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Joe Williams on Playing Music for Dancers

Posted on September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 by

“When the band would see real fine dancers, the musicians would try to become a part of what they were doing. Really, the dancers inspired the musicians and vice versa. If the musicians did something exceptional, it inspired the dancers to do something exceptional, and then the dancers would inspire the musicians to do even more. It was a party, it was the best.”

— Legendary jazz singer Joe Williams. From Swingin at the Savoy, Norma Miller / Evette Jensen (1996), p. 215

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