DJ Chrisbe @ The Roaring Twenties mit Pepe Jazz – 23.03.2013

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Roaring Twenties Royal Baden

Kulturbetrieb Royal, Bahnhofstrasse 39, 5400 Baden Zeit: 21.00 – 2.00h Eintritt: CHF 15 / mit 20s Dress CHF 12 The Roaring Twenties mit Pepe Jazz & Le Rex Eine wahrhaft gloriose Zeitreise. King Pepe singt mit seiner unvergleichlichen Nonchalance zu Big-Band-Jazz der goldenen Zwanziger Jahre und mit seinen sex- und alkoholgeschwängerten Schelmenstückchen verneigt er sich vor dieser lüsternen Zeit und lässt diese im Hier und Jetzt auferstehen. Salonière Jeanne führt charmant durch den Abend und bei Madame D, der bezaubernden Postillon d’Amour können Liebeshungrige ihrem Objekt der Begierde kleine Präsente zukommen lassen. Der gefragte DJ Chrisbe bringt mit Lindy Hop, [...]

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Zürich Balboa Night am 5. April 2013 in der Schweizhof-Bar

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Hotel Schweizerhof Zürich, Bar

Endlich gibt es im 2013 wieder eine Balboa Night und zwar an einem neuen Ort. Wir wurden schon im Herbst vom Hotel Schweizerhof angefragt, ob wir uns vorstellen könnten, einen Anlass im Hotel durchzuführen. Am 5. April ist es soweit. Wir führen die Zürich Balboa Night zum ersten Mal in der Schweizerhof-Bar durch. Wenn der Anlass dort auf gutes Echo stösst, gibt es bestimmt eine Wiederholung. Die Schweizerhof-Bar ist gegenüber vom Zürich HB, also sehr gut mit ÖV zu erreichen. Details zum Anlass Facebook-Event https://www.facebook.com/events/152155801613569/ Datum/Zeit: 5. April 2013, 21-1h Ort: Schweizerhof-Bar Hotel Schweizerhof Zürich Bahnhofplatz 7 8001 Zürich Eintritt: [...]

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After 3 Years and 300 Posts: Back To The Roots

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3 years - 300 posts

Hey gang! It’s crazy. Three years ago, Shuffle Projects (the blog) was born in Sydney Australia. Happy Birthday Shuffle Projects! 300 posts later, it’s still existing and that surprises myself the most. When I started Shuffle Projects (the blog), there were not many blogs about Swing dancing, they almost could be counted on the fingers of one hand. That has completely changed over the last few years. The fact that there are countless Swing dance blogs nowadays made me think a lot about my own one and that’s why there will be some changes from today on. But before I [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #156: She’ll Keep The Devil Dancing On Your Heart

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Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3 - She'll keep the devil dancing on your heart

Note: This will be the last Song of the Week on this blog. From the following week, DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week will be published on Swing DJ Resources. Learn more about this transition in a separate blog post on Friday (March 1, 2013). An add on Twitter by Little Kim brought my attention to a belgian western swing & hot swing jazz band and their music on Bandcamp. Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3 Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3 play swing music in the broadest sense of the word. They love all kind of old time roots [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #155: Cou Cou

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Erin McKeown Coucou

This is a song that swings but I still wouldn’t call it a typical swing song. However, it works for dancing and it’s a nice one to spice up your DJ sets. Erin McKeown Erin McKeown (*1977) is an American folk/rock performer, writer, and multi-instrumentalist. She began her folk career by performing in local clubs and coffeehouses at night. By day, she attended Brown University to study ethnomusicology, a field that would eventually fuel the diversity and depth of her own music. In 1995, McKeown entered the mid-Atlantic song contest held by the songwriters’ association in Washington, DC, and finished [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #154: You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me

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Humphrey Lyttelton You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me

How many European Jazz artists do you know? I have to say I don’t know that many. That’s why I’m looking all the time for European musicians I’ve never heard about before. One of these musicians I recently discovered is this English man with born into a wealthy family Humphrey “Humph” Lyttelton Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (May 23, 1921 – April 25, 2008) was a English trumpeter, bandleader, composer, record company owner, cartoonist, writer and radio host. He was born in Eton College, where his father was a famous housemaster, and where he was subsequently educated. He formed his first jazz [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #153: Ain’t Misbehavin’

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Albert Nicholas with the Henri Chaix Trio - Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain’t Misbehavin’ was composed by Fats Waller and Harry Brooks with lyrics by Andy Razaf in 1929. It’s an early swing tune with the 32 bar AABA structure. The song was the opening number of the all-black musical revue “Hot Chocolates” at Connie’s Inn in Harlem. It was such a success that it moved onto Broadway, premiering at the Hudson Theatre on June 20, 1929, and running for 219 performances. Ain’t Misbehavin’ has become a jazz standard. Albert Nicholas Albert Nicholas (May 27, 1900, New Orleans, Louisiana – Sept. 3, 1973, Basel, Switzerland) was mainly playing clarinet. He studied with [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #152: Streamliner

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Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra Streamliner

This is a song by the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra I regularly spin for Lindy Hop crowds. Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra An excerpt from their website. The last update I found there is from 2006, though. The BILL ELLIOTT SWING ORCHESTRA, fifteen musicians and four singers strong, plays exciting swing music in the styles of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, with a twist: much of the band’s repertoire has been written in the ’90s and 2000 by leader Bill Elliott, a composer and arranger whose songs have been prominently featured in many feature films and TV shows, including the recent HBO [...]

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