[78-L] Jazz as Dance Music

[Kristjan Saag]

Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> We all know that early jazz, like most forms of popular music, was
> intended for dancing. What we don't think about is people dancing in
> the late 1950s to hard bop. I went several times to Small's Paradise to hear the Jazz Messengers. Johnny Griffin was on the band at the time, and they would be playing loud and fast, and dancers would be out on a small dance floor jiving away. IK was really quite amazed people would even attempt to keep up with Messenger tempi.
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Here's 30 seconds of a most hilarious attempt to dance to Stan Kenton's 
"Artistry In Rhythm". Please note the average age of the crowd...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRe-Oh5UC9Q&feature=related
Kristjan