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Barbara Morrison: Live at the 9:20 Special(Springboard Productions 2002)
This recording marks one of the first times that Lindy Hoppers connected with musicians of their ilk to come up with an incredible recording of pure Lindy Hop Groove music. Bands like this have been assembled across the country at various Exchanges (or "UnExchanges") and Workshops, but have never been recorded with such clarity and quality. Instead of needing to purchase ten Gene Harris or Jack MacDuff CDs to come up with one danceable CD of Lindy Groove music, this CD contains all danceable music. The 9:20 Special is Paul Overton's immensely-successful Thursday night dance in San Francisco (now in Oakland). With Paul and Jesse Miner DJing, it is truly one of the best weekly Lindy Hop venues in the country. Elliott Donnelly teamed up with Paul and Sharon Ashe to bring Barbara Morrison to the 9:20 Special to reproduce a night in April 2001 when Barbara knocked the socks off dancers at a Lindy Hop workshop in Sacramento. The back-up band was hand-picked by top-notch Lindy Hoppers to play in a venue for Lindy Hoppers, sponsored by Lindy Hoppers. Again, every song on this CD is aimed towards Lindy Hoppers, so it is worth the premium.
Click here to purchase the CD at Springboard Production's website. You can also save postage and purchase a copy from us for the same price at the Jazz Cafe on Wednesday evenings.
As written on the Springboardllc.com website, Barbara Morrison has performed and recorded with a virtual "who's who" of the Jazz and the Blues worlds including legends Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Ron Carter, Etta James, Esther Phillips, David T. Walker, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Johnny Otis, Dr. John, Kenny Burrell, Terence Blanchard, Joe Sample, Cedar Walton, Nancy Wilson, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett, and Keb' Mo (Kevin Moore). Barbara regularly appears at some of the top venues and festivals around the globe and has been featured on over 20 recordings in almost every genre from traditional Jazz and Blues to Gospel and Pop. Her melodic voice, with its two-and-a-half octave range, is known worldwide as is her rich, unique, soulful, and highly spirited interpretations of both familiar Jazz and Blues classics and original contemporary songs. When she is not touring, Ms. Morrison teaches at UCLA where she is on the faculty of the Ethnomusicology Program. You may contact Barbara at BMorrBlues@aol.com or find out more about her at barbaramorrison.com. |
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This CD has already received a great deal of buzz throughout the Lindy World,
and rightly so. However, I have felt reluctant to make it the Album of the
Week due to the sentiment expressed first by Andy Reid to other Swing DJs on
Jesse Miner's SwingDJs list: please don't ruin this CD by overplaying it at
every Lindy Hop event! Nonetheless, I finally broke down after yet
another listen because it is a great CD. (Just, please, if you DJ, don't
overplay it....)