 pages long) check out his Artistry in Rhythm series.

8 – The Last Bounce – 2010

Lindy Hop in an arena spectacular? Where else but Sweden of course. The Harlem Hotshots wow the audience in this section of The Last Bounce.

9 – Black Coffee – 2011
There’s now a bunch of Lindy Hop videos made by Lindy Hoppers which have rather high production values. This was one of the first I saw and remains a favourite:

10 – What is Lindy Hop? – 2013

It only took 8 years but there’s finally a video on You Tube that actually explains what Lindy Hop is (aside from the misleading references to newspaper headlines). Put together by Yehoodi for this year’s live broadcast of ILHC it’s something you can send to relos and non-dancing friends.

Bonus – Evolution of Lindy Hop – 2010
Karen Turman and Andrew Thigpen’s ILHC routine references a tonne of choreography from classic Lindy Hop videos. You can read about the thought process behind it in a series of guest posts (again on Jerry’s blog), Ben Yau has an analysis of all the videos and there’s also a compilation here.

 

DJing at Herrang

I’ve just left Herrang after volunteering for the crash down of camp. I’m now slowly meandering my way to Italy where I’ll take up residence in September. Whilst I was taking classes and partying I had the opportunity to be a volunteer DJ on a number of occasions. DJing at Herrang was an awesome experience and I thought I’d share some of my experiences (and also how the volunteer DJing works – there’s not too much information out there about it) and vague meanderings about DJing there. I may get around to posting some other stuff about Herrang, but we’ll see how that works out with some of the other stuff I’m doing over the next few weeks.

DJed music at Herrang is done by the Head DJs, Staff DJs (Christian Bossert has a great post about being a staff DJ here) and Volunteer DJs. The crucial sets are looked after by the Head and Staff DJs with volunteer DJs generally given the less critical sets (for example in another room whilst the band is playing or early in the night). My sets ranged in length from an hour to more than 2 hours. Volunteer DJs will occasionally get to close out the night in somewhere like the library or the Dancebanan, but I don’t believe it happens often.

To be a volunteer DJ all you need to do is show up for one of the DJ meetings held on Sunday by the Head DJs. To be asked to DJ more than once all you need to do is not play crap music. The number of sets that you are asked to do will vary depending on the number of volunteer DJs, how late the dancers are staying up that week, how much live music is going on and whether the head DJs like you or not.

For volunteer DJs the perks are few: you get free entrance to the party on the evening you’re Djing (an important consideration if you’re planning on buying a party pass) and bike parking right outside Folkets Hus. But hey, you’re DJing at freaking Herrang (and I’m hoping the exposure will be good, now that I’ve moved to Europe).

There are 3 main dance spaces in the Folkets Hus, the main location for the evening partying

  • The Main Ballroom – with the exception of slow drag night and the occasional activity on the Friday night party the main ballroom is always lindy hop. Sometimes a band will play the ballroom.
  • The Dansbanan (aka the Dance Banana) – during week 1 this is the Boogie Woogie floor, for other weeks it’s usually lindy hop. Sometimes a band will play the dancebanan.
  • The Library – the library had quite a bit of variation. During week 1 it was slow dance themed, week 3 was balboa and there were other events in there too (often themed for the Friday party, Peter Loggins also played a New Orleans set there), but the intention is to keep the library relatively true to the Herrang music philosophy (there was a well attended discussion on this during week 5, which I missed).

Then there’s the secret blues dancing parties which occur in a variety of venues (including the Sauna, Heaven’s Kitchen or the foyer of Folkets Hus), to DJ these you need to contact the organisers (who vary).

Herrang’s music philosophy is well known. The focus is on big band swing recorded in the 1920s, 30s and early 1940s, with the late 30s early 40s period probably being the most played period. Contemporary bands that play in a similar style are also played (though I feel that there may be a little too much reliance on very popular bands like Gordon Webster and Glenn Crytzer). Perdido (1942) and Now You Has Jazz (1956) were two of the most popular tracks by my ear unless you count the 2 hours of Bananaphone (1994) which completed the end of the ultimately bad lindy hop music showcase on the last Thursday of camp.

I played what I consider to be relatively conservative sets. You don’t come to Herrang to experiment and you don’t come to Herrang to play crap (unless it’s bad music night). Having said that I think flexibility is also very important. The following DJ may be late or not show up at all; you might be asked to DJ a lindy room, only to be faced with a room of balboa dancers (both of which happened to me – the balboa freaked me out a little, not being a huge balboa dancer I normally need some time to prepare for a balboa set, but I recovered eventually). I also Djed one of the peer auditions for the Advanced Lindy Hop stream which was fun. About a third of the tracks I played were recorded before 1939 and half before 1944. A third of the tracks I played were contemporary (though that does include a lot of the tracks I dropped during the secret blues party I DJed) with the remainder being from the late 40s and 50s.

Djing at Herrang was an awesome experience and I hope to be back spinning next year.

Setlists

8 July 0130-0230 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Muddy Waters (A Mississippi Moan) – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 1 – 167 – 2:58
2 – And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Masters: CD7 1942-45 – 149 – 3:15
3 – Song of the Volga Boatmen – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments – 125 – 3:26
4 – What’s Your Name – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 151 – 3:34
5 – Jacquet in the Box – Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators – Skinny Minne – 160 – 2:46
6 – St. Louis Blues – Artie Shaw – Greatest Hits – 171 – 3:01
7 – Blues in Hoss’ Flat – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Away – 148 – 5:15
8 – Sweet Loraine – Metronome All Stars – The Classic Recordings 1939-1953 – 122 – 3:14
9 – Afternoon Of A Moax (Shake, Rattle ‘n’ Roll) – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 131 – 3:23
10 – Darktown Strutter’s Ball – Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight – The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 – 182 – 3:02
11 – Apollo Jump – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 147 – 3:26
12 – Boulder Buff – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments – 131 – 3:31
13 – Corner Pocket – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 139 – 5:17
14 – Bizet Has His Day – Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Session #55 – 158 – 2:27
15 – Night Train – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 142 – 3:59
16 – Jersey Bounce – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 126 – 3:32

20 July time? Library
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – What’s Your Name – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 151 – 3:34
2 – Over Hand (New Froggy Bottom) – Mary Lou Williams & Her Trio – Queen of Jazz Piano – 141 – 2:47
3 – Milkman – Keep Those Bottle Quiet – Kay Kyser and His Orchestra – Swingin’ ‘Round The Clock – 166 – 2:58
4 – The Right Idea – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 184 – 3:13
5 – Baby Brown – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 207 – 1:24
6 – Truckin’ – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Disc 5 – 238 – 3:00
7 – Swing – Brother – Swing – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 154 – 1:50
8 – Stop Beatin’ ‘Round the Mulberry Bush – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 147 – 2:54
9 – Mr. Rhythm – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 131 – 4:08
10 – Swingin’ on Nothin’ – Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander – Jammin’ the Blues – 126 – 3:45
11 – Hesitating Blues – Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers – A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier – 107 – 3:12
12 – Goodnight, My Love – Benny Goodman – Swing Kids Sountrack – 114 – 3:08
13 – You’re Slightly Less Than Wonderful – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 136 – 2:24
14 – Leap Frog – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 7 – 158 – 2:59
15 – Thursday – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 3) – 173 – 3:06
16 – Jumbuck Jamboree – Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers – Rhythm of the Day – 181 – 2:55
17 – Roll Em – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Away – 200 – 4:53
18 – Posin’ – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 191 – 3:01
19 – Dark Rapture – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 154 – 2:40
20 – Chasing Shadows (-2) – Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 136 – 2:38
21 – The ‘C’ Jam Blues – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 180 – 2:39
22 – The Yacht Club Swing – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 172 – 3:11
23 – Air Mail Special – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 3 – 224 – 2:57
24 – Ridin’ High [Live] – Benny Goodman – Essential Benny Goodman – Disc 2 – 241 – 2:39
25 – King Porter Stomp – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra – Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947: Disc 3 – 224 – 2:57
26 – Darktown Strutters Ball – Red McKenzie and the Celestial Beings – A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier – 242 – 3:30
27 – I Want to Be Happy – Chick Webb – Strictly Jive – 214 – 4:18
28 – Special Delivery – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 – 231 – 3:01
29 – High Society – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 246 – 3:15
30 – Shorty George – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 206 – 2:46
31 – Main Stem – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 207 – 2:51

24 July 0245-0410 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Darktown Strutter’s Ball – Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight – The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 – 182 – 3:02
2 – Big Chief De Sota – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra – Wrappin’ It Up: Disc 4 – 190 – 2:59
3 – Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 1) – 170 – 2:50
4 – Johnson Rag – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller in the Mood – 157 – 2:51
5 – Wild Mob Of The Fish Pond – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 133 – 3:15
6 – Pig Foot Sonata – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 127 – 3:04
7 – Shorty’s Got to Go – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 146 – 3:13
8 – My Blue Heaven – Mint Julep Jazz Band – Mint Julep Jazz Band – 165 – 3:17
9 – Say It with Your Feet – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 176 – 3:09
10 – A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird (Alt Take) – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 – 157 – 2:59
11 – Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers – Shake It and Break It – 147 – 2:52
12 – Ain’t Nothing To It – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 127 – 3:14
13 – Bounce Me, Brother, With a Solid Four – Will Bradley and His Orchestra – Howdy, Friends – 146 – 3:17
14 – Pussy Willow – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 158 – 4:33
15 – One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 170 – 3:08
16 – Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 180 – 3:15
17 – Main Stem – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Live in Swing City: Swingin’ with Duke – 200 – 3:56
18 – Bli Blip – Jennie Lobel & Swing Kings – Mop Mop & Bli Blip – 163 – 2:47
19 – To a Broadway Rose – Artie Shaw – Greatest Hits – 152 – 3:30
20 – Davenport Blues – Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra – Jack Teagarden, Big “T”: Disc 2 – 139 – 3:17
21 – Organ Grinder’s Swing – Jimmie Lunceford – The Classic Tracks – 123 – 2:41
22 – Well, All Right – Tommy Dorsey – A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 1 – 147 – 3:12
23 – Roll ‘Em (Pt. 1) – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 4 – 165 – 2:54
24 – Cherokee – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 174 – 3:20

25 July 0400-0630 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Forty Cups of Coffee – Betty Miller with Sid Phillips & His Band – The Best of British Jazz: Disc 2 – 134 – 3:04
2 – Ballin’ The Jack – Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band – This Kid’s The Greatest! – 149 – 3:15
3 – The Honeydripper (Liggins) – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – Life Is Fine – Disc 4 – 160 – 2:44
4 – St. Louis Blues – Artie Shaw – Greatest Hits – 171 – 3:01
5 – The Right Idea – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 184 – 3:13
6 – Goin’ to Lindy Land – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 152 – 3:43
7 – Sales Tax – Leigh Barker – The Sales Tax – 140 – 3:42
8 – Perdido – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 127 – 3:10
9 – Old Fashioned Love – Unity Hall Jazz Band – Unity Hall Jazz Band – 146 – 4:42
10 – Till Tom Special – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 159 – 3:23
11 – Fat And Greasy – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 162 – 3:09
12 – C Jam Blues – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 170 – 4:12
13 – Red Top/Ella’s Blues/C-Jam Blues/Blow Top Blues – Barbara Morrison – By Request: Volume 2 – 141 – 3:12
14 – Alright, O.K., You Win – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 133 – 3:05
15 – Uptown Sop – Gordon Webster – Happy When I’m With You – 115 – 5:44
16 – Mack the Knife – Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife – 139 – 4:39
17 – Blues in Hoss’ Flat – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Away – 148 – 5:15
18 – Bearcat Shuffle – Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy – Queen of Jazz Piano – 156 – 3:02
19 – Look a There – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart – Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 1 – 178 – 2:17
20 – Jacquet in the Box – Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators – Skinny Minne – 160 – 2:46
21 – Daddy Won’t You Please Come Home – Alex Pangman – They Say – 134 – 4:00
22 – Sister Kate – New Orleans Moonshiners – Frenchmen St. Parade – 116 – 3:31
23 – I Don’t Care Who Knows – Catherine Russell – Sentimental Streak – 130 – 3:18
24 – Boogie Blues – Gene Krupa & his Orchestra – Drum Crazy – 143 – 3:23
25 – Sing Me a Swing Song – Chick Webb and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 – 159 – 2:35
26 – Take the ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 166 – 2:57
27 – On Revival Day – LaVern Baker – LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith – 142 – 3:16
28 – Big Fine Daddy – Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing – 123 – 4:06
29 – You Turned the Tables on Me – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 114 – 3:08
30 – Mr. Rhythm – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 131 – 4:08
31 – Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie – Nikki Yanofsky – Nikki – 144 – 3:50
32 – Are You Hep to the Jive? – Cab Calloway – Are You Hep to the Jive? – 158 – 2:50
33 – Bei Mir Bist Du Schon – Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters – The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 1 – 164 – 3:02
34 – Sweethearts on Parade – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 175 – 3:00
35 – The Ball Game – Sister Wynona Carr – Dragnet for Jesus – 140 – 3:06
36 – Moan You Moaners – Palmetto Bug Stompers – Live @ Dba – 126 – 4:46
37 – Happy Go Lucky Local – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Live in Swing City: Swingin’ with Duke – 111 – 6:57
38 – When I Get Low, I Get High – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 106 – 5:27
39 – Don’t Advertise Your Man – Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey – Wild Women – 99 – 3:36
40 – Sit Back Down – Little Esther – The Blues: New York – Disc 3 – 113 – 2:23
41 – Buona Sera – Louis Prima – Buona Sera: Just a Gigolo – 107 – 2:59

26 July 2330-0200 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Savoy – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 191 – 3:26
2 – Christopher Columbus – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 2 – 186 – 3:08
3 – Little Brown Jug – Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters – The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 2 – 170 – 3:11
4 – Dark Eyes – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 163 – 3:22
5 – Vine Street Boogie – Jay McShann and His Orchestra – Blues from Kansas City – 153 – 2:36
6 – Tip on the Numbers – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart – Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 3 – 143 – 3:01
7 – Flat Foot Floogee – Benny Goodman – Swing Kids Sountrack – 160 – 3:20
8 – Swingmatism – Jay McShann and His Orchestra – Blues from Kansas City – 177 – 2:39
9 – The Dipsy Doodle – Chick Webb and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD2 1937-38 – 188 – 3:10
10 – Macpherson Is Rehearsin’ (To Swing) – Chick Webb – Strictly Jive – 197 – 3:05
11 – He Ain’t Got Rhythm – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 174 – 2:45
12 – Funny Feathers – Louis Armstrong – Meet the Girls – 156 – 3:17
13 – Le Jazz Hot – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 3 – 147 – 2:44
14 – Swinging On A Star – Bing Crosby with The Music Maids and The Charioteers – Swingin’ ‘Round The Clock – 123 – 3:32
15 – Easy Does It – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 2 – 149 – 3:29
16 – Smooth Sailing – Horace Henderson and His Orchestra – The Real Kansas City of the ’20s, ’30s & ’40s – 162 – 2:57
17 – Boogie Woogie – Jones-Smith, Inc. – America’s #1 Band: Disc 1 – 181 – 3:16
18 – Penguin Swing – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 4 – 200 – 3:32
19 – Whoa Babe – Kay Thompson – Saturday Night Swing Club: First Anniversary Show – 201 – 4:19
20 – Exposition Swing (alt tk 2) – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Disc 6 – 219 – 3:13
21 – The Yacht Club Swing – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 172 – 3:11
22 – Bizet Has His Day – Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Session #55 – 158 – 2:27
23 – Jive at Five – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 1 – 136 – 3:09
24 – Shiny Stockings – Solomon Douglas – Swingmatism – 125 – 5:43
25 – Good Queen Bess – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 146 – 3:51
26 – Sister Kate – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 158 – 13:53
27 – Jumpin’ At the Woodside – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 237 – 3:10
28 – When I Grow Too Old To Dream – Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 201 – 2:43
29 – Sugerfoot Rag – Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD10 1949-50 – 196 – 3:03
30 – Viper Mad – Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle’s Swingers – The Ultimate 30s and 40s Reefer Songs – 178 – 3:03
31 – Let Me Off Uptown – Gene Krupa & his Orchestra – Drum Crazy – 151 – 3:05
32 – Perdido Street Blues – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 6 – 143 – 3:06
33 – Open House – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 133 – 3:01
34 – Ride On – Stan Kenton – Intermission Riff – 121 – 2:24
35 – Cow Cow Boogie – Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots – The Complete Masters: CD7 1942-45 – 116 – 2:55
36 – Don’t Fence Me In – Ella Fitzgerald – Simply Ella – Disc 2 – 112 – 3:22
37 – Davenport Blues – Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra – Jack Teagarden, Big “T”: Disc 2 – 139 – 3:17
38 – Tuxedo Junction – Erskine Hawkins – Big Bands’ Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 – 152 – 3:17
39 – Rose Room – Crytzer’s Blue Rhythm Band – Chasin’ The Blues – 163 – 2:49
40 – Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 180 – 3:15
41 – Wednesday Night Hop – JW Swing Orchestra – JW Swing Orchestra Live – 192 – 2:51
42 – Sing You Sinners – Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers – Sweet Like This – 202 – 4:57
43 – Roll ’em Pete – George Gee Swing Orchestra – John Dokes Sings George Gee Swings – 214 – 2:38
44 – I’m Gonna Lock My Heart – Boilermaker Jazz Band – Give Me Your Telephone Number… – 198 – 3:28
45 – Oh Babe! – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 2 – 171 – 2:56
46 – Jesus Is Here to Stay – Sister Rosetta Tharpe – The Original Soul Sister, V. 3 – 167 – 2:51
47 – Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (Alt Tk) – Sidney Bechet – The Fabulous Sidney Bechet – 132 – 5:54
48 – Cement Mixer – Slim Gaillard Trio – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 128 – 3:19
49 – Chasing Shadows (-2) – Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 136 – 2:38

27 July 2300-0030 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Corner Pocket (Alt tk) – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 145 – 5:00
2 – Sing for Your Supper – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 3) – 166 – 2:44
3 – Rump Steak Serenade – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 179 – 2:41
4 – Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight (Alt Tk-2) – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 4 – 162 – 2:10
5 – Drop Me Off In Harlem – Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 06 – 142 – 3:03
6 – Tabby the Cat – Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra – Jazz Cats: Felix and other Cats – 139 – 3:02
7 – Drei Six Cents – Slim Gaillard Quartette – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 125 – 2:43
8 – Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy – Stan Kenton – Intermission Riff – 124 – 2:36
9 – Second Balcony Jump – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 7 – 143 – 3:06
10 – Teasin’ Tessie Brown – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 158 – 2:54
11 – C Jam Blues – Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators – Skinny Minne – 172 – 2:31
12 – Milenberg Joys – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 190 – 3:45
13 – Fare Thee Well Deacon Jones – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 2 – 154 – 2:46
14 – Out Of Nowhere – Harry James – Life Goes to a Party – 142 – 2:52
15 – Accentuate The Positive – Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers – Swingin’ ‘Round The Clock – 137 – 4:42
16 – Perdido – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 127 – 3:10
17 – Sweet Potato Fries – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 145 – 4:26
18 – Caladonia – Geoff Bull And The Finer Cuts – Geoff Bull And The Finer Cuts – 166 – 4:27
19 – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – 180 – 3:53
20 – When I Grow Too Old to Dream – The Cats and The Fiddle – We Cats Will Swing for You 1939-1940 – 199 – 2:47
21 – A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird – Cab Calloway – Are You Hep to the Jive? – 161 – 2:53
22 – Loose Wig – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Flying Home – 145 – 3:04
23 – Blues for You, Johnny (Alt Tk-2) – Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 6 – 140 – 3:00
24 – Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home – Cecil Aagaard and His Swingsters – Leo Mathisen 1940-41: Take It Easy – 123 – 3:12
25 – Booglie Wooglie Piggy (Live) – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller All Time Favourites – 142 – 2:34
26 – The Count (alt tk -3) – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 4 – 165 – 3:32
27 – How Come You Do Me Like You Do? – Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra – Essential Sides Remastered (1933-1934): Disc 2 – 171 – 3:05
28 – Flying Home – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 183 – 2:55

29 July 0100-0300 (0300-0420 Secret blues party) Library
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Midnight Sun – 132 – 3:24
2 – I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) – Julie Lee & Her Boyfriends – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 13 – 161 – 2:57
3 – That Chick’s Too Young to Fry – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five – Choo Choo Ch’boogie – 188 – 2:26
4 – Black Coffee – The Careless Lovers – Black Coffee – Single – 200 – 2:39
5 – Twenty-Four Robbers – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 245 – 2:50
6 – Lindy Hopper’s Delight – Ella Fitzgerald – Strictly Jive – 195 – 2:45
7 – You’re the Cream in My Coffee – Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers – Rhythm of the Day – 167 – 3:42
8 – Ballin’ The Jack – Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band – This Kid’s The Greatest! – 149 – 3:15
9 – Boogie Woogie – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 180 – 3:03
10 – Mack the Knife – Ella Fitzgerald – The Essential Ella Fitzgerald: the Great Songs – 141 – 5:08
11 – Kansas City with Shake Rattle and Roll – Barbara Morrison – Live at the 9:20 Special – 157 – 5:56
12 – Old Fashioned Love – Unity Hall Jazz Band – Unity Hall Jazz Band – 146 – 4:42
13 – I Like Pie – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 162 – 5:37
14 – Darktown Strutters’ Ball – Mint Julep Jazz Band – Mint Julep Jazz Band – 198 – 3:14
15 – And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Stan Kenton – Artistry in Rhythm – 152 – 3:05
16 – Shout, Sister, Shout – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 141 – 2:44
17 – Music Makers – Harry James & His Orchestra – All That Swing – Disc 1 – 135 – 3:17
18 – Strollin’ – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 159 – 3:25
19 – He Ain’t Got Rhythm – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 166 – 4:48
20 – Blue Drag – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – 179 – 4:23
21 – Oh Yes, Take Another Guess – Catherine Russell – Sentimental Streak – 142 – 2:26
22 – Walkin’ Off the Blues – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 132 – 3:43
23 – Someone Else Is Slippin’ In – Kim Massie with The Solomon Douglas Swingtet – Soul Serenade – 115 – 3:54
24 – Uptown Sop – Gordon Webster – Happy When I’m With You – 115 – 5:44
25 – Comes Love – Midnight Serenaders – Sweet Nothin’s – 104 – 5:29
26 – Black And Tan Fantasy – Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions – 95 – 4:03
27 – Buddy Bolden’s Blues – Hugh Laurie – Let Them Talk – 81 – 3:12
28 – Frosty Morning Blues – Cecile McLorin Salvant – Cecile – 71 – 4:42
29 – Funky Blues – Solomon Douglas – Swingmatism – 62 – 7:12
30 – Where Are the Words – Lisa Otey – Gimme Some a Yo’ Sugar – 58 – 5:10
31 – Song with No Words – Asylum Street Spankers – Spanks for the Memories – 87 – 4:12
32 – Down Home Blues – Barbara Morrison – By Request: Volume 2 – 86 – 4:57
33 – Pepper Head Woman – Square Walton – The Blues: New York – Disc 3 – 88 – 2:24
34 – Those Lonely, Lonely Nights – Earl King – Crescent City Bounce, from Blues to R&B in New Orleans: Disc C – 71 – 2:25
35 – Midnight Hours – Larry Dale – The Blues: New York – Disc 3 – 70 – 3:00
36 – Can’t Sleep – Jonno Zilber – Bigger Better Zilber – 66 – 4:05
37 – Hoochy Coochie Man – Muddy Waters – Blues Guitar Heros (Volume2) – 66 – 2:57
38 – I Hate A Man Like You – Hugh Laurie – Didn’t It Rain – 72 – 4:17
39 – Bad Luck Everywhere You Go – C.W. Stoneking – King Hokum – 80 – 4:22
40 – Second Chances – Jonno Zilber – Bigger Better Zilber – 65 – 3:50
41 – San Francisco Bay Blues – Eva Cassidy – Simply Eva – 58 – 3:54
42 – Sugar Blues – Creole Syncopators – The Storyville Years – 87 – 3:55
43 – Long, Strong and Consecutive – Catherine Russell – Inside This Heart of Mine – 74 – 3:59
44 – St James Infirmary – Christa Hughes and the Honky Tonk Shonks – Shonky – 69 – 5:21
45 – Blue Horizon – Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses – Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses – A Tribute to Sidney Bechet – Live in New Oleans – 62 – 4:44
46 – Nobody’s Blues But Mine – Tuba Skinny – Garbage Man – 67 – 5:57
47 – Lucky Devil – Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns – Lucky Devil – 65 – 4:54
48 – Wild Man Blues – Sidney Bechet – The Legendary Sidney Bechet – 87 – 3:19
49 – My Baby On My Mind – The Cope St Parade – Live at Caravan – 89 – 3:52
50 – Careless Love – Hugh Laurie – Didn’t It Rain – 55 – 5:21

31 July 2230-0015 Main Ballroom
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Sweethearts On Parade – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 6 – 161 – 2:52
2 – Ridin’ on a Blue Note – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties: Disc 2 – 152 – 2:47
3 – Flying Home, No. 2 – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Flying Home – 162 – 3:07
4 – Foo a Little Bally-Hoo – Cab Calloway – Are You Hep to the Jive? – 172 – 3:01
5 – And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Stan Kenton – Artistry in Rhythm – 152 – 3:05
6 – Twenty-Four Robbers – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – Life Is Fine – Disc 4 – 139 – 3:10
7 – Southern Fried – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 130 – 3:24
8 – Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 145 – 3:10
9 – There’ll Be a Hot Time in The Town of Berlin – Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band – Rare Broadcast Performances from 1943-1944 – 158 – 2:36
10 – Fat And Greasy – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 162 – 3:09
11 – A Well a Take Um a Joe – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart – Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 2 – 184 – 3:05
12 – Shorty George – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Oscillatin’ Rhythm – 199 – 2:55
13 – The Fox – Ray Anthony and His Orchestra – Oscillatin’ Rhythm – 162 – 2:33
14 – Let the Good Times Roll – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Live! – 150 – 2:32
15 – Ain’t She Sweet – Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Session #55 – 142 – 3:18
16 – Sweet Loraine – Metronome All Stars – The Classic Recordings 1939-1953 – 122 – 3:14
17 – Stompin at the Savoy – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Presenting Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey – 149 – 3:21
18 – Swing, Brother, Swing – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 154 – 1:50
19 – Little Brown Jug – Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters – The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 2 – 170 – 3:11
20 – Well, Get It – Tommy Dorsey – A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 1 – 189 – 3:03
21 – Two O’Clock Jump – Muggsy Spanier and His Orchestra – A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier – 204 – 3:01
22 – Ridin’ and Jivin’ – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 4 – 154 – 2:42
23 – C Jam Blues – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Live in Swing City: Swingin’ with Duke – 143 – 3:33
24 – Estrelita – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 132 – 3:37
25 – Summit Ridge Drive – Artie Shaw – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 07 – 127 – 3:22
26 – I’m Puttin’ All My Eggs In One Basket – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 2 – 142 – 2:56
27 – The Object of My Affections – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 154 – 3:11
28 – Leap Frog – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 7 – 158 – 2:59
29 – Blue Skies – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 3 – 169 – 2:54
30 – Functionizin’ – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 171 – 3:08
31 – Apollo Jump – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 147 – 3:26
32 – Lavendar Coffin – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Midnight Sun – 137 – 2:47
33 – Groovy Juice Jive – Slim Gaillard Quartette – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 152 – 3:07
34 – Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 1) – 170 – 2:50
35 – Oh, Baby! (Pt. 1) – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Sessions Disc 6 – 168 – 4:57

3 August 0130-0255 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – For Dancers Only – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 149 – 2:43
2 – I’ve Got A Pocketful of Dreams – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 5 – 156 – 2:55
3 – The Gal From Joe’s – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties: Disc 2 – 166 – 2:58
4 – Taps Miller – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 3 – 193 – 3:20
5 – Baby Brown – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 207 – 1:24
6 – I’m Gonna Clap My Hands – Gene Krupa’s Swing Band – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 190 – 3:00
7 – Stomp It Off – Tommy Dorsey – A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 2 – 159 – 3:45
8 – Mop! Mop! – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five – Choo Choo Ch’boogie – 132 – 2:58
9 – Comes Love – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 147 – 4:23
10 – Goin’ to Lindy Land – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 152 – 3:43
11 – Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume – Ray McKinley & His Orchestra – “Howdy – Friends” – 170 – 3:18
12 – The Jumpin’ Jive – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 5 – 176 – 2:51
13 – Leapin’ At The Lincoln – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 200 – 2:46
14 – Dark Eyes – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 163 – 3:22
15 – Flyin’ Home – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 158 – 2:58
16 – Forty Cups of Coffee – Betty Miller with Sid Phillips & His Band – The Best of British Jazz: Disc 2 – 134 – 3:04
17 – Atomic Cocktail – Slim Gaillard Quartette – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 126 – 2:43
18 – Bei Mir Bist Du Scheon – Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five – Moppin’ and Boppin’ – 111 – 3:56
19 – Main Stem – Mint Julep Jazz Band – Mint Julep Jazz Band – 208 – 3:37
20 – Hamp’s Blues – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Flying Home – 161 – 3:30
21 – Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 5 – 144 – 2:51
22 – Alright, Ok, You Win with Everyday I Have the Blues – Barbara Morrison – Live at the 9:20 Special – 130 – 5:27
23 – Voo-It – Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing – 125 – 5:06
24 – Corner Pocket (Alt tk) – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 145 – 5:00
25 – Papa’s In Bed With His Britches On (Alt Take -3) – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 – 162 – 2:39
26 – One O’Clock Jump – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments – 178 – 3:56
27 – Opus One – Gene Krupa & his Orchestra – Drum Crazy – 152 – 3:01
28 – Drop Me Off In Harlem – Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 06 – 142 – 3:03
29 – Fortunate Love – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 132 – 2:54
30 – Evenin’ – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – 128 – 6:20
31 – Ochi Chorniye – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 145 – 4:29
32 – That Old Black Magic – Ella Fitzgerald with Benny Carter and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD14 1954-55 – 165 – 2:30
33 – Choo Choo Ch’Boogie – JW Swing Orchestra – JW Swing Orchestra Live – 172 – 2:47
34 – Wednesday Night Hop – George Gee And The Jump, Jive And Wailers – Swingin’ Away – 190 – 2:48

Yeah, swing dancing is sexist. So what are you going to do about it?

Sexism and misogyny in Australia has been in the news of late (in case you’re not from here or have been hiding under a rock). There’s also been a whole lot of new discussion in the Lindy Hop community about the nature of sexism in our community. See on blogs for example here, or on multiple stalkerplant threads e.g. here. A lot of the commentary has been less than great, especially from many men (seriously bros, what’s up with that? Just try reading it for a change, you might learn something.)

There should be more male voices in this conversation talking about what we’re doing to stamp out sexism and misogyny (rather than talk about the problem (or their perceived lack of it), which all too frequently gets done to the exclusion of female voices  – see the all male panel which had it appeared in the Green Left Weekly as opposed to Channel 7’s Sunrise would have been ironic as opposed to pathetic).

So without further ado and in no particular order here’s what I’m doing/will do:

Follow More
Our heteronormative paradigm of men=lead, women=follow leading to sexism has been covered well by others. Much of the time this is discussed in the context of women leading and everyone solo dancing as a means to end the hetero paradigm. However we’re not really going to deconstruct this without men playing their part i.e. men following women, men following other men. Bonus – nobody ever needs to talk about ‘balance’ ever again and we can make our scene friendlier to people who don’t identify as hetero male or female.

I’m going to follow more – I enjoy it and it’s fun. And if it helps get rid of some of the bullshit in our scene – that’s a bonus to me.

(And if you really think that men leading and women following is the best paradigm, read my other post here).

Dance more with men
See above.

Use my words
This is one I’m getting better at, but I still find myself asking people to dance without actually asking them to dance. I find it really annoying when people do this to me, so I’m going to stop doing it to them.

Volunteer more
In the great western tradition of giving women all the underpaid and under-appreciated jobs women seem to do the majority of the organising and volunteering (at least in the Australian scene). This is bullshit.

So the next opportunity I have, I’m going to stick me hand up to help out at a dance event.

Stop using “There’s too few leads men” as an excuse
The idea that leads are this sought after commodity is bad, bad, bad. It creates a sense of entitlement, reinforces conventions about men following or volunteering and leads to general asshat behaviour. So whenever I catch myself thinking this, saying it or using it online I’m going to stop myself and say  ‘bad thoughts’ and come up with the real reason as opposed to the bullshit one.

 
Call other men out on their bullshit
Whether its pick up artists (both in the crazy dips and tricks on the social floor or hitting on women meanings of the word), inappropriate touching, being a jerk or general creepiness I’m going to tell guys when they’re doing stuff that ain’t cool. Sure it might not make me any friends (but hey, do I want these people as my friends?), but it might help other people call them out too. Peer pressure ain’t just what’s making you take drugs in high school – it can be used for good here.

Now this is my list. Feel free to use it as your own, but I think its better we come up with these things ourselves. I welcome your suggestions in the comments (and yeah, they’re moderated – if you’re an asshat it won’t get published).

ILHC and Electoral Systems

Well it’s been nearly 6 months since my last post here and I thought I should get it back going again. I was going to post something about teaching swing dance in Nepal, a recipe for vegetable curry or something similarly relevant but then the ILHC scores came out.

Now for those of you who have followed this blog you’ll note I’m slightly obsessed by both lindy hop and elections. ILHC presents a perfect opportunity to combine these two. All the scores of all the judges are published in addition to the complete rankings. It’s rare that in an election (which is what a competition with multiple judges is, they’re ‘electing’ the most skilled dancer/s) you’re presented with all the ballot papers.

So I thought I’d rerun the comp results using a variety of different voting systems for a bit of fun and to point out some of the quirks with different electoral systems.

First up let me just say that this is just a hypothetical. I’m not suggesting that ILHC should change the way they calculate the positions. A lot of people have spent way more time and effort than me evaluating scoring systems and came up with one that fits a lot of criteria and works for ILHC. For more on the Relative Placement Method used by ILHC, check here, here and here.

I’ve deliberately steered clear of systems like plurality (first past the post) and instant runoff voting (such as STV), which rely on first preferences and aren’t designed for circumstances where the ratio of voters to candidates is low. The two systems I’ve used are both designed for circumstances where all candidates receive a ranking from all voters.

The first is the Borda method. The raw ILHC scores are just that, scores. One could add them up to determine placings but this has problems, the judges may not be consistent in the spread of candidates scores (e.g. one might score all the way from 0 to 100, another might only go from 40-80). This is why the ILHC scores are converted to rankings before being combined. The Borda method converts those rankings back into scores and adds them together. The problem with Borda methods is that they are prone to being influenced by outlier scores and producing ties when you have a small voter pool.

The second is the Condorcet method. Condorcet methods are appealing for a dance contest because they simulate how some lindy comps (at least the finals) are run. These methods envisage a round robin series of head to head contests – whoever wins the most contests, wins the competition. The problem with Condorcet methods is that they tend to produce a lot of draws, particularly with a small voter pool. I’ve used the Small method to try and eliminate some of these draws, but the only way to fully resolve them is to have some sort of casting vote act as a tiebreaker. Note that the Small method returns the same results as the basic Condorcet method except where there are ties.

The full ‘results’ are at the end of the post but here’s my summary: In 6 of the events (Balboa J&J, Balboa Strictly, Open Advanced and Champions Strictly Lindy and Pro-Am) the alternative systems make no difference (I’ve included cases where ties are involved, provided that order is preserved). In another 4 (All Star J&J, Lindy Hop Classic, Showcase and Teams)  the only differences were in placings below 3rd.

For four of the events the systems disagreed over the third place getter, in some cases significantly:

  • Open Jack and Jill – Both Borda and Condorcet placed the actual 3rd place into 5th, replacing them with 4th or 5th.
  • Advanced Jack and Jill – As with the Open Jack and Jill 3rd was switched with 4th or 5th.
  • Invitational Strictly – Condorcet agreed with all the rankings, Borda switched 3rd and 4th.
  • Solo Charleston – Condorcet agreed with all the rankings, Borda switched 3rd and 4th.

However the two biggest upsets (i.e disagreements over 1st place) happened in what are arguably 2 of the 3 premier events for ILHC, Invitational Jack and Jill and Pro Lindy Hop Classic.

In the Pro Lindy Classic, Condorcet gives the same result for 1,2 and 3 as Relative Placement. Only Borda disagrees, switching first (Todd and Ramona) and second (Sarah and Dax) In this case what we’re really seeing is one of the failures of the Borda method, it is prone to influence in small voter pools of one or two outlier results. 

For the Invitational Jack and Jill, both the Borda and Condorcet methods would place Sarah Breck and Pontus Persson first (who placed second), with Borda placing Peter Strom and Jo Hoffberg (who placed first) second and Condorcet Ramona Staffeld and Skye Humphries (who placed fourth). There’s also a lot of variation throughout the remaining placings.

What’s going on here? A glance at the scores for the Invitational J&J reveals substantial variation in the scores between individual judges. Nine out of the twelve contestants received a place (1,2 or 3) from at least one of the judges. This lack of consensus is exactly the sort of situation where differences in electoral systems become most pronounced. Perhaps in what some consider to be the pinnacle competition format in Lindy Hop (Jack and Jill simulating social dance) the skill level of the top international competitors is just so high that its becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate between them.

Fortunately dance contests rarely determine the fate of countries, but in the real world quirks in different electoral systems can have a big impact, such as the 2004 US Presidential Election or the previous Canadian Federal Election.

Here are the scores:

Open Jack and Jill

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Pontus Spelmans & Melanie Ohl 1 1 1 1
Alexandre Abdoulaev & Lena Magnusson 2 2 2 2
Matt Richey & Sasha Anderson 3 5 5 6
Andrew Jose & Lily Susskind 4 3 3 4
Omar Myers & Beth Hartzel 5 4 3 3
Charles Wieprecht & Voon Chew 6 7 7 7
Phil Bourassa & Coralie Bazinet 7 6 7 8
Paulo Thierry & Mallory Grigg 8 8 6 5
Yossef Mendelssohn & Mirjam Johansson 9 9 9 9

Advanced Jack and Jill

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Jean Baptiste Mino & Mette Herlitz 1 1 1 1
Michael Seguin & Nelle Cherry 2 2 2 2
Andrew Munoz & Sandra Klack 3 4 5 6
Dominique Pomeroy & Tatiana Udry 4 3 3 3
Peter Kertzner & Nicole Zuckerman 5 5 3 4
David Lee & Genevieve St-Laurent 6 6 5 5
Daniel Newsome & Anais Sekine 7 7 8 8
Kevin Clark & Shauna Marble 8 8 7 7

All Star Jack and Jill

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
William Mauvais & Gabriella Cook 1 1 1 1
Patrick Szmidt & Maeva Truntzer 2 2 2 2
Andreas Olsson & Kate Hedin 3 3 3 3
Stephen Sayer & Teni Lopez-Cardenasv 4 4 4 4
Soochan Lee & Marie Ndiaye 5 4 5 6
Nalla Kim & Karen Turman 6 6 5 5
Michael Darigol & Natalia Rueda 7 6 7 7
Daryl Begin & Fancy Dougherty 8 8 7 8
Mindaugas Bikauskas & Brittany Johnson 9 9 9 9

Invitational Jack and Jill

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Peter Strom & Jo Hoffberg 1 2 3 3
Pontus Persson & Sarah Breck 2 1 1 1
Dax Hock & Alice Mei 3 4 4 5
Skye Humphries & Ramona Staffeld 4 3 2 2
Thomas Blacharz & Kelly Arsenault 5 5 4 4
Todd Yannacone & Isabella Gregorio 6 7 6 7
Nick Williams & Alice Mei 7 6 6 6
Jeremy Otth & Annie Trudeau 8 10 8 8
Kevin St. Laurent & Laura Glaess 9 8 10 10
Mike Roberts & Mikaela Hellsten 10 12 12 12
Mikey Pedroza & Mia Goldsmith 11 9 9 9
Andy Reid & Naomi Uyama 12 11 11 11

Balboa Jack and Jill

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Adam Speen & Mia Goldsmith 1 1 1 1
Andreas Olsson & Mette Herlitz 2 2 2 2
Javier Johnson & Nelle Cherry 3 3 3 3
Patrick Szmidt & Kate Hedin 4 4 4 4
David Lee & Heather Ballew 5 5 4 4
Nalla Kim & Gabriella Cook 6 6 4 4
Daniel Newsome & Teni Lopez-Cardenas 7 7 7 7

Balboa Strictly

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Nick Williams & Kate Hedin 1 1 1 1
Adam Speen & Nelle Cherry 2 2 2 2
Robert White, III & Laura Keat 3 3 3 3
Andreas Olsson & Teni Lopez-Cardenas 4 4 4 4
Freddie Karlbom & Mette Herlitz 5 5 5 5
David Lee & Chelsea Lee 6 6 6 6
Patrick Szmidt & Natasha Ouimet 7 7 7 7
Javier Johnson & Heather Ballew 8 8 8 8

Open Strictly Lindy

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Javier Johnson & Megan Damon 1 1 1 1
Paulo Thierry & Melanie Ohl 2 2 2 2
Jack Park & Minyoung Choi 3 2 2 2
Intaeck Joo & Jina Lee 4 4 2 2
Jaewon Jang & Young Kang 5 5 5 5
Yossef Mendelssohn & Beth Hartzel 6 5 6 6
Jack Chen & Brittany Calavitta 7 7 7 7

Advanced Strictly Lindy

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Jean Baptiste Mino & Tatiana Udry 1 1 1 1
Alain Fragman & Anais Sekine 2 2 2 2
Jon Tigert & Heather Ballew 3 3 3 3
Markus Rosendal & Sandra Klack 4 4 4 4
Peter Kertzner & Mallory Grigg 5 5 5 5
Alex Dreyer & Fancy Dougherty 6 6 6 6

Champions Strictly Lindy

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
William Mauvais & Maeva Truntzer 1 1 1 1
Stephen Sayer & Chandrae Roettig 2 2 2 2
Nicolas Deniau & Mikaela Hellsten 3 3 3 3
Andreas Olsson & Mette Herlitz 4 4 4 4
Jakob Bergelin & Anna Fors 5 5 5 5
Soochan Lee & Hyunjung Choi 6 5 6 6
Patrick Szmidt & Natasha Ouimet 7 7 7 7
Nalla Kim & Jessica Yoon 8 8 8 8

Invitational Strictly Lindy

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Pontus Persson & Isabella Gregorio 1 1 1 1
Mikey Pedroza & Annie Trudeau 2 2 2 2
Peter Strom & Naomi Uyama 3 4 3 3
Dax Hock & Sarah Breck 4 3 4 4
Thomas Blacharz & Alice Mei 5 5 5 5
Todd Yannacone & Ramona Staffeld 6 7 7 7
Nick Williams & Laura Keat 7 6 6 6
Jeremy Otth & Kelly Arsenault 8 8 8 8
Mike Roberts & Laura Glaess 9 9 9 9

Lindy Hop Classic

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Joshua Welter & Melanie Huot-Lavoie 1 1 1 1
Jamin Jackson & Sonia Ortega Betriu 2 2 2 2
Jean Baptiste Mino & Tatiana Udry 3 3 2 3
Michael Darigol & Brittany Johnson 4 6 4 4
Soochan Lee & Hyunjung Choi 5 4 5 6
Andreas Olsson & Mette Herlitz 6 5 5 5
Alain Wong & Anais Sekine 7 7 7 7
Ryan Calloway & Ann Mony 8 8 8 8
Junsik Kong & Olivia Jo 9 10 9 9
Andrew Hsi & Mary Freitag 10 9 10 10
Jack Park & Minyoung Choi 11 11 11 11
Mark Godwin & Shauna Marble 12 12 13 13
Adam Lee & Elaine Silver 13 13 12 12

Lindy Hop Pro Classic

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Todd Yannacone & Ramona Staffeld 1 2 1 1
Dax Hock & Sarah Breck 2 1 2 2
Pontus Persson & Isabella Gregorio 3 3 3 3
Mike Roberts & Laura Glaess 4 4 4 4
Peter Strom & Naomi Uyama 5 5 6 6
William Mauvais & Maeva Truntzer 6 6 5 5
Nick Williams & Laura Keat 7 7 7 7
Kevin St. Laurent & Jo Hoffberg 8 10 10 10
Zack Richard & Annie Trudeau 9 8 8 8
Nicolas Deniau & Mikaela Hellsten 10 9 9 9
Thomas Blacharz & Alice Mei 11 11 11 11
Nathan Bugh & Giselle Anguizola 12 12 12 12

Showcase

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Thomas Blacharz & Annie Trudeau 1 1 1 1
William Mauvais & Maeva Truntzer 2 2 2 2
Jeremy Otth & Laura Keat 3 3 3 3
Pontus Persson & Isabella Gregorio 4 5 4 4
Fabien Vrillon & Lisa Clarke 5 4 5 5
Patrick Szmidt & Natasha Ouimet 6 6 6 6
Jakob Bergelin & Anna Fors 7 8 7 7
Daniel Newsome & Gabriella Cook 8 7 8 8
Nalla Kim & Jessica Yoon 9 9 9 9
Soochan Lee & Hyunjung Choi 10 10 10 10
Jon Tigert & Mandy Spencer 11 11 11 11
Justin Hill & Olivia Taylor 12 13 14 14
Markus Rosendal & Sandra Klack 13 11 12 12
Mark Godwin & Shauna Marble 14 14 13 13

Pro-Am

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Dominique Pomeroy & Laura Glaess 1 1 1 1
Adam Brozowski & Adrienne Weidert 2 2 2 2
Davis Thurber & Annie Breault 3 3 3 3
Nirav Sanghani & Nicole Frydman 4 3 3 3
Gabriel Indurskis & Annie Trudeau 5 5 3 3
Davis Thurber & Roxanne Lemay 6 6 6 6
Alain Wong & Daphna Harel 7 7 7 7

Solo Charleston

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Pontus Persson 1 1 1 1
Nathan Bugh 2 2 2 2
Jon Tigert 3 4 3 3
Gabriella Cook 4 3 4 4
Robert White, III 5 5 5 5
Giselle Anguizola 6 6 6 6

Teams

Name Relative Placing Borda Count Condorcet Small
Lindy Hoppers Dozen 1 1 1 1
Swinging Air Force 2 2 2 2
Northern Lights 3 3 3 3
Cement Mix‐A‐Lot 4 4 4 4
Night and Day 5 5 5 5
Fly Rights 6 6 7 7
The Sweetheart 7 7 6 6
Groove Juice Speical 8 8 8 8
SAF Batillion 9 9 9 9
The Bees Knees of Boston 10 10 10 10
Sin Nombre 11 11 11 11

New Lindy Gig Guide

Hey Blogosphere.

For those interested I’ve started up a new gig guide at http://sydneylindy.blogspot.com.au/

The content on this blog has been migrated over there where a new curator will take over the gig guide.

This blog will take a bit of a different turn, cataloguing my adventures living in Nepal (I move there in a week and a half).

Let me know what you think of the new format.

Oh and you can subscribe to the new gig guide too.

Thanks for all your traffic!

Lindypenguin

Links of the Week: Dressing for the Gents

I was having a chat with a gentleman on the weekend (you know who you are) about ties and how I’d seen a post discussing the various authentic ways of wearing them. In particular how to keep them from flying all over the place. Then I realised that many folk have been blogging about current vintage trends in the lindy hop scene and linking back to authentic vintage fashion:

The ever stylish Bobby White put together this excellent and extensive guide to ties, bowties and neckerchiefs (if you’re feeling like a gig on Masterchef). Well worth the read even if you don’t wear them. Swungover has this short post about stripey socks. Not only did Fred Astaire wear them, but they’re back in fashion. Bobby plans on doing plenty more blogging about vintage manliness.

Another way of keeping your tie in place is wear a vest. Yehoodi has just posted an article where Lindyshopper interviews David Lochner about Being Well Vested. Lindyshopper has many posts about stylishness (particularly from Lindydandy) and plenty of links to vintage gear available online and on eBay.

But vintage fashion does have a dark side. Dogpossum looks at the recent history of the zoot suit in Sydney. I’d tend to agree that most people who wear them just look a bit naff (and then there’s the whole link to the zoot suit riots. Plus the whole historical appropriation of wearing a symbol of rebellious second generation Mexican American youth whilst doing a dance invented by lower class African American youth boggles the mind a bit).

On a more contemporary note Dax Hock hypothesises that tracky dacks almost killed the lindy hop.

From the tragic to the ridiculous Lindybeige has this video about mustaches. (via Jo Hoffberg)

Speaking of Jo Hoffberg, she’s also made a very strong case for why every man should carry a handkerchief.

Anyhow it’s late and I need to stop pretending like I’m still on holidays. At some point I will write a post about hats, which I like.

2011: My (Lindy/Music) Highlights

Well another year rounds to a close and it has been almost a year since I started this blogging thing. So as to be completely original and not copy anyone else at all I thought I’d post my #lindyhop and #musicnerd highlights for the year.

I’m glad it has been such a great year for dancing for me. Next April I head off to Nepal to do volunteer work for 12 months so this blog will take a different turn (there won’t be much about lindy to blog about); I might actually start posting more stuff about what I’m up to 🙂

So here we are:

Best Exchange – MLX Turn it up to 11
Now there’s been a lot of love out there for MLX this year but that’s cause it was freakin’ awesome. Great venues, bands that were in the pocket and gun DJs who brought it. And every night was consistently good, which is rare at exchanges – usually there’s one event that doesn’t quite go off as much as the rest. What was really great this year was to see a whole bunch more Sydney folk there than is usually the case. Here’s hoping that continues.

Best Workshop – Jazz with Ramona in Sydney
I don’t usually take too many workshops (so this is hardly indicative of what’s on offer around the traps), I’ve only done a handful this year, but this was great. A single day broken into 3 sessions working on Charleston and solo jazz. Ramona has such a relaxed and flexible teaching style – it felt she was acting more in the role of a facilitator than an instructor and that’s the sort of situations where I feel I get the best learning outcomes. Sure it was ridiculously hard and I still have a whole bunch of things to unlearn, but I had a great time.

Best Social Event at an Exchange – Hullabaloo Wine Tour
I like Hulla, this was my second year there. It’s also the second year that they’ve done a wine tour around the Swan Valley (though my first time on the tour). Good wine, good beer, good spirits, good food and chocolate = full of win! Plus getting to hang out with a bunch of other interstaters for a day was fab!

Best Band at an Exchange – Oz Big Band, MLX11
Perthies sure represented at MLX this year. In addition to the usual invasion of dancers we had an invasion of musicians as well with two bands being brought over for the event. The Saturday night dance featured Oz Big Band who really brought it playing a whole bunch of ‘Greatest Hits of Lindy’  like Corner Pocket, Blues in Hoss’ Flat and more. Each track was solid and swinging done by a serious group of musicians who really held it together. Hoping I can see them again soon!  

Best Live Music Gig – Big Jay McNeely with Adam Hall and (some of) the Velvet Playboys
This was a hard one. Between Tuba Skinny, all the great exchange music and plenty of other live gigs I’ve been to it has been a year of awesome music. The Big Jay gig just pips out the Legends of New Orleans concert (only cause the Opera House is a silly venue to have Jon Cleary, Allen Toussaint and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band rock it out). He comes out – not on stage – but through the crowd having to use his sax as a walking stick to get up on stage, and proceeded to play 2 honkin’ sets of music leaving the other guys in the band (who weren’t even half his age) trying to catch up.
I was talking to Adam Hall after the gig and he said that after the first set when a bunch of people were leaving Big Jay said to him “What are all these people leavin’ for” to which Adam responded “They think you’re only going to do one set”. Well they got back out there and proved them wrong.

Most Surprising Live Music Gig – Big Village Christmas Party
I went to this show last week to see the Hi Tops Brass Band perform expecting to be a bit ho-hum about the rest of the hip hop but I was very pleasantly surprised. The MCs were fantastic and some quite comical too. There was a recently formed all-girl hip hop band called She-Rex (the guitarist that plays with the Sirens is a member) who knocked all our socks off. Then there was an act called Sketch the Rhyme which featured a bunch of MCs and a bunch of sketch artists with their work displayed on a projection screen. It was fascinating and hugely entertaining, they even threw in a game of celebrity heads. Towards the end of the night all these DJs started pulling out horns and guitars and belting out riffs in between laying down scratches. Last up was True Vibenation with three guys on horns throwing down honking riffs in between some great verse. A really cool night – there are some seriously talented musicians in Sydney.

Best New Album Release – Bernard Berkhout’s Swing Orchestra – Let’s Dance
Every track on this album is solid big band swinging goodness. I would play any and all of them at any dance and fill the floor. Gold!

Best New Australian Album Release – Christa Hughes and the Honky Tonk Shonks – Shonky
Combine the consummate showwoman Christa Hughes (who has had a long and varied career including being part of experimental rock band Machine Gun Fellatio and a stint as ringmistress at Circus Oz) and a bunch of the cats from the Cope Street Parade and you get one rollercoaster ride of an album. This album covers a bunch of popular artists ranging from the White Stripes to the Jackson 5 but all as a jazz/blues band. (I’m pretty sure the insanely talented Grant Arthur, who plays Sousaphone with the Cope Street and Banjo and Trombone in this band, did the arrangements) Well worth checking out.

Links of the week

I’m not feeling particularly inspired to write anything at the moment. But here are some interesting links this week.

I came across this excellent parody video (with thanks to Sociological Images) of Miss USA contestants asked “Should Math be taught in schools?”. Check out the original evolution video here if you can stomach a quarter of an hour of airheadedness.

Also on Sociological images Brady Potts compares modern and old responses to disasters after some moron Republican said the response to Hurricane Irene should have been more like 1900. This is the storm that another Republican (and presidential hopeful) Michelle Bachmann says is a ‘message from God‘.

In related news New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is terrified that the Republican party is becoming the ‘anti-science’ party.

Bernard Keane at Crickey ponders that the latest protest movement (typified by the Tea Party and its Australian analogues) of middle-aged, conservative, white, middle- or higher-income men (ie. the most advantaged group of people in the world) is because they’re feeling slightly less advantaged than they used to.

Meanwhile Empirica Research has released a study commissioned by the ACTU on wealth inequality in Australia. Some key findings:

  • The wealthiest 20% own 61% of the wealth; the poorest 20% just 1%
  • Most people believe that the wealthiest 20% own 40%; the poorest 20% own 10%
  • And the ideal distribution is for wealthiest 20% owning 24%; the poorest 20% owning 14%
  • These views are remarkably stable across all wealth categories.
  • People believe the minimum wage is $1.60 higher than reality and most support raising it.
  • Most also agree that Government should adopt policies which improve wealth equality.

 And finally videos from ILHC are up – check out Patrick and Natasha’s Youtube channel

DJ Sets – Canberrang

This past weekend was Canberrang – Canberra’s Lindy Exchange and one of the jewels in the crown of the Australian Lindy Calendar. I had an awesome time over the weekend and managed to squeeze in two sets. I wanted to get them up now as a lot of folk were asking me questions about the songs; I might add some commentary later. Here they are:
 
Thursday Night: 10pm-11.30pm
Hotel Kurrajong

Seq – Name – Artist – Album – Duration – Date – BPM

1 – Red Top/Ella’s Blues/C-Jam Blues/Blow Top Blues – Barbara Morrison – By Request: Volume 2 – 3:12 – 2009 – 141
2 – Open House – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 3:01 – 1940 – 133
3 – Ain’t Nothing To It – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 3:14 – 1941 – 127
4 – All the Cats Join In – Catherine Russell – Inside This Heart of Mine – 3:38 – 2010 – 117
5 – Afternoon Of A Moax (Shake, Rattle ‘n’ Roll) – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 3:23 – 1940 – 131
6 – You Don’t Say – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 3:51 – 2011 – 139
7 – Bounce Me, Brother, With a Solid Four – Will Bradley and His Orchestra – Howdy, Friends – 3:17 – 1941 – 146
8 – Sermonette – Gordon Webster – Happy When I’m With You – 3:40 – 2009 – 118
9 – The Frim Fram Sauce – Louis Armstrong – Meet the Girls – 3:14 – 1946 – 106
10 – All of Me – Billie Holiday – The Billie Holiday Collection: Volume 2 – 3:04 –  – 106
11 – Whispers in the Dark – Brooks Tegler Small Groups – Uncommon Denominator – 2:30 – 2008 – 128
12 – Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Midnight Sun – 3:24 – 1949 – 132
13 – Accentuate The Positive – Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers – Swingin’ ‘Round The Clock – 3:25 – 1944 – 137
14 – Booglie Wooglie Piggy (Live) – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller All Time Favourites – 2:34 – 1941 – 142
15 – Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy – Stan Kenton – Intermission Riff – 2:36 – 1945 – 124
16 – Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Topsy Chapman & The Pros – My One and My Only Love – 5:08 – 2001 – 117
17 – Preaching the Blues – LaVern Baker – LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith – 2:50 – 1958 – 105
18 – Kitchen Man – Catherine Russell – Sentimental Streak – 3:05 – 2008 – 101
19 – Splanky – Count Basie – The Complete Atomic Basie – 3:36 – 1957 – 121
20 – Mr. Rhythm – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 4:08 – 2011 – 131
21 – Perdido – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 3:10 – 1942 – 127
22 – Uptown Sop – Gordon Webster – Happy When I’m With You – 5:44 – 2009 – 115
23 – Down Home Blues – Barbara Morrison – By Request: Volume 2 – 4:57 – 2009 – 86
24 – Sugar Blues – Creole Syncopators – The Storyville Years – 3:55 – 2011 – 87
25 – Shake Your Tailfeather – The Blues Brothers – Motion Picture Soundtrack – 2:52 – 1980 – 160
26 – New Orleans – The Louisiana Gator Boys and the Blues Brothers Band – Blues Brothers 2000 – 4:01 – 1998 – 163


Saturday Late Night: 2am-3am
White Eagle Polish Club
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – Genre – Duration – Date – BPM
1 – Going to Chicago – Barbara Morrison – Live at the 9:20 Special – 5:33 – 2002 – 127
2 – Lavendar Coffin – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Midnight Sun – 2:47 – 1949 – 137
3 – Silent George – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump – 2:39 – 1950 – 134
4 – The Ball Game – Sister Wynona Carr – Dragnet for Jesus – 3:06 – 1952 – 140
5 – Shout Sister Shout! – Shout Sister Shout – Hit That Jive – 2:46 – 2006 – 141
6 – Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie – Nikki Yanofsky – Nikki – 3:50 – 2010 – 144
7 – I Don’t Care Who Knows – Catherine Russell – Sentimental Streak – 3:18 – 2008 – 130
8 – It’s My Lazy Day – Casey MacGill’s Blue 4 Trio – Three Cool Cats – 3:40 – 2008 – 114
9 – Hallelujah, I Love Her So – Joe Sample & David T. Walker – Swing Street Cafe – 5:01 – 1978 – 124
10 – I Love Being Here with You – Barbara Morrison – Live at the 9:20 Special – 3:07 – 2002 – 155
11 – 16 Tonnes – Jacques Helian/Jean Louis Tristan – Swing Party – 2:30 – 1956 – 130
12 – Secret Love – Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Session #55 – 2:47 – 2001 – 118
13 – Volare – Oscar Peterson Trio – Night Train – Jazz – 2:49 – 1962 – 120
14 – Look a There – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart – Complete Columbia Master Takes – 2:17 – 1938 – 178
15 – Sister Kate – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 5:23 – 2010 – 158
16 – Do Your Duty – Tuba Skinny – Six Feet Down – 3:48 – 2010 – 123
17 – Mr. Rhythm – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 4:08 – 2011 – 131