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The main course, musically, will be the Hot Sardines jazz band, a plucky two-beat outfit of younger traditional players featuring washboards and tap-dancers.

Swinging Into November Will Friedwald 2010

For a double dose of Dixieland most musicians hate that term, but I say embrace it start with traditional jazz's leading pianist-singer, Daryl Sherman, who renders the great American songbook in both a New Orleans two-beat and a swinging four, backed by the Anderson Twins, two outstanding recent Juilliard grads with a degree in swing, on reeds.

Ranging Far and Wide Will Friedwald 2011

Several weekends ago on Governors Island, well over a thousand people were dancing to a 12-piece orchestra that played mostly foxtrots, shifting from red-hot stomps by Fletcher Henderson to smooth two-beat show tunes by George Gershwin.

A Retro Jazz Movement With a Good Dance Beat Will Friedwald 2011

Michael Arenella's Dreamland Orchestra, contrastingly, offers smooth re-creations of 1920s dance sides with a solid two-beat bounce.

Vince Giordano and the Underground Nighthawk Boogie Will Friedwald 2011

Most tracks, like the Bob Wills signature "San Antonio Rose" which drops hints to Monk's "Straight No Chaser" are played in a danceable two-beat that rocks throughout.

Jazz Finds a Country Home Will Friedwald 2011

In the butterfly, however, both arms come forward simultaneously and pull the chest above the top of the water while the feet perform typically a two-beat dolphin kick.

For the Athlete Who Has It All 2010

Writing with constrictions on from has only brought out the best in my writing and creativity though I'm still HERE: "The easiest way to make a usually eight-syllable line pentameter is to add a single two-beat adjective."

Gildersleeve on verse and prose 2009

The easiest way to make a usually eight-syllable line pentameter is to add a single two-beat adjective.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

The easiest way to make a usually eight-syllable line pentameter is to add a single two-beat adjective.

Cunningham’s history of criticism 2009

Gradually, imperceptibly, she let go, and as the chant evolved from two statements into the slow two-beat rhythm of "I am Change am I am Change," she moved along with it.

A Darker Place King, Laurie R. 1999