"A Birthday Celebration"
Frankie Manning's 85th Birthday Celebration
Roseland Ballroom, May 26, 1999
A Photo Book by Alan D. Sugarman
60 Pages of Memorable Photographs!!
"Honoring the Man Who Helped Make the Lindy Hop", May 22, 2009, New York Times.
Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging, WNET/PBS Documentary -
Initially Aired May 21, 2009.
Ten percent of the video is from Frankie's 85th Roseland Birthday Celebration and Was Supplied by Zort Music
What I learned from the Late Frankie Manning"
Julie Cohen,
May 14, 2009, Our Town and Westsider (New York City Local Newspapers).
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"Swingin' Away - Celebrating Swing Legend Frankie Manning" What reviewers have been saying ...
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Our First release: "Swingin' Away" ... the
LIVE recording of George Gee and His Make- Believe Ballroom Orchestra at Frankie Manning's
85th Birthday Party, May 26, 1999 at Roseland Ballroom. 12 page poster of photos from the event, choreography for the Shim Sham and the Lindy Chorus, and Frankie Manning calling the Shim Sham to Stompin' at the Savoy. Not to be missed. This CD will be sold out soon and is a collector's item.
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Available
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"SWINGIN' AWAY" TRACK LIST (Total Time 1:00:14)
| Tr | Title | Songwriter | Solos | Time | BPM |
| 1 | TAKE THE A TRAIN | Billy Strayhorn | Szymanski | 2:56 | 192 |
| 2 | INTRO TO BLUES | Gee | 0:58 | 144 | |
| 3 | BLUES FOR STEPHANIE | John Clayton, Jr. | Wiseman, Germanson | 4:15 | 144 |
| 4 | SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE | Charles Calhoun | Lance Bryant vocals | 3:00 | 142 |
| 5 | BASIE BOOGIE | Frank Foster | Germanson | 2:58 | 198 |
| 6 | LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL | Fleecie Moore, Sam Theard | Carla Cook vocals; Pazant | 2:27 | 156 |
| 7 | SHE'S NEVER SATISFIED | Lance Bryant | Lance Bryant vocals | 5:33 | 148 |
| 8 | ROLL EM | Mary Lou Williams | Pazant, Germanson | 4:53 | 200 |
| 9 | FOUR FIVE SIX | Frank Foster | Szymanski, Bryant | 4:30 | 144 |
| 10 | THE LADY IS A TRAMP | R. Rodgers, L. Hart | Carla Cook vocals | 1:56 | 184 |
| 11 | PENNIES FROM HEAVEN | A. Johnston, J. Burke | Carla Cook vocals; Bryant, Germanson | 2:35 | 154 |
| 12 | 720 IN THE BOOKS | Jan Savitt , Johnny Watson, Harold Adamason | Pazant, Stephens | 2:16 | 206 |
| 13 | EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES | Peter Chatman aka Memphis Slim | Lance Bryant vocals | 6:05 | 130 |
| 14 | BLUES IN HOSS' FLAT | Frank Foster, | Gardner, Ghee, Trowers, Germanson | 5:15 | 148 |
| 15 | THE CONTINENTAL | Con Conrad, Herbert Magidson | Szymanski vocals | 3:40 | 160 |
| 16 | WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOP | Leslie John Akins, Andy Kirk | Germanson, Stephens, Pazant | 2:48 | 190 |
| 17 | STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY | Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson | Bryant, Szymanski, Pazant Frankie Manning Calling the Shim Sham, | 4:01 | 172 |
"SWINGIN' AT SWING CITY ZURICH"
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