LindyinthePark.com

Photos from February 4 — Superbowl Sunday — are now online.

An awesome, sunny and warm day, with a ton of folks coming out to partake in the partay!

You can click on our photos link in the navigation, or go directly there via this link (just click on Feb 4).

Enjoy!

You’ll notice that the Photos and Music pages have been added.

The two are new in format, but contain/will contain images and info you may have already seen. Of course, we’ll continue to add new content as soon as everything has been ported over from the old site. Thanks for your patience!

Actually, yes, but it’s a one-time thing.

Our friends at the 9:20 Special are having an Open House, and everyone’s invited!

One of San Francisco’s longest-running night swing dance venue, the 9:20 Special opens its doors to welcome back old friends, thank friends who’ve supported us over the years, and reach out to make new friends with a big Open House Party featuring:

* Free crash course beginner swing lesson
* Music to swing DJs Jesse Miner, Jeremy Lewis & Manu Smith
* Special performances featuring local, regional and national lindy hop champions
* A night full of great social dancing in our big and beautiful ballroom!

And the whole thing is FREE! No cover, no class charges, nothing - FREE!

Isn’t that a novel idea?

Actually, it’s awesome that they’re doing this, and you should all check it out, especially if you’ve only come out to Lindy in the Park.

January 25, 2007
Free Beginner Class at 8:20 pm
Swing Dance Party from 9:20 pm - 12:30 am
At the Russian Center —2460 Sutter Street (off Divisadero)

Visit www.920special for more info.

In other news, the NCLS, in cooperation with Ashkenaz, the Doghouse, and Lake Merritt Dance Center, is pleased to announce the return of Frankie Manning to the Bay Area for a weekend workshop. Feb 16-18, 2007.

All of us here at LitP agree that Frankie is one of the main reasons for the revival of Lindy Hop.

You owe it to yourself to come hear and see this living legend (he’s in his 90’s!).

All the info is at www.ncls.com

Welcome to the new Lindy in the Park website, now in blog format.

We’ll have a brand new photo gallery, and updated sections.

Please be patient as well while we port over many of the older pages and information.

Thanks for visiting!

For Dancers Only: A Lindy Hop CompilationJazz/Essential. How often does one find a single CD full of Lindy Hop songs — that’s a question DJ’s often ask themselves. Well, here’s one, because it’s a compilation created by swing DJ’s! Included are songs from Jay McShann, Clark Terry, Junior Mance and Al Grey. Definitely check it out!

1. Call It Whatchawanna - The New Al Grey Quintet
2. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - Jay McShann
3. Everyday I Have The Blues - The Clark Terry Quintet
4. My Blue Heaven - Bob Wilber
5. Blue Mance - Junior Mance
6. Four Or Five Times - The Chiaroscuro All Stars
7. Boss Blues - Buck Clayton
8. Undecided - Bobby Hackett
9. Bag’s Groove - The Red Holloway Quintet
10. Social Call - Dave Glasser
11. I Ain’t Got Nobody - Ralph Sutton
12. Do Wah - The Last Of The Whorehouse Piano Players
13. For Dancers Only - The Clark Terry Spacemen

- Dave

Barbara Morrison Live at the 9:20 Special Jazz/Essential. This is a must have for any modern-day Lindy Hopper and Jazz fan. Barbara has an incredible voice as well as personality and spunk, and that certainly shows in this live recording session at one of San Francisco’s most popular swing dance venue, the 9:20 Special. If you had been there in May 2002, at one point you would have seen people stop dancing just to watch and listen to her sing. Every track in this collection is danceable. I should know, cause I was privileged to be there!

Song list:

1. Introduction
2. I Love Being Here With You
3. Never Make Your Move Too Soon / Smack Dab In the Middle
4. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
5. Stormy Monday
6. Fever
7. Alright, Ok, You Win / Everyday (I Have the Blues)
8. The Comeback
9. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
10. Going to Chicago
11. Next Time You See Me
12. Hit The Road Jack
13. Bye Bye Blackbird
14. Kansas City / Shake Rattle and Roll

-Dave

Live in Swing City - Swingin’ With Duke - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. An Essential. Favorites include Happy Go-Lucky Local, C-Jam Blues, Bli-Blip, and the lesser known, but equally good Black and Tan Fantasy. This album might be the exception in the Essentials group of cds where I stated 75% of the tracks are danceble. Who knows? YOU might be able to dance to most of them. In any case, at least half the tracks are danceable, and what tracks they are. Highest recommendation.

Song list:

1. Happy Go Lucky
2. Main Stem
3. C Jam Blues
4. Multi Colored Blue
5. Chinoiserie
6. Black & Tan Fantasy
7. Cottontail
8. Mood Indigo
9. Bli-Blip
10. Harlem Air Shaft
11. Portrait Of Louis Armstrong

-Dave

Are You Hep to the Jive? - Cab Calloway. An Essential. Contains some very fun songs. Subjects include marriage, food, jungle animals!

Song list:

1. Boo-Wah Boo-Wah
2. Are You All Reet?
3. Hey Now, Hey Now
4. Everybody Eats When They Come To My House
5. Are You Hep To The Jive?
6. The Calloway Boogie
7. Hep Cat’s Love Song
8. Papa’s In Bed With His Britches On
9. Song Of The Islands: What’s Buzzin’ Cousin
10. Twee-Twee-Tweet
11. Come On With The ‘Come On’
12. Chant Of The Jungle
13. I Want To Rock
14. Oh! Gram’pa
15. The Jungle King (You Ain’t Done A Doggone Thing)
16. Don’t Falter At The Alter
17. Who’s Yehoodi?
18. A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird
19. Tarzan Of Harlem
20. Minnie The Moocher

-Dave

Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin, Too! - various. An Essential. More of the same lounge feel type of big band music.

Song list:

1. Frenesi - Eydie Gorme
2. Night And Day - Steve Lawrence
3. Charade - Bobby Darin
4. A Lot Of Livin’ To Do - Nancy Wilson
5. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days - Louis Prima
6. Wives And Lovers - Vic Damone
7. The Boy From Ipanema - Peggy Lee
8. Strangers In The Night - Wayne Newton
9. With Plenty Of Money And You - Tony Bennett
10. Call Me Irresponsible - Bobby Darin
11. Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby - Dinah Washington
12. Snootie Little Cutie - Bobby Troup
13. Daddy - Julie London
14. Just In Time - Dean Martin
15. Perdido - Sarah Vaughn
16. Angel Eyes - Jack Jones
17. Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody - Louis Prima
18. Midnight Swinger - Mel Torme
19. Destination Moon - Dinah Washington
20. It Had Better Be Tonight - Lena Horne

-Dave.