Pianist Gordon Webster has been living in New York City for three years. He has performed with Grant Green Jr., Wycliffe Gordon, Donny McCaslin, Ron McClure, Chris Potter, Joel Frahm, and Jim Black among others. His playing has been showcased in various New York City venues including the Blue Note, The Cutting Room, Cleopatra's Needle, Makor, Mannahatta Lounge, Kavehaz, St. Nick's Pub, Night and Day, and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Webster graduated from the Manhattan School of Music Masters Degree in jazz studies program in 2006, and has studied privately with Kenny Barron, Garry Dial, Sonny Bravo, Ari Heonig and Samir Chatterjee. He has performed in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Australia, and throughout the United States and Canada at international jazz festivals, jazz clubs, and dancing events including lindy exchanges, workshops and camps. Originally from Ottawa, Webster began studying music at the age of four. In 1993 he moved to Toronto where he earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto in 1999. His first trio recording, as a leader, "Three We" was released in 2000 with sidemen Duncan Hopkins and Kevin Dempsey. Other recording credits include Canadian jazz releases with Chris Robinson, Kim Addison, Rita di Ghent; groove/fusion projects KITE, Jukejoint and Gruvoria; a recent duo album with Rochester trumpeter Mike Kaupa, and brother Mike Webster's fall 2005 release Leading Lines featuring bassist John Benitez (Eddie Palmeri, Chick Corea, John Scofield) and trumpeter Mike Rodriguez (Ray Barreto). Gordon has taught jazz improvisation and piano at Jazzworks summer camp in Ontario, Canada for four years, and has appeared in educational concerts for children with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in collaboration with conductor Boris Brott. In addition to his ongoing creative pursuits as a jazz musician, Gordon developed a passion for lindy hop and blues dancing over the past six years, which has become a significant influence in his life since 2001.

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Greg is a popular DJ, having spun music for dancers around the country, as well as Canada and Europe. He has also been the DJ Coordinator for the American Lindy Hop Championships. His style mixes classic swing with very groovy blues and other sweet & funky stuff. In addition, Greg has been teaching swing since 1992. He and his partner, Laurie Zimmerman, have been dancing together for over 8 years. They specialize in Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and blues Dancing. Event list and more info can be found at his website:

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DJ Bill Speidel is probably the only Swing DJ to ever wear a Flyers jersey in the infamous blues seats of Madison Square Garden and be proud that Philly's famed urban planner Edmund Bacon called him "a G-d damned idiot" in front of 400 people. Obviously, not one to seek a low profile, Bill's hard swinging swagger has made him Virginia's Swing and Blues DJ of choice and earned him invitations to DJ throughout the U.S. Bill placed second in last year's Las Vegas Battle of Swing DJ's, was featured as Yehoodi radio's Swing DJ in February, and, when in town, can be found wandering through Reading Terminal Market when he's not laying down awesome late night blues sets at the 411.

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Rayned Wiles has taught lindy/swing dance classes locally and at dance camps around the country, including Beantown Dance Camp in Boston, MA, and Augusta Heritage Center at Davis, and Elkins College in Elkins, WV. He has also worked as a DJ for numerous major danc workshops, exchanges, competitions and events across the United States and Canada, including American Lindy Hop Championships, North Alantic Dance Championships, US Open Swing Dance Championships, America's Classic Swing Dance Championships, New York Open Lindy Hop Championships, Harlem Jazz Dance Festival, USA Grand Nationals Swing and Shag Dance Championships, and the World Lindy Hop Championships.

DJ Isaac Mognet loves Hot Jazz, early Swing, and blues of the 20's and 30's (think Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, etc.); tempos from just a little crazy, down to super bluesy, and everything in between, just as long as it's played with lots of feeling and energy. These days, he spins almost weekly in his current local of State College, PA, but in the past has played in DC, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philly and a few times at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. For real. He was there in '05 - they had some swing dancers, and swing every Tuesday!