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Strictly Ballroom Series: Strictly Swing And Jive - The Best Of Dancesport
Strictly Ballroom Series: Strictly Swing And Jive - The Best Of Dancesport Reviews
| 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:  Fine disc for dance practice, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Strictly Ballroom Series: Strictly Swing And Jive - The Best Of Dancesport (Audio CD) Nothing wrong with this disc. I was looking for all East Coast Swing to practice dancing. A better disc (but you have to like old R&B) is "Everybody Dances Swing - series #1." Amazon couldn't find it (I waited about 8 weeks) so I got a perfect condition used copy from one of their partners within about 3 days. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: A mixed value for swing and jive, By This review is from: Strictly Ballroom Series: Strictly Swing And Jive - The Best Of Dancesport (Audio CD) The New 101 Strings Orchestra puzzles me in many ways. The "strings" seem to be synthesized. But since they have only minor background parts in this disc, this is not a huge drawback. And then a number of tracks are played by Johnny Cool & the Mobster Swing Band. They are pretty decent. The disc has tracks with three tempos: 44 measures per minute for jive, 36 mpm for swing, and 30 mpm for swing. Of course, 30 mpm is also foxtrot speed, and so dancers will have a choice between East Coast swing and foxtrot. Tracks 8 and 12 with clarinet solos by Buddy de Franco might be musically interesting, but they are miserable to dance to. CAUTION FOR COLLECTORS: The Ballroom Dance Collection: Foxtrot & Quickstep, Swing & Jive, 2006, Produced by Mastertech in Australia lists this orchestra as the 101 Strings Orchestra, and provides much less information about mpm, vocals, etc. But these seem to be the same recordings. Beware of buying them twice. Here are the titles,... Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:  Strictly Swing and Jive, By Lisa Grace (Anniston, Alabama) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Strictly Ballroom Series: Strictly Swing And Jive - The Best Of Dancesport (Audio CD) This CD is not what I expected. I thought it is one with fast pace swing dance music. Well, for those of you out there who wanted to get a CD, you need to try playing it first before placing an order. |
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