December 9, 2008

exchanges are great

Posted by dogpossum on December 9, 2008 3:18 PM in the category djing and lindy hop and other dances and music and objects of desire | Comments (0)

when you're a DJ.

It was really nice to hear some quality DJing from DJs with extensive collections and mad skills. It really makes a difference.

One of the nice parts of the MLX8 weekends was hearing DJs playing from albums/collections I own, but taking songs I'd never have thought to play.

Trev played a neat song from the Chu Berry Mosaic collection (Chasin' Shadows, with Putney Dandridge and his Orchestra) which I'd missed, and now I'm revisiting the collection. It's so very, very good.
I think, if I were to buy just one Mosaic set, that'd be the one. Actually, I'd probably buy that one and the Lionel Hampton one and the Duke Ellington small group one.

But if I could buy any now, I'd get the Kid Ory one and the (early) Louis Jordan one.

Posted by dogpossum on December 9, 2008 3:18 PM in the category djing and lindy hop and other dances and music and objects of desire