24.02.16 - OSDS Social Playlist

OSDS Social Playlist for Friday, February 16th, 2024

01 - "Turn Me Loose" - Lionel Hampton
02 - "If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich?" - Louis Jordan
03 - "Little Sir Echo" - Rex Stewart & Dicky Wells
04 - "Massachusetts" - Maxine Sullivan
05 - "Castle Rock" - Johnny Hodges
06 - "Four or Five Times" - Jimmie Lunceford
07 - "Till Tom Special" - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
08 - "The Goon Drag (Gone Wid De Goon)" - Sammy Price & Texas Blusicians
09 - "Swingin' On C" - Earl Hines
10 - "St. James Infirmary" - Hot Lips Page
11 - "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Billie Holiday
12 - "A Blue Serge Suit" - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
13 - "Tain't Like That" - Rex Stewart
14 - "Savoy Blip (Aka Jacquet and No Vest)" - Illinois Jacquet
15 - "Wednesday Night Hop" - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy
16 - "Wham" - Johnny Hodges
17 - "Jivin' With Jarvis" - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
18 - "Gimme a Pigfoot" - LaVern Baker
19 - "Blues In Hoss' Flat" - Count Basie
20 - "Shiny Stockings" - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
21 - "'Taint Me" - Roy Milton
22 - "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - Dizzy Gillespie
23 - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong
24 - "T'aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)" - Jimmie Lunceford

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24.02.02 - Bandcamp Friday + Black History Month 2024!

It's Bandcamp Friday!

Looking to directly support black artists this Bandcamp Friday*? Check out these albums:

"Harlem Rhythm EP" by Dandy Wellington and His Band

"Eleanora - the Early Years of Billie Holiday" by Nicolle Rochelle and the Hot Sugar Band

"Alone Together" by Catherine Russell

"Blues in the Dark" by Taryn Newborne and the K-Night Owls

"Swag" by Charles Turner & Uptown Swing

* Learn all about Bandcamp Friday here

 

24.01.28 - Blues @ Daft Playlist

Blues @ Daft Social Playlist for Sunday, January 28th 2024

01 - "Chicken, Gravy & Biscuits" - Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
02 - "At The Club" - Ray Charles
03 - "The Seventh Son" - Willie Dixon
04 - "You Made Me Suffer" - Andrew Brown
05 - "Dr. Feelgood (Love Is Serious Business)" - Aretha Franklin
06 - "That Did It" - Bobby "Blue" Bland
07 - "Tombstone Blues" - Ronnie Magri & his New Orleans Jazz Band
08 - "Bird in a Cage" - Otis Spann
09 - "Since I Fell for You" - Nina Simone
10 - "Tobacco Road" - Lou Rawls
11 - "Mojo Hannah" - Aaron Neville
12 - "In the Wee Hours" - Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band
13 - "Born Under A Bad Sign (Mono Mix)" - Albert King
14 - "Thinkin' and Drinkin'" - Amos Milburn
15 - "I'm Coming Home to See My Mother" - Clifton Chenier
16 - "Buck" - Nina Simone
17 - "Life Goes On" - Big Mama Thornton
18 - "The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)" - Aretha Franklin
19 - "I Just Want To Make Love To You" - Etta James
20 - "Insane Asylum" - Koko Taylor & Willie Dixon
21 - "Hip Shakin' Mama" - Irma Thomas
22 - "Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out" - Lester's Blues
23 - "Stone Rollin'" - Raphael Saadiq
24 - "I'll Make It" - Dorothy Love Coates
25 - "Do I Move You?" - Nina Simone
26 - "Give It To You" - Cedric Burnside
27 - "Shake It Baby" - Lynwood Slim and The Igor Prado Band
28 - "Havin' Fun" - Big Bill Morganfield
29 - "Last Night" - Dr. John, Mike Bloomfield & John Paul Hammond
30 - "Champagne & Reefer" - Muddy Waters
31 - "She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride" - Taj Mahal
32 - "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It" - Ruth Brown
33 - "In the Basement, Pt. 1" - Sugar Pie DeSanto & Etta James
34 - "Night Time Is the Right Time" - Rufus & Carla Thomas
35 - "I Put a Spell on You" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
36 - "When the Lights Go Out" - Jimmy Witherspoon

24.01.22 - QSDC Social Playlist

QSDC Social Playlist for Monday, January 22nd, 2024

01 - "Turn Me Loose" - Lionel Hampton
02 - "Solid As A Rock" - Count Basie and His Orchestra & The Deep River Boys
03 - "In a Mellotone" - Duke Ellington
04 - "Just Kiddin' Around" - Artie Shaw
05 - "Why Don't You Do Right?" - Peggy Lee
06 - "Four or Five Times" - Jimmie Lunceford
07 - "Are You Hep To The Jive?" - Cab Calloway
08 - "I'm Beginning To See The Light" - Count Basie & Joe Williams
09 - "Potato Chips" - Slim Gaillard
10 - "T'ain't What You Do" - Billy May
11 - "Knock Me A Kiss" - Louis Jordan
12 - "Stompin' at the Savoy" - Maxine Sullivan
13 - "Bring It Back" - Wynonie Harris
14 - "Woodchoppers' Ball" - Woody Herman & his Orchestra
15 - "It Had to Be You" - Nirav Sanghani and the Pacific Six
16 - "Esquire Bounce" - Brooks Prumo Orchestra
17 - "The Goon Drag" - Carolina Reapers Swing
18 - "Flight Of The Foo Birds" - Count Basie and His Orchestra
19 - "Black and Tan Fantasy" - Rufus Temple Orchestra*
20 - "Top of the Town" - Boilermaker Jazz Band
21 - "Just a Little Bit South Of North Carolina" - Swing Up Orchestra
22 - "Blow Big Jay" - Shirt Tail Stompers
23 - "Yesterdays" - Hot Sugar Band & Nicolle Rochelle*
24 - "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" - Illinois Jacquet
25 - "A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac And Some Money)" - Buddy and Ella Johnson
26 - "Front Line Drag" - Keenan McKenzie & the Riffers*
27 - "Redhead" - Count Basie

* -Blues

25.01.22 - QSDC "Zero to Hero" Band Break Playlist

QSDC "Zero to Hero" Band Break Playlist for Saturday, January 20th, 2024

Set 1

01 - "Smooth Sailing" - Ella Fitzgerald
02 - "Second Balcony Jump" - Earl Hines and His Orchestra
03 - "Little Sir Echo" - Rex Stewart & Dicky Wells
04 - "Begin the Beguine" - Artie Shaw
05 - "Rose Room" - Jonah Jones

Set 2

01 - "Lavender Coffin" - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
02 - "Hamp's Boogie Woogie (78-Rpm Master Take)" - Lionel Hampton Quintet
03 - "Plus je t'embrasse (1958)" - Blossom Dearie
04 - "Strictly Instrumental" - Harry James

Set 3

01 - "Shoutin' Blues" - Count Basie
02 - "Tickle Toe" - Australian Cotton Club Orchestra
03 - "D Natural Blues" - Lucky Millinder Orchestra

04 - "Tain't Like That" - Rex Stewart
05 - "Jivin' With Jarvis" - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

24.01.08 - QSDC Social Playlist

QSDC Social Playlist for Monday, January, 8th 2024

01 - "Smooth Sailing" - Ella Fitzgerald
02 - "All That Meat and No Potatos" - Fats Waller
03 - "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" - Louis Jordan
04 - "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Billie Holiday
05 - "Shiny Stockings" - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
06 - "Alright, Okay You Win" - Peggy Lee
07 - "Rose Room" - Jonah Jones
08 - "Eight, Nine and Ten" - Gordon Webster & Hetty Kate
09 - "Someday Sweetheart" - Nirav Sanghani and the Pacific Six
10 - "Ev'rybody Wants To Be a Cat (Single Version)" - Scatman Crothers
11 - "T'ain't What You Do" - Billy May
12 - "Thunderbird" - Ray Anthony
13 - "Oh, I'm Evil" - The Revisionists
14 - "Whispering" - Nirav Sanghani and the Pacific Six
15 - "Red, Hot and Blue" - Roomful Of Blues
16 - "Plus je t'embrasse (1958)" - Blossom Dearie
17 - "Baker Bounce" - Nirav Sanghani and the Pacific Six
18 - "Blues In Hoss' Flat (2003 Remastered Version)" - Count Basie
19 - "I Didn't Like It The First Time" - Julia Lee
20 - "On the Sunny Side of the Street (live)" - Illinois Jacquet Quartet
21 - "Front Line Drag" - Keenan McKenzie & the Riffers
22 - "Corner Pocket" - Count Basie
23 - "If You’re A Viper" - Carolina Reapers Swing
24 - "Me, Myself, and I" - The Revisionists
25 - "9.20 Special" - Australian Cotton Club Orchestra
26 - "Blue and Sentimental" - Count Basie And His Orchestra*
27 - "I Like Pie (I Like You Best of All)" - Gordon Webster
28 - "Rescue Me" - Elise LeGrow*

 * -Blues

Where to Catch Me in 2024

Where to find me in 2024

DJing

January, 2024

08 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
20 - QSDC Zero to Hero Social Band Breaks @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
22 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
28 - Blues at Daft @ Daft Brewing, Kingston, Ontario

February, 2024

16 - OSDS Friday Social @ St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, Ottawa, Ontario
26 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario

March, 2024

9 - International Women's Week Social Dance Band Breaks @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
10 - Blues at Daft @ Daft Brewing, Kingston, Ontario
25 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario

April, 2024

20 - QSDC End of Year Dance Band Breaks @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
29 - Duke Ellington's 125th Birthday Party @ TBA, Kingston, Ontario

May, 2024

June, 2024

08 - The Kingston Vintage Ball - @ Grant Hall, Kingston, Ontario

Teaching

January, 2024

15 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
20 - QSDC Zero to Hero Social Band Breaks @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario

February, 2024

05 - QSDC Monday Social (with Elizabeth) @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
12 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario

March, 2024

11 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
13 - QSDC Wednesday Specialty Lesson @ Rideau Hall, Kingston, Ontario

April, 2024

08 - QSDC Monday Social @ the Spire, Kingston, Ontario
10 - QSDC Wednesday Specialty Lesson @ Rideau Hall, Kingston, Ontario
17 - QSDC Wednesday Specialty Lesson @ Rideau Hall, Kingston, Ontario

Dancing (Out of town)

March, 2024

1-3 - O-Town Showdown 2024 @ Glebe Community Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

April, 2024

26-29 - Montreal Bagel & Blues 2024 @ MTL Palladium, Montreal, Quebec

May, 2024

June, 2024

26 - Lindy Jam @ Groove Juice Swing, Rochester NY
27-30 - Beantown @ Endicott College, Beverly, MA

July, 2024

27-30 - Beantown @ Endicott College, Beverly, MA
12-14 - Slow Dance Soiree @ Groove Juice Swing, Rochester, NY

August, 2024