alain’s dance blog

Our friends from Albany did a great job this weekend with the Albany Chill Lindy Hop exchange. I went down this weekend with a group of Montrealers, and we had a great time. Albany dancers rock!

The Saturday night band was amazing. The lineup featured the fabulous Barbara Morrison and an inspired band led by Gordon Webster on piano, Roland Barber on trombone, Brianna Thomas on vocals, Elias Bailey on bass and George Reed on drums. The energy at the dance was just unbelievable.

Gordon played at SONH a few weeks ago, and he’s a dancer so he knows what we like. This summer he released a CD featuring slow blues danceable songs. And let’s not forget the lovely Barbara Morrison - she’s just amazing. If you’ve never heard her, pick up the 9:20 Special album which is filled with dancer-friendly tracks.

Great job, Albany!!!

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