Tabby The Cat!

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Anita O'Day, Stan Kenton, Tabby The Cat

Since my blogging days started over at Blogger, I figured I should reblog some of my favourite posts for you -WordPress crowd, to see. Hope you enjoy it!

All That JazzCat!

For my first post I thought I’d let my paws peruse teh Internets so I could share with you one of my favorite vintage jazz songs. See, being a hepcat it’s important to me to be able to share with you the wonderful world of jazz because, well, I don’t spend all day staring out the window and licking my feet, you know.

Can you guess why it is one of my favourite songs? MOL

This version is by Anita O’Day from her short stint (11 months) with Stan Kenton and his orchestra in 1944

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Dancing through wartime

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Balboa, Charleston, Lindy Hop, Shag, Swing Dancing, War Time, West Coast Swing

Swing cats are my favourite kind of cats. The heppest of the hep. Other than Jazz cats, of course!

Appletree Days

Dancing through wartime. And here’s how we all did it…

Dance 1943

Swing Dancing

Swing Dancing describes a variety of dances including the Lindy Hop, Charleston, Shag, and Balboa, West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Hand Dancing, Jive, Rock and Roll, and the Boogie Woogie.

Swing Fever

Although it originated as early as the 1910s, the Lindy Hop was a dance that developed throughout the 1940s. As an American dance, the Lindy Hop entered mainstream American culture in the 1930s, gaining popularity through Dance troupes, including the Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, Hot Chocolates and the Big Apple Dancers . Hollywood films, such as Hellzapoppin’ 1941 and A Day at the Races 1937 began featuring the Lindy Hop in dance sequences.

Lindy Hop

In the 1930s and 40s, the Lindy Hop appeared in films and news reels, and was popular with American troopsstationed overseas, particularly in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia…

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Tabby The Cat!

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Anita O'Day, Hep Cats, Jazz Cats, Swing Music, Tabby The Cat, video

For my first post I thought I’d let my paws peruse teh Internets so I could share with you one of my favorite vintage jazz songs. See, being a hepcat it’s important to me to be able to share with you the wonderful world of jazz because, well, I don’t spend all day staring out the window and licking my feet, you know.

Can you guess why it is one of my favourite songs? MOL

This version is by Anita O’Day from her short stint (11 months) with Stan Kenton and his orchestra in 1944