30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge: Your Favorite Live Band

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30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge on Shuffle Projects

Every Friday for thirty weeks, I will write about a topic from the list of the ”30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge“. Here is… Week #4: Your Favorite Live Band That’s easy and I don’t have to think about it: Gordon Webster In my eyes, there is no other band out there right now which brings such an energy onto the dance floor right from the start of the concert like Gordon Webster and his band (in different formations: Gordon Webster 7, Gordon Webster Sextet, feat. Naomi Uyama, feat. Steven Mitchell). I have seen Gordon several times at different events and different locations [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #116: Paramour

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DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week #116: Paramour by Gordon Webster

On May, 11, 2012, Gordon Webster released his new album “Live in Rochester“. A few days later, I received it in the mail and I put it directly into the CD player. A CD review will follow on this blog! One song especially stands out to me: Paramour Coincidentally, Gordon lets you download just this song for free from his website. You can listen it here right now, though: I was wondering who has written this tune and checked the CD cover. What a surprise that was! It’s composed and written by Gordon Webster and Naomi Uyama themselves. This song sounds so [...]

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The Big Swing Night @ Leapin’ Lindy 12 – From The DJ Perspective

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The Big Swing Night Leapin' Lindy 12

Instead of writing a ‘normal’ event review like I did last year (check out The Big Swing Night @ Leapin’ Lindy 11), I thought I’m writing about this night from the perspective of the Swing DJ. The Biggest Swing Party in Switzerland Last weekend (February 8-10, 2012), the popular Lindy Hop weekend Leapin’ Lindy 12 was happening in Switzerland’s capital Berne. Currently, the Big Swing Night on Saturday is the biggest Swing Dance Party in Switzerland. Many key points were similar to last year’s edition: Location: Kultur-Casino Bern, Great Hall Dancers: 700+ Band: Gordon Webster 7 feat. Naomi Uyama DJ: Swing DJ Chrisbe (that’s [...]

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The Big Swing Night @ Leapin’ Lindy ’11 Bern – What a great Night!

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The Big Swing Night @ Leapin' Lindy '11 - photo by Stefan Deuber

Epic Dance Night I can’t write about the entire Leapin’ Lindy weekend because I only attended worked at the party on Saturday night. And this night was epic! I’m still delighted by the atmosphere and the energy in the beautiful ballroom of the Kultur-Casino in the middle of the city of Bern. The hosts of the evening were Eva and Nadja. They did a great job, brought in a lot of fun into their speeches and made the crowd ready for the band! The Importance of Great (Live) Music Thanks to its courage of the organising team to book Gordon [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #50: My Blue Heaven

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Cangelosi Cards Clinton Street Recordings | Shuffle Projects

Last week I’ve featured a song by Gordon Webster‘s own band. This week’s song is by an another contemporary band Gordon is playing with: The Cangelosi Cards. The Cangelosi Cards, established and based in New York City, started in 2006 playing at small clubs and restaurants. Quickly, the were building a vast repertoire of early American jazz and attracting both local swing dancers and old-time jazz lovers. Beside the weekly engagements the are performing at larger events as Swing Out New Hampshire, Frankie 95 or the Herrang Dance Camp, only to name a few. In 2009 in Herrang was the [...]

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DJ Chrisbe @ Leapin’ Lindy Bern (CH) 12.2.2011

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Leapin' Lindy Bern

The Big Swing Night This is one of the biggest events in Switzerland and I am really proud to be part of it! Come out and dance your shoes off! Live Music with Gordon Webster 7 feat. Naomi Uyama Date/Time Saturday, February 12, 2011, starts at 20 h Location Kultur Casino Bern – Grosser Saal, Herrengasse 25, 3011 Bern Schedule 19.30 Door opening 20.00 – 21.30 Lindy Hop taster class 21.30 Swing Party starts with DJ Chrisbe 22.00 1st Set – Gordon Webster 7 feat. Naomi Uyama 23.00 Shows 23.30 – 00.30 2nd Set – Gordon Webster 7 feat. Naomi Uyama 00.30 – 03.00 Swing Party [...]

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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #49: Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen

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Gordon Webster Live In Philadelphia

Canadian Gordon Webster, pianist and lindy hopper is one of the favourite musicians in the current Lindy Hop scene worldwide. Gordon started playing piano at age 4. In 2001 he discovered Lindy Hop in Toronto and got obsessed with. He started travelling in the scene both as a musician and as a dancer. In 2004 he moved to New York City where he graduated in 2006 at Manhattan School of Music. Gordon is coming to Switzerland! Next weekend he will be performing with his septet Gordon Webster 7, featuring Naomi Uyama, at Leapin’ Lindy in Bern. Incidentally, DJ Chrisbe will [...]

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