That's Communication

from Marshmallow Heart - Songs For Swing Dancers by Tin Pan

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This song my shout out to all the great Swing Dance DJ's that I've had the pleasure to dance to. Special nods to Sarah Spoon, Shorty George Yi, and Leslie VonBeerstein (for blues). It took me a while to appreciate a good swing dance DJ. There's so much out there and frankly, so little, that really makes me forget my inhibitions and dance. This is one of these songs!

Slim Gaillard had a way of making silly, fun super danceable songs and pretty much every time a swing DJ would play this track the floor would get filled. Here's our take.

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Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dee Dit Dit

If you wan't communication use the telephone.
When you entertain the nation it's the microphone.
Dictation can be made on a dictaphone.
That's Communication.

Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
That's Communication

You can send a wire by telegram.
Also get your news by teletype.
Now we look at Mars through a telescope.
That's Communication.

Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh (HA!)
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
That's Communication

Western Union Telegram, Cablegram too.
Television, Radiogram bring the message to you.
Pony Express, and Air Mail, and Shortwave.
When you send this way, how much time you'll save!

Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
Die Dit Dye Dot Dot Die Doh
That's Communication

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from Marshmallow Heart - Songs For Swing Dancers, track released June 10, 2021
"That's Communication"

Written by Slim Gaillard, Arrangement by Tin Pan, Mastered by Alp Varol, Mixed and Engineered by Suat Vergili, Arrangement by Tin Pan.

Musicians: Jesse Selengut - vocals, trumpet, Kemal Hazar - trombone, vocals, Alpay Çifci - electric guitar, vocals, Selim Gürcan - upright bass, vocals, Bora Peynirci - drums.

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Tin Pan İzmir, Turkey

Tin Pan started off in the streets of New York playing jumpy high-energy vocal-driven jazz. As buskers we sold over 40,000 CDs in Central Park!

12 years and 8 albums later we are currently located in Izmir in Turkey.

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