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The Jazz Age by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

RoxysirenRoxysiren Posts: 443
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This is a new album out today by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra. It is an intrumental album with classic Ferry/Roxy tracks recorded in an authentic 1920's jazz style.

I think it could work quite well in the ballroom dancing world.

Jazz with a twist!

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8
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    Read the review this weekend and thought hmmmmmm. But hearing it today on Spotify, it's a seriously good piece of work. It helps that I like Jazz from the 20s and I like Roxy as well.

    Slave to Love never sounded as good as this!
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    TerryM22TerryM22 Posts: 19,463
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    Roxysiren wrote: »
    This is a new album out today by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra. It is an intrumental album with classic Ferry/Roxy tracks recorded in an authentic 1920's jazz style.

    I think it could work quite well in the ballroom dancing world.

    Jazz with a twist!

    :)

    This sounds like fun.
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    RoxysirenRoxysiren Posts: 443
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    Thanks, I was worried it might be inappropriate to post it here but having heard it I think it might make great soundtrack for several styles of dance.

    It has been recorded with some great jazz musicians who have worked with Bryan through the years.

    It may not be to everyone's taste but it's nice to hear something a bit different.

    Lots of good information about the album here:-

    http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/albums_111.php

    http://www.bryanferry.com/

    :)
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    Doghouse RileyDoghouse Riley Posts: 32,491
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    "What works well" for ballroom dancing, is the arrangements of well known dance tunes played in the style of; Miller, Basie, Shaw etc., or even Riddle, May and other contemporaries.
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    Doghouse Riley wrote: »
    "What works well" for ballroom dancing, is the arrangements of well known dance tunes played in the style of; Miller, Basie, Shaw etc., or even Riddle, May and other contemporaries.
    Sounds like playlist for Lindy Hoopers to me (being one myself) - the swing era music can be used for QS / FT (so AS too) but so can music from the 20s (when the dances were invented). I'd happily dance my limited ballroom steps to a number of the songs on this album (I'd love to dance Lindy to Slave To Love though)
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    RoxysirenRoxysiren Posts: 443
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    A Roxy fan who teaches ballroom assesed the CD and came up with this list.

    1. do the strand - quickstep/charleston
    2. love is the drug - argentine tango/foxtrot
    3. don't stop the dance - swing/quickstep/double-swing 50s style
    4. just like you - foxtrot
    5. avalon - slow samba
    6. the bogus man - argentine tango/foxtrot
    7. slave to love - swing/quickstep
    8. this is tomorrow - swing/charleston (happily!)
    9. the only face - slow: agrentine tango/rhumba
    10.I thought - swing/quickstep
    11.reason or rhyme - foxtrot
    12.virginia plain - charleston
    13. this island earth - very slow argentine tango with a dip at the end

    :)
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