Hey Mr Jesse: November podcast with Nikki Yanofsky

The November episode of the podcast Hey Mister Jesse is just released.

Hey Mr Jesse is a great monthly podcast where the swing djs Jesse Miner and Manu 'Spuds' Smith talk about swingin' music that matters to dancers.

This episode they got an interview with the Canadian jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky who just released her first album. Take a look at what more is in the show: read the show notes for Hey Mister Jesse November 2008.

Download the November 2008 episode of Hey Mister Jesse. (~50 MB, mp3)

This is my mail contribution to the November podcast:

Since I celebrate my 10th anniversary as a lindy hopper I'd like to highlight one of the songs that I associate with learning lindy hop.

The song is "Three Cool Cats" with the Swedish band Jump4Joy. The band is led by Ulf Sandström (a great boogie woogie piano player) and "Mighty" Bo Gustavsson (on tenor sax).

Their website can be found at: http://www.jump4joy.se/

I also celebrate my 500th post on my blog. Jeez, that's a lot of posts!

One of the best videos that I've featured on the blog is of Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears playing the song "Truckin" where Ina Ray also taps.

If that video don't get you in a good mood, you should probably see a doctor.

Take a look at what I've written about the previous Hey Mr Jesse podcasts.

What do you think of the Hey Mr Jesse November podcast? Please comment.

Boogie Woogie Royal: Anke Angel and Ulf Sandström

A week ago I got a mail from the pianist and singer Anke Angel from Holland, so I checked out her work and found this great clip of Anke Angel playing boogie woogie together with Ulf Sandström and the band Jump4Joy.

Such great energy and lots of humour. What is it with boogie woogie rhythm that gets you instantly into a good mood?

I missed Ulf's show "New Orleans T.O.R" at Reginateatern last year but I hope to see him performing live sometime. My bet is that it'll be at least 10 times as good as this clip.

What do you think of Anke Angel and Ulf Sandström? Please comment.

New Orleans T.O.R at Reginateatern

Yesterday I visited Reginateatern, a theatre in Uppsala, that had a presentation of which plays and music acts that will perform there during the autumn. Many of the artists who will perform later on were there to give a sample of what their show will be about.

From a swing and blues music perspective the most interesting act will be "New Orleans T.O.R" where the musicians Ulf Sandström (piano and vocals) and Bo Gustavsson (saxophone and vocals) will talk about New Orleans itself and their travels there (they've visited New Orleans more than 25 times). They are know from their group Jump4Joy.



The show will be in the format of a one hour lunch entertainment once a month (Sep 26th, Oct 10th and Nov 7th). From what I saw, the show will be very entertaining.

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What do you think about the show? Will you go there? Tell me.