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All Welcome - No Partner Needed
->Get the flyer for the Albany Chill Swing Dance Weekend.
Performers & Schedule
Friday Evening, Sept. 5 - Ernestine Anderson & her band
First Friday Capital Swing Dance
NOTE: September’s Capital Swing Dance is part of the Albany Chill Swing Dance Weekend!!!
The Albany Elks Lodge, 25 South Allen St., Albany (map)
Lesson 7:30-8:30pm, Dance 8:30pm-Midnight
Friday evening dance: $20 DFO Members, Students & Seniors; $25 General
Friday Day Pass: Includes the Friday evening dance, Friday late-night & the Sunday picnic with Skip Parsons, $45 DFO Members, Students, Seniors; $50 General
Saturday Evening, Sept. 6 - Benny Powell w/vocalist Catherine Russell
featuring Marcus McLaurine on bass, T.K.Blue on sax and Danny Mixon on piano,
all headliners on their own!!!The Albany Elks Lodge, 25 South Allen St., Albany (map)
Lesson 7:30-8:30pm, Dance 8:30pm-Midnight
Saturday evening dance: $20 DFO Members, Students, Seniors; $25 General
Saturday Day Pass: Includes the Saturday evening dance, Saturday late-night & the Sunday picnic with Skip Parsons, $45 DFO Members, Students, Seniors; $50 General


Marcus McLaurine is a bassist, composer, leader and sideman, who has become one of the most sought-after artists in jazz, sharing bandstands with Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Lou Donaldson, Dame Cleo Laine, Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Abbey Lincoln and the Count Basie Orchestra. For the past 25 years, Marcus has toured with legendary trumpeter Clark Terry.
T.K.Blue is a saxophonist of the highest caliber who is at the peak of his creative output. Mr. Blue’s artistry is found on over sixty recordings and has performed with a long list of great international artists such as Don Cherry, Abdullah Ibrahim, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Randy Weston, Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Melba Liston, Johnny Copeland, Billy Higgins, Reggie Workman, Chico Hamilton, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Regina Carter, Bobby McFerrin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Benny Powell, James Moody, Paquito d’Rivera, and Jimmy Scott, just to name a few.
Daniel Mixon is a prolific piano virtuoso. Danny has worked with such legendary performers as Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Dannie Richmond, Joe Williams, and Frank Foster, and continues to be in Frank’s Loud Minority Big Band and his Non-Electric Company. Danny also plays, composes, and arranges for his own group “The Danny Mixon Trio.” He has also performed, toured and/or recorded with Yusef Lateef, Hank Crawford, Savion Glover, Pharoah Sanders, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stanley Turrentine, Gene Ammons, Eubie Blake, Noel Pointer, Jimmy Witherspoon, Grant Green, Eddie Jefferson, Charles McPherson, Marlena Shaw, Irene Reid, Houston Person, Dakota Staton, Ben Vereen, Leon Tomas, Chaka Khan, Cassandra Wilson, Lou Rawls, Gloria Lynne, Lisle Atkinson, Oscar Brown, Jr., John Hendricks, Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers, Earl May, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Kenny Dorham and many others.
Sunday Afternoon, Sept. 7 - Skip Parsons Riverboat Band
Peeble's Island, 1 Delaware Ave., Cohoes (map)
Picnic & Dance in this beautiful park by the Hudson River, 1-6pm
$12 DFO Members, Students, Seniors; $15 General

Friday & Saturday Late-Night DJ'd Dances
RPI's Academy Hall, 15th St. & College Ave, Troy (map)
Let our incredible mix of local and imported DJs keep your bodies moving 'till the wee hours.
Dance: 1-4am
Meghan Fitzpatrick (Albany, NY)
Camille Fontanella (Northampton, MA)
Leslie Stevenson (Albany, NY)
Rayned Wiles (Baltimore, MD)
Alain Wong (Montreal, QC)
More Albany Chill information
- Flyer
- Last Minute Updates, Registration, Volunteering, Hosting, Housing and DJ Bios:
http://www.albanychill.com/?q=node/5
At the Albany Riverfront Park Amphitheatre, Corning Preserve, by the Hudson River.
Offsite link: http://www.albanyevents.org/other_events/index.cfm
(Rainsite for the Jazz Festival is the Palace Theater, corner of Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street, Albany)
Note: The Albany Jazz Festival is presented by the City of Albany. It is not a Dance Flurry Organization or Albany Chill event.
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Capital Swing Dance - Every First Friday in Albany!
After the above, the next First Friday Capital Swing Dance is on
October 3rd featuring Patti-O & the Hip Hooligans!!!
No partner needed ... Meet new people ... Beginners Welcome ... No formal attire required.
Soft-soled shoes, please ... No spike heels.
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