Imagine a teenage Ella Fitzgerald singing her heart out in a battle of the bands at Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. She's on Chick Webb's team, but has to give it her all to beat Benny Goodman's Orchestra and how can she really compete with Count Basie? Meanwhile, the crowd is going crazy. Over in Kat's Corner, where only the most adventurous get to dance, Frankie Manning and his 'Queen of Swing' Norma Miller are jumping over each other, performing the first ever “air steps" that later become known as lindyhop. In a quieter bit, a black boy from Harlem asks a white girl from Connecticut to dance—it's the 1930s and Savoy Ballroom is the only place in America he can dance with a white woman.
Outside, in the alley behind the ballroom where the lights are dimmer and the music quieter, a group of hepcats are indulging in Peppermint Candy....that's swing slang for sweets that taste so good after a reefer session, don't you know.
Fast forward to 2011 in Brighton. It's the White Mink, Black Cotton club night organized by Nick Hollywood. The Correspondents are looking as dapper as ever, MCing 20s swing classics to their 21st century rhythms. Gorgeous girls and handsome boys are jumping and jiving to Swing Republic's 'On The Downbeat,' the swinging beat as fresh as their vintage slacks and bobbed hair.
Curated by swing connoisseurs and vintage style icons Broken Hearts DJs, Peppermint Candy is a 2-CD compilation charting through the most danceable swing songs from the 1920s to today—a must-have for anyone who wants to take the magic of the Savoy Ballroom with them wherever they go and for all those with happy feet who can't stop dancing. Over forty tracks include all time classics like Frank Sinatra's 'Get Happy,' as well as neo-swing hits like Brian Setzer's Orchestra's 'Dirty Boogie.' Electro swing features heavily, with Swing Republic's 'Scrub Me Mamma With A Boogie Beat' and for those who've danced to it all, there are a few surprises too; Andre 3000's charming 'When I look In Your Eyes' and Imelda May's 'Boogie, Woogie Bugle Boy.'
Peppermint Candy CD is available on 11th July 2011
The Peppermint Candy radio show is presented by Broken Hearts DJs every Thursday @6pm on JazzFM.com
Outside, in the alley behind the ballroom where the lights are dimmer and the music quieter, a group of hepcats are indulging in Peppermint Candy....that's swing slang for sweets that taste so good after a reefer session, don't you know.
Fast forward to 2011 in Brighton. It's the White Mink, Black Cotton club night organized by Nick Hollywood. The Correspondents are looking as dapper as ever, MCing 20s swing classics to their 21st century rhythms. Gorgeous girls and handsome boys are jumping and jiving to Swing Republic's 'On The Downbeat,' the swinging beat as fresh as their vintage slacks and bobbed hair.
Curated by swing connoisseurs and vintage style icons Broken Hearts DJs, Peppermint Candy is a 2-CD compilation charting through the most danceable swing songs from the 1920s to today—a must-have for anyone who wants to take the magic of the Savoy Ballroom with them wherever they go and for all those with happy feet who can't stop dancing. Over forty tracks include all time classics like Frank Sinatra's 'Get Happy,' as well as neo-swing hits like Brian Setzer's Orchestra's 'Dirty Boogie.' Electro swing features heavily, with Swing Republic's 'Scrub Me Mamma With A Boogie Beat' and for those who've danced to it all, there are a few surprises too; Andre 3000's charming 'When I look In Your Eyes' and Imelda May's 'Boogie, Woogie Bugle Boy.'
Peppermint Candy CD is available on 11th July 2011
The Peppermint Candy radio show is presented by Broken Hearts DJs every Thursday @6pm on JazzFM.com
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