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Music Appreciation

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:26 AM Jul 2012

On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe - The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra.wmv

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On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe - The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra.wmv (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jul 2012 OP

That's the very first modern day swing band.. FredStembottom Sep 2012 #1

FredStembottom

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1. That's the very first modern day swing band..

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Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:44 PM

Sep 2012

... I have ever heard that actually sounds like one of the old ones!
There's always soooooo much wrong with modern attempts at it.*
The 4 part "Modernaires" type singing is perfect in this.
Loved it..... And all the train post cards, too!

*I say that as someone who founded such a band once and learned how insufficient just playing old charts can be - there's so much pop/rock in musicians' DNA now that interferes terribly with Swing.

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