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Come Dancing in sequence

~ a review of sequence dance CDs ~

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Richard Keeling

Richard Keeling: A Night Like This: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 191) November 2011 release

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Blues	Ragtime cowboy Joe / Black hills of Dakota	3:28	30	30	6	P
2	Blues	Ooh wakka doo wakka day	2:55	30	30	5	P
3	Swing	Snowbird	2:31	48	48	7	P
4	Swing	Sweet dreams baby	2:31	48	48	7	X
5	M. Waltz	Honor (theme from The Pacific)	3:27	30	30	6	PP
6	M. Waltz	Blow the wind southerly	3:27	30	30	6	PP
7	Saunter	Morningtown ride / Island of dreams	3:41	29	28	6	P
8	Saunter	With a song in my heart	3:05	29	28	5	P
9	Cha Cha	A night like this (V)	3:16	31	31	6	PP
10	Cha Cha	Everything	2:44	31	31	5	P
11	Rumba	Love me for a reason	3:52	26	26	6	P
12	Rumba	Unbreak my heart	3:52	26	26	6	X
13	Quickstep	This could be the start of something big	2:31	48	48	7	X
14	Quickstep	Theme from Come Dancing	2:11	48	48	6	X
15	Foxtrot	That old feeling / Once in a while	3:33	29	29	6	P
16	Foxtrot	Komm in den Park Von Sonssouci	3:01	29	29	5	P
17	Tango	The final countdown	3:11	32	32	6	PPP
18	Tango	Livin’ thing	2:41	32	32	5	X
19	Gavotte	Ode to joy	3:37	24	24	5	P*
20	Gavotte	Love is blue	2:57	24	24	4	PP*
21	Mambo	Inside out (V)	2:31	40	40	6	PP
22	Mambo	Calypso Mexico (V)	2:00	40	40	5	P

Total Playing Time: 68 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* gavotte rhythm not well-defined

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Richard Keeling: Band Of Brothers: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 186): May 2011 release: Added 12/05/11

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Muskrat ramble	2:29	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	So do I / Midnight in Moscow	2:28	48	48	7	P
3	Saunter	Crazy / I fall to pieces / Sweet dreams	3:40	29	28	6	PP
4	Saunter	I do I do I do	3:05	29	28	5	P
5	M. Waltz	Band of brothers	3:26	30	30	6	PP*
6	M. Waltz	Angel of music / Wishing you were somehow here again	3:26	30	30	6	P
7	Tango	Tango Estella	3:11	32	32	6	P
8	Tango	At the balalaika	2:41	32	32	5	P
9	Foxtrot	Beware my foolish heart / It happened in Monteray	3:33	29	29	6	P
10	Foxtrot	Manhattan	2:58	29	29	5	P
11	Rumba	Frozen	3:53	26	26	6	X
12	Rumba	The sound of music	3:16	26	26	5	X
13	Cha Cha	One way ticket to the blues	2:44	31	31	5	X*
14	Cha Cha	Nicola	2:44	31	31	5	X*
15	Quickstep	Never ending song of love	2:32	48	48	7	X
16	Quickstep	Sunshine girl	2:32	48	48	7	X
17	Blues	California girls / Wouldn’t it be nice	3:25	29	30	6	X
18	Blues	All I do is dream of you	2:54	29	30	5	P
19	Jive	Under the moon of love	2:58	34	35	6	P
20	Jive	Da doo ron ron	2:04	34	35	4	P
21	Rumba	Music of the night	3:51	26	26	6	PP
22	Rumba	All I ask of you	3:17	26	26	5	PP

Total Playing Time: 68 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Based on increasing beauty of music as track develops

* Lacking in cha cha rhythm

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Richard Keeling: In The Mood: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 181) November 2010 release: Added 07/12/10

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	I want to say hello / Avalon	2:32	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	When you and I were young Maggie (Medley)	2:32	48	48	7	P
3	Foxtrot	On the street where you live	3:34	29	29	6	PP
4	Foxtrot	Time after time / They say it’s wonderful	3:34	29	29	6	P
5	Jive	In the mood (Miller medley 1)	2:57	34	35	6	P
6	Jive	String of pearls (Miller medley 2)	2:28	34	35	5	X
7	Rumba	Whistle down the wind	3:52	26	26	6	P
8	Rumba	Think of me	3:52	26	26	6	P
9	Cha Cha	Chilly cha cha	3:16	31	31	6	X
10	Cha Cha	Kiss me honey honey	2:14	31	31	4	P
11	M. Waltz	Cavatina	3:28	30	30	6	X*
12	M. Waltz	Pal of my cradle days	2:55	30	30	5	PP
13	Quickstep	Mack the knife / This can’t be love	2:30	48	48	7	P
14	Quickstep	L.O.V.E / Almost like being in love	2:30	48	48	7	P
15	Tango	Goodnight Vienna	3:12	32	32	6	P
16	Tango	Ciao ciao bambino	2:42	32	32	5	P
17	Saunter	Who’s sorry now / Take these chains from my heart	3:41	28	28	6	P
18	Saunter	Green green grass of home	3:06	28	28	5	P
19	Mambo	Upside down (V)	2:31	40	40	6	P
20	Mambo	Reet petite	2:31	40	40	6	P
21	NV Waltz	Falling in love with love	2:38	52	52	8	P
22	NV Waltz	The drinking song	2:00	52	52	6	P

Total Playing Time: 66 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Fourth sequence of music (bars 53-69) is beautiful

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Richard Keeling: Close To You: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 178) April 2010 release: Added 02/05/10

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Skyliner	2:27	48	48	7	X
2	Quickstep	Lover come back to me	2:30	48	48	7	P
3	M. Waltz	Love never dies	3:27	30	30	6	PP
4	M. Waltz	Who I was born to be	3:27	30	30	6	PP
5	Foxtrot	I’m beginning to see the light / Fly me to the moon	3:32	29	29	6	P
6	Foxtrot	Petite fleur	3:33	29	29	6	PP
7	Rumba	You’ll see	3:52	26	26	6	PP
8	Rumba	Apache	3:16	26	26	5	P
9	Tango	Bad romance	3:10	32	32	6	X
10	Tango	While my guitar gently weeps	2:42	32	32	5	X
11	Swing	Bad moon rising	2:32	48	48	7	X
12	Swing	Hasta manana	2:31	48	48	7	P
13	Cha Cha	Boys and girls (V)	2:44	31	31	5	X
14	Cha Cha	Wonderful world	2:13	31	31	4	P
15	Saunter	It might as well rain until September	3:40	29	28	6	P
16	Saunter	Close to you	3:06	29	28	5	PP
17	Jive	Wake me up before you go go	2:32	34	35	5	P
18	Jive	Eight days a week	2:32	34	35	5	P
19	M. Waltz	Could I have this dance (V)	3:25	30	30	6	X
20	M. Waltz	Nocturne	2:24	30	30	4	P

Total Playing Time: 61 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Richard Keeling: Imagine: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 173) November 2009 release: Added 19/11/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Blues	With a little help from my friends / All you need is love	3:32	29	29	6	P
2	Blues	Green door	3:00	29	29	5	P
3	Quickstep	Hey good looking / Bye bye love	2:33	48	48	7	P
4	Quickstep	Keeping me up all night	2:33	48	48	7	P
5	Foxtrot	September in the rain / Autumn leaves	3:35	29	29	6	P
6	Foxtrot	The way you look tonight	3:34	29	29	6	P
7	Rumba	Come prima	3:52	26	26	6	P
8	Rumba	Arrivederci Roma	3:52	26	26	6	PP
9	Tango	Capricciosso	3:11	32	32	6	P
10	Tango	Legend of Xanadu	3:11	32	32	6	P
11	M. Waltz	Imagine	3:27	30	30	6	P
12	M. Waltz	Fascination	3:27	30	30	6	P
13	Swing	Baby face / Don’t dilly dally on the way	2:32	48	48	7	P
14	Swing	If you knew Susie / Sweet Sue	2:29	48	48	7	X
15	Cha Cha	Walking miracle	3:16	31	31	6	X
16	Cha Cha	You got what it takes	2:14	31	31	4	X
17	Saunter	Our day will come	3:40	29	28	6	X
18	Saunter	Still the one	3:06	29	28	5	X
19	Rumba	I’ve never been to me	3:53	26	26	6	X
20	Rumba	Run	3:15	26	26	5	X
21	Mambo*	Do you remember	2:31	40	41	6	PP
22	Mambo*	In the summertime	2:10	40	41	5	P

Total Playing Time: 70 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Also good as a jive

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Richard Keeling: Nice ‘N’ Easy: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 169) April 2009 release: Added 22/04/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Putting on the style / Have a drink on me	2:30	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	Good morning / You are my sunshine	2:29	48	48	7	P
3	Foxtrot	Nice ‘n’ easy	3:33	29	29	6	P
4	Foxtrot	Call me irresponsible	3:00	29	29	5	P
5	Rumba	Constantly	3:52	26	26	6	P
6	Rumba	The look of love	2:41	26	26	4	X
7	Tango	Temptation	3:11	32	32	6	X
8	Tango	Rain on your parade	2:41	32	32	5	X
9	M. Waltz	Hallelujah	3:27	30	30	6	P
10	M. Waltz	Let it be	3:27	30	30	6	PPP
11	Cha Cha	I just want to dance with you	3:15	31	31	6	P
12	Cha Cha	Don’t stop moving	2:14	31	31	4	P
13	Quickstep	Scottish medley one	2:31	48	48	7	P
14	Quickstep	Scottish medley two	2:31	48	48	7	P
15	Saunter	Love letters	3:04	29	28	5	PP
16	Saunter	Breaking up is hard to do	3:04	29	28	5	PP
17	Jive	I’m still standing	2:59	34	35	6	P
18	Jive	She loves you	2:30	34	35	5	P
19	Rumba	Walk away	3:53	26	26	6	PP
20	Rumba	Greatest day	3:16	26	26	5	X
21	Perez Mambo	The boy does nothing (V)	2:31	40	40	6	PP
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