My name is Sharon Davis

I am an Australian dancer, based in London.
I dance Lindy Hop, Charleston, Blues & Burlesque

email / sharonmdavis@me.com
phone / +44 (0)777 444 6100 (UK)

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DJ Set List: Blues Dance, Buenos Aires Argentina, December 2009

DJ Set List: Blues Dance, Buenos Aires Argentina, December 2009

A short set I played at a cozy little Buenos Aires blues dance last week… Too Tight Blues, The New Orleans Wanderers, 1926 (106bpm) Mobile Blues, Duke Ellington, 1938 (80bpm) Feeling Good, Nina Simone (78bpm) Blues in the Dark, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, 1938 (86bpm) B...
Western Swing

Western Swing

My buddy Dax just gave me a few cool tracks from an album called Western Swing: Everybody’s Truckin’, by the Modern Mountaineers Panhandle Shuffle, by the Sons of the West Sundown Blues, by the Texas Wanderers All thoroughly danceable, nice strong rhythm and plenty of...
The Three Peppers

The Three Peppers

My dance partner Juan just gave me the Three Peppers Chronological Classics CD, hoorah! These things are hard to find these days, although a lot of them are available for mp3 download on Amazon now, which is brilliant! Not this one though, unfortunately. Anyway,  I’ve had t...
The Masters 1937

The Masters 1937

How great is this photo?! Chick Webb, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington, jamming together for the launch of the Master and Variety record labels, in 1937. Photo from Jazz: A History of America’s Music; by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns....
DJ Set List: Southern Belle Swing Bash, August 2009

DJ Set List: Southern Belle Swing Bash, August 2009

I played a nice gentle set for one of the late-nights at Southern Belle Swing Bash last weekend, here’s the set list as requested! Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho – Sidney Bechet, 1949 (178 bpm) No More Love – Buddy Johnson, 1951 (125 bpm) Savoy – Lucky M...
Jazz Primer by Marc Sabatella

Jazz Primer by Marc Sabatella

Want to understand jazz music and improvisation better? Check out this jazz primer online text by Marc Sabatella: http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/index.html You can purchase the paperback version, but the entire text is generously available online. I’m no musician...
DJ Set List: Grenoble Lindy Exchange, France, July 2009

DJ Set List: Grenoble Lindy Exchange, France, July 2009

I DJ’d a short set at the Grenoble Lindy Exchange in Grenoble, France last weekend, so I played a handful of my current favourite tunes to swingout to… Swingin’ On That Famous Door – Roy Eldridge, 1935 (199bpm) Cherry – Eddie Condon & His Tow Hal...
1921: Does Jazz Put the Sin in Syncopation?

1921: Does Jazz Put the Sin in Syncopation?

I just adore this article from the August 1921 edition of the Ladies Home Journal (pages 16-34). It was written by Anne Shaw Faulkner, head of the Music Department of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. According to Miss Faulkner, I am clearly going to hell. Enjoy! Doe...
1932: Savoy Shatters Its Own Record

1932: Savoy Shatters Its Own Record

Another 30′s newspaper article I dug up, this one reading “Savoy Shatters Own Record “, from the Wednesday 5th of  October 1932 edition of the New York Amsterdam News. Can you imagine that lineup – all four bands, in one ballroom, on one day!?! Click on th...
1930: Savoy Ballroom, Fess Williams, Fletcher Henderson and all things good

1930: Savoy Ballroom, Fess Williams, Fletcher Henderson and all things good

Lindy Hoppers can geek out over this newspaper article from the New York Amsterdam News, Wednesday 1st October 1930 about the Savoy Ballroom. Check out the advert in the bottom right entitled “Savoy Night of Happiness”. Mentions of Fess Williams’ and Fletcher He...