George Yi is a great swing dancer and now he’s a swing DJ. His job takes him to different locations for a few months at a time. Previously he was in Australia, and now he’s in Amsterdam where he’s supporting the Lindy-Hop scene by starting a regular social dance. George recently DJ’d at a few Lindy events and he’s been playing Tin Pan music.
Here’s a video that George just sent me of last Friday at the Lindy Exchange event in Amsterdam. The track is called “I Found a New Baby” and its off our first album, “Early Jazz and Americana” The players are Jesse Selengut – trumpet, Miguel Weisman – Harmonica, Nick Russo – Guitar, and Brian Petway – Bass. We recorded it around the corner here in Brooklyn and it is great to think that the music travelled all the way to the Netherlands and got people to dance.
This track is only available if you see us live. It’s not in any stores or on-line outlets. I think that George still has a few copies left (I gave him a bunch when he was here in NYC). So if you are in Amsterdam or are going to Harang, track down DJ George!