[78-L] Swing Girls

[Mike Daley]

Fun clip but disappointing that the horns were synthesized.

Mike

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:37 PM, <bradc944 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Un
> Be
> LIEVABLE!
>
> This is brilliant stuff.  Hopefully the Swing Girls movie/series is gonna
> show up on NetFLix so I can share it with my daughters & family :)
>
> That brought back memories of high school jazz ensemble... going to jazz
> festival at University of Idaho, laying into "Paul's Tune" (Paul Kondzela's
> (sp?) chart for Buddy Rich) as the 3rd song of our 3-chart judged set...
> going into it WAY too fast because of combined adrenaline... playing to a
> packed house in the student union building and NOBODY sitting in the plastic
> chairs... tearing through that chart, hanging on by the edge of our
> fingernails, having the entire house jumping, dancing, GROOVING........
>
> holy POO it still brings chills... and one of those deep, happy smiles :)
>
> by the way, we walked off with #1 that year (1974), took our book to
> Nevada-Reno, and blew 'em away.
>
> That was also the year we took it to Europe as well... enough highs (and
> lows) to write a book about... the night we closed (we were one of 4 high
> school jazz bands on that tour) the performance in the basement of a church
> in Salzburg... same reaction.  We swung it hard :)
>
> Sorry mates, had to wax happy and reminisce.
>
>  Brad
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Matheson <kenmath at yahoo.com>
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Sent: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:11:53 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [78-L] Swing Girls
>
> You have to see this.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7N6slVrQeY&feature=player_embedded
>
> Ken
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