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MollyBloom · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants

Ain't nothing like the good ol'days. So many great people! Sam Cooke. Cab Calloway. They could all sing and dance it up.

Fat_Elvis · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Location: In the ghetto

Cab Calloway is going back a bit too far for me, but 60s motown and 70s jazz funk definitely ... Aretha ... Stevie Wonder ... Herbie Hancock ... Miles Davis ... Gil Scott Heron ... I could go on. Emotive, funky music.

Old Gil · Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Location: Got out! olleh!

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings do a reasonable facsimile.

"Humble Me": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_RHmQscC-k

Not the best version but still good.

I was always partial to Otis Redding.

EDIT: James Brown, Try Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2XY6oRD2xc

banjois · Joined: 14 Nov 2009

Oh yes, Sam Cooke, sing it. Loves it, I do. And Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse certainly both hold their own (they might owe a LOT of it to their shared back-up band.

I stumbled on this great series of re-releases from small labels across the States, mostly from the early 70s, I think, called Eccentric Soul. Well worth checking out. And, if I can plug a friend, there's a great singer from Toronto named Treasa Levasseur who taps into a bit of a Stax vibe.

Deep Thirteen · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Location: Swamp Land

That Betty Boop cartoon with Cab in it always stuck in my head as a kid.

Steelrails · Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System

Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard. My goodness, talk about some beauty.

Motown was pop to perfection. Good music, Superlative vocals, style, beauty, performance.

Todays R&B stars have nothing on the Motown girls, save Monica circa 'Angel of Mine' and 'Street Symphony'.

Lunar Groove Gardener · Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Location: 1987 Subaru

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banjois · Joined: 14 Nov 2009

Methinks we're getting our hot tips from the same place.

Brooksmatic · Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Location: Seoul

Aformentioned Herbie Hancock. Love that Headhunters album.

Roy Ayers is a favorite of mine too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_c0AEh6K7g <<<<------That's a track.

banjois · Joined: 14 Nov 2009

Oh man I'd forgotten how good Son House is.

Also, this guy -> http://banjois.tumblr.com/post/378653481.

MollyBloom · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants

MollyBloom · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants

Can't beat Django. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJ7bs4mTUY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufCkIla_ic&feature=related

Stochelo Rosenberg is also amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQXAuhs7Oc&feature=related

Man. I just really think I was born in the wrong era. I can't explain how much I adore it.

littlelisa · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Location: Seoul

I love jazz from 20s-40s (hot jazz only, though, not stuff like Glenn Miller's In the Mood) Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet (I LOVE Sidney Bechet!). I love Motown and Soul music too. Stuff like Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls. But I think these names have all been mentioned already here. I dislike rock and roll stuff in between, though. 50s music is not my thing.

Blues is also great, but most of my favourite blues artists also fall into the hot jazz category, like Count Basie, Sidney Bechet, Billie Holiday, etc. And jump blues is good, too.

Basically anything that makes me want to swing dance (lindyhop)/groove is good. Anything jive-ish or Boogie-woogie is not my bag.

BrenSmith · Joined: 10 Sep 2009 Location: Bundang

Can I get a bit of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

Tracks of my tears...Platoon...beauty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7iN355gp-k