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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #20: Fenwyck’s Farfel

19.07.2010 by Chris

Wow, this is already the twentieth song, I'm a little bit surprised myself 😉
Ok, let's look at this week's tune, it's called Fenwyck's Farfel, what a strange title!

The widely acclaimed Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (17.7.1928-6.2.1976), especially known as the composer of songs from the Charlie Brown television cartoon, composed this song and recorded it 1956 in San Francisco. It was the first full session led by himself.

Fenwyck's Farfel is a warm, lightly swinging tune based on a minor blues. The harmonical interaction between Guaraldi's piano and Duran's guitar is simply beautiful.

It's quite slow but I wanna dance immediately when I hear this song. It would be great to see a choreography to this song one day!

Line-Up: Vince Guaraldi (piano), Eddie Duran (guitar), Dean Reilly (bass)

Vince Guaraldi Trio

Title: Fenwyck's Farfel
Artist: Vince Guaraldi Trio
Recorded: 1956
Tempo: 134 bpm
Dance: Lindy Hop

Click the link to download the song from: Amazon ・ iTunes

You can find the songs of the series also on my Spotify playlist. Official hashtag of the series: #djcsotw

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Filed Under: Music, Song of the Week Tagged With: DJ Chrisbe, Jazz, Lindy Hop, Swing, Swing DJ'ing

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