Sad that this Thursday is the last Jam Cellar on Yehoodi Radio?
Don’t worry because you can immerse yourself in an entire weekend of Jam Cellar goodness at The Big Big Event just a little over a week away. There you can hear recorded music played by the Jam Cellar DJ’s in person!
If that wasn’t enough, actual live music will be provided by The Solomon Douglas Swingtet on June 6th and a double bill featuring The Russ Wilson Swingtet and The Boilermaker Jazz Band on June 7th. And somewhere in there will be the live debut of The Hot Club de Jam Cellar!
Register now at www.TheBigBigEvent.com!
Listen this Thursday at Yehoodi.com
Until then, we leave with you with the Dj’s in their own word (with some heavy and often unnecessary editing.)
Luke Albao was born on his birthday, currently resides in Baltimore, and will die on an undisclosed date. Flowers are appreciated.
Jerry Almonte has been dancing, teaching, organizing events and DJ’ing in the DC area since 2001. He loves DJ’ing around DC because the dancers will get down to whatever style and era of jazz and blues (and the more than occasional soul tune) that strikes his fancy on any given night.
Kate Hedin fell into DJing, in 2003, at the legendary Spy Bar in Cleveland, Ohio –usually filling in last minute when Marty & Valerie forgot they were out of town. Because of her passion as a balboa dancer, Kate has also become know for her tunes at balboa events
Allen Kerr strives to get people excited about the music they're dancing too. The music needs to be interesting and have the energy that makes for great dancing. Trying to avoid those overplayed tunes, Allen tries his best to find those hidden gems that keep the dance fresh and exciting.
Betsy Kipperman has been Lindy-hopping for almost ten years. As a music teacher and working musician she has been collecting all kinds of music for a long time. She is partial to all things jazz, but in particular has loved dance music from the '30's and '40's. She is always looking for music that will energize and inspire great dancing.
Mike Marcotte has been DJ'ing in the Washington D.C. area for the past seven years, whether it has been as the house DJ at K2 Dance Studio, putting together Sunday Blues at Glen Echo with his partner Donna Barker, to The Jam Cellar and beyond. The Boilermakers love him, and he wishes he could travel with them spinning their every break.
Andy Reid has dedicated most of his life to listening to, dancing to, promoting, and playing music (poorly). He's more known for his dancing - which he happens to do all over the world - but he also sometimes likes to play his favorite music for dancers, but, truth be told, he'd rather dance or hang out most of the time.
Glenn Scales can be heard regularly around the DC area mostly at The Jam Cellar and Chevy Chase Ballroom. In addition to DJ'ing at DCLX and other various workshop weekends and lindy exchanges, he has manned the DJ booth for several Lindy Hop and Balboa competitions.
Lee Tucker's first exposure to the Lindy Hop occurred at a high school assembly in Ithaca, NY sometime around 1999. To the best of his knowledge, members of Minnie's Moochers taught his high school chorus to do the Charleston, but somehow none of them has yet owned up to taking the gig. Since he moved to DC in 2006, Lee has remained an active DJ and social dancer. His music has been known to cause spontaneous vernacular jazz dancing.
Naomi Uyama discovered lindy hop in her hometown of Washington DC over ten years ago. When she's not traveling in the name of triple steps, decorating cakes, or loving libraries, Naomi lives in D.C. and spends most of her life not being Nina Gilkenson, despite the large amounts of people that think she is.