Welcome to Yehoodi!
Yehoodi is a site for those who are passionate about lindy hop, swing dancing and swing jazz. We welcome anyone who wants to learn more about and participate in this artform.
Recent items:
Yehoodi Blog
Twenty-five years of community, music, and fun.
A Yehoodi-powered trip around the country.
Seven friends of Yehoodi share their stories.
David shares how Jelly Roll Productions and Yehoodi made beautiful music together.
Hey Mister Jesse
March's show proudly announces the upcoming March 5th release of Hey Mister Jesse's Fine BBQ, an album celebrating 15 years of podcasting. The compilation features 39 of the finest original swing songs by contemporary bands. 100% of proceeds donated to the Black Lindy Hoppers Fund. Available exclusively on Bandcamp.com. Original artwork by digital artist Jeremy Sutton. (18 minutes)
Welcome to a special edition of Hey Mister Jesse. February's socially distanced show is a quick thank you to our loyal listeners and a teaser about our big upcoming project. (6 minutes)
December's socially distanced show features new holiday music from Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles, Davina & The Vagabonds and The Mad Hat Hucksters, an 8-Count Swing of new releases from Jacks & Jills Swing Band, The Willies, Hot Swing Sextet, Queen Bee & The Honeylovers, Morning Call Jazz Band, Fizz Jazz, Company B Jazz Band, Hot Sugar Band featuring Nicolle Rochelle and Elise Roth & Her Harvard Squares, and lots of audience feedback. (68 minutes)
SwingNation
From the live broadcast of a very special edition of SwingNation: The Holiday Cooking Show! Rik Panganiban and Hanah Yendler prepare festive dishes from the new swing-inspired cookbook Swing Food, by Markus "MOO" Krassnitzer and Olivier Sortsch.
We talk to up-n-coming rising stars in the Lindy Hop scene, Alexis Davila and Cyle Dixon Jr. They were teaching in the San Francisco area so we sat down with them to talk about their dance origins and other Lindy related topics.
Our interview with #CrazyRichAsians musical performer Jasmine Chen.
The SwingNation crew sit, drink tea and talk about some of the highlights and low lights of the 2017 Lindy Hop year.
SwingFlix
Mr. Cantor runs Celluloid Improvisations which is an archive of jazz (and jazz influenced and/or related) music preserved on 16mm sound film, videotape, laserdisc, DVD and various digital formats.
This independent film is made by Lindy Hoppers for Lindy Hoppers. It stars Dax Hock, Sara Breck, Kevin St. Laurent, Jo Hoffberg and a ton of Lindy Hopper musicians and dancers you may recognize.
What does Lindy Hop and Nazi Germany have in common? They are both in the movie Swing Kids. Spuds, Zain, Jess and Alex review the 1993 movie.