[PEN-L:4265] Re: The Onyx Club Sextet

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:47 PM 3/10/99 -0500, Louis P. wrote:
>As many folks are probably aware, New York and Los Angeles are in the grips
>of a "swing" revival.

There's one dimension of the swing revival that you missed, Lou: if you
listen to the Brian Setzer (sp.?) orchestra, one of the most successful of
the neo-swing bands, you'll notice that there's an element of rockabilly.
That's because Setzer comes from the Stray Cats, a rockabilly group.

It's also not just NYC and LA: they had a swing band (the name of which
I've forgotten) at the execrable Super Bowl, along with Gloria Estephan,
KISS, and Stevie Wonder.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx &
http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/jdevine.html