Welcome to the last Song of the Week. Yes, you're reading this right and I'm sorry if you're disappointed now. But to be honest, in the last few months it got harder and harder to keep up with the weekly format since I have a family and I'm running a business and sometimes I'd … [Read more...] about DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #260: I’ve Found A New Baby [End of the Series]
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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #231: Take Me Away From The River
Earlier this year, the Smoking Time Jazz Club released their latest album and there is one song that really stands out from the rest - at least for me: Great rhythm section, soulful vocals and solos, and that gloomy atmosphere. Take Me Away From The River I Need Someone … [Read more...] about DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #231: Take Me Away From The River
DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #228: I Gotcha
Don Redman was more important to the development of big band swing than most of the people know nowadays. I Gotcha Here is another interesting version. It's an instrumental with xylophone (not available on YouTube) but I don't know the recording year. Don … [Read more...] about DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #228: I Gotcha
DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #213: Hot And Anxious
It seems that "In The Mood" (notably Glenn Miller's version) is beside "Sing, Sing, Sing" THE dance song of the Swing era, especially for people who are not in the Swing dance scene. Everybody knows that song! The main theme of "In The Mood", though, was part of another tune … [Read more...] about DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #213: Hot And Anxious
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