Crescent City Jazz at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Opening

Crescent City Jazz was another nice surprise at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress yesterday. They play New Orleans Jazz, both standards and their own tunes in that style. I first saw Crescent City Jazz in March at a concert at Stabbygården.

Since a company called Nymansbolagen used to make bicycles called Cresent, the band will play tomorrow at a party arranged by a organisation consisting of people who used to work there.



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Silver Sextett at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Opening

The Silver Sextett is a group of young jazz musicans that I first wrote about in connection with Youth Jazz Contest. Yesterday they performed at the opening of Uppsalas new concert hall: Uppsala Konsert & Kongress.

It's estimated that more than 10000 people in Uppsala took the chance to see what the new building was like.


The Silver Sextett played, among other songs, Night in Tunisia and It Don't Mean A Thing. It sounded very good.

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Did you hear the Silver Sextett yesterday at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress? What do you think of them? Tell me.

TriAngel at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Opening

TriAngel played soft vocal jazz but with a modern edgy touch. You can hear more what they sounded like on singer Anna-Karin Westerlunds Myspace page. The group also consists of Hampus Nordgren (bass) and Marko Savela (guitar).




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Did you see TriAngel at the opening of Uppsala Konsert & Kongress? What did you think of them? Tell me.

Uppsala Konsert & Kongress open the doors

In March I blogged about the new concert house in Uppsala: Uppsala Konsert & Kongress. Today the building is finished and at noon the general public will have a first chance to take a look at it from the inside. You will have a spectacular view over the city from the 6th floor.

There will be a lot of different kinds of music played there, including jazz and big bands, more about that later.

Have you visited Uppsala Konsert & Kongress? What's your first impression? Tell me.

Canal Street Syncopators at Kopphagens dansbana: Photos

Last Sunday swing dancers and jazz lovers took the steam train Lennakatten out to Länna outside Uppsala for a dance picnic. We had a wonderful weather, probably the last varm sunny day of summer.

This was the third year in a row we did dance picnic and every year the orchestra Canal Street Syncopators have played their music for us. It was great to hear that they picked up the song Cavernism, I danced with one of my favorite followers to that song.



Before the band played we had taster lessons in partner charleston and solo charleston. I was the sound technician of the day so I set up the sound system and mixed the band. After the band ended I stayed behind the sound table and dj:ed a couple of hours.



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Where you at the dance picnic at Kopphagens dansbana? What did you think of the day? Tell me.

Hellzapoppin' to "Jumpin' at the Woodside"

A reader of the blog, Hans, tipped me about that a Russian guy had made a version of the famous lindy hop sequence from the film Hellzapoppin' where the music has been substituted to Jumpin' at the Woodside, which was the original song that Frankie Manning choreographed the routine to.
Have a look at the Hellzapoppin' lindy routine done to Jumpin' at the Woodside



Then you can compare it to the original film version of the Hellzapoppin routine:



I think the Jumpin' at the Woodside version is slightly better. You can discuss the video clip over at SwingDjs.com.

Which version do you think is best? Tell me.

Dat Dere - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

A couple of days ago I mentioned the song Dat Dere by Bobby Timmons. I started looking for versions of that song and found this video clip of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers performing Dat Dere in 1961.



I don't usually listen to bop jazz very much but when it has such a great swinging rhythm section like in this video clip, it's a joy. I love the piano solo. I have to start looking into the music of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers to see if I can find more stuff like this. Got any suggestions?

What do you think of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers playing Dat Dere? Does it appeal to you hard core swing music fans as well? Tell me.