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2007-06-04T04:45:00.000-03:00

Finally!

After weeks of arduos work we finally have our own domain .com!

We are not a blog anymore, now our community will be able to interact as a FORUM! In the past 7 months we've been trough a LOT of happenings, some delightfull and others not-so- friendly. For now on, we will have much more chances of making new friends, obtaining more contacts, informations and music; like it did! I met the woman of my life while I was running this blog! Now it's time for everybody get to know everybody, share your precious albums, date friends on a local concerts that eventually will take place nearby, discuss music with some experts that visit frequently our blog and, mainly, keep on deifying and disseminating our enthusiasm for the SWING MUSIC.

Now that the news has already been told, let's define what happens next:

After clicking on www.anyswing.com (OUR NEW SITE!! hoho) dont be afraid to miss that album you were expecting to download tomorrow. I manually transfered ALL the working links to the forum. (wich took me 3 days, working 6-7hours) Now it's our commitment to bring new albums.
FOr now the link Big Bad Music at blogspot will open this page, but soon it will redirect you to AnySwing.com, where you should bookmark.
Register at AnySwing.com to be able to see the posts! it's FREE (obviously)
Mutualism: we ALL must post. If not an album, a comment. This is the only way that it's gonna work. There are tons of albums there, but we will need your contribution.
Use Sarebee to upload your files. Please, if you are not a fanatic reward-points collector of any website, do it and your file will be hosted in 4 different places with 1 single upload. Better for all of us.

Be active, the sucess of the forum depend on us! Open discussion topics, we are not only a CD source anymore! Music is also good to talk about it! debater All of us, including you and the friend that you will introduce to AnySwing tomorrow.

Keep Swinging!
But now as a comunity.
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Bicicletas de Belleville (Belleville Rendez-Vous) [SOUNDTRACK] (2004)

2007-06-03T00:32:00.000-03:00

The perfect soundtrack to a great animated story ofo the French animated classic by Sylvain Chomet. Even if you don't care for the movie (wich is brilliant) the music is perfect for jazz, swing, and beebop lovers. Great beginers introduction to contemporary French Jazz and Swing bands.

I simply dont understand why quality music always end up unheard by the masses. This is a beautiful, well crafted soundtrack from an amazing animated movie. It got excellent reviews worldwide, even from american critics who usually praise hollywood blockbusters.

Well, the soundtrack is as excellent as the movie. This is the kind of music you spin when you throw a party, having some good red wine.

1. Under The Bridge
2. Belleville Rendez-Vous (French Version) By -M-
3. Opening Theme
4. Cabaret Opening
5. Tour De France
6. Attila Marcel
7. Bruno's Theme
8. Easy, Bruno, Easy
9. Belleville Rendez-Vous (Demo)
10. French Mafia Theme
11. Jazzy Beach
12. Cabaret Hoover
13. Belleville Jungle
14. 'Cieco Cieco' Barber
15. Pa Pa Pa Palavas
16. The Return Of The French Mafia
17. The Shadowing
18. The Chase
19. Belleville Rendez-Vous (English Version) By -M-

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Jan Krtitel Novak & Bridge Band - (2002)

2007-06-03T00:29:00.000-03:00

Hot jazz sextet from Prague. Fast tempos, splendid trompet and interesting vocals. Combination of dixieland, ragtime and swing.

1. Avalon 3:02
2. Muskrat Ramble
3:20
3. When you're smiling 3:14
4. Jazz me blues 4:16
5. Ice Cream 3:47
6. My Bucket got a Hole in it 3:38
7. Maryland my Maryland 2:49
8. St. Louis Blues 3:45
9. Running Wild 3:02
10. China Boy 3:50
11. All of Me 3:39
12. Five Foot Two 3:47
13. Dala's 4:53
14. Bye Bye Blackbird 3:20
15. Tiger Rag 4:03
16. Margie 3:16
17. Wind the Drunkard 1:42

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Jack Million Band - Jump, Jive & More (2002)

2007-06-02T00:02:00.000-03:00

The wonderful Belgium-based Jack Million Band is one of several I think you should know about. When you visit the Jack Million Band site, you will learn that Jack Million is Jack Coenen, a highly talented Belgium-based big band and orchestra leader, trombonist, arranger, and music educator. In short, Jack is a musician’s musician. In his career Jack has worked with world famous stars like Shirley Bassey and Natalie Cole. Currently he is also teacher at the Conservatory of Maastricht and provides musical impulses by making his own arrangements.

Jack made 3 CD's with Swing Design with mainly Jack's arrangements (the 'sound' which is at this moment completed by the Jack Million Band). Jack had also 2 tours to the United States of America with Swing Design with shows in Las Vegas and at the 'Monterey Dixie Festival' in Monterey CA as highlights. The Jack Million Band was founded by Jack Coenen in 1996. The Jack Million Band exists of 22 musicians including 4 vocalists. Every one of them talented and with stage experience. A broad and varied repertoire, enthousiasm and spontaneity sets the Big Band apart from the others. The Jack Million Band had large succes with shows and tours in the USA, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. Because of the band's international fame it was invited to play at the millenium celebration of the German government in the Reichstag in Berlin. The CD "Jump Jive and More" has been sold over 55.000 times worldwide, because of the sound, arranged by Jack Coenen and played by the Jack Million Band.

1. Jump, Jive An' Wail
2.My Kind Of Girl
3. Piel Canela / Fenesi
4. Blue Skies
5. Don't Get Around Much Any More
6. Besame Mucho
7. The Old Fashioned Way
8. Habanera
9. It's Oh So Quiet
10. Mambo No.5
11. Sun Valley Jump
12. Hello Detroit
13. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
14. Route 66

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Peggy Lee and George Shearing - Beauty and the Beat! (1959)

2007-06-02T00:01:00.000-03:00

Originally recorded in 1959 and re-released in 1992, this landmark CD features all new arrangements developed during in an intense three days of rehearsal before this live performance. Shearing was relatively new to the US and its audiences, but Lee became a fan the minute she heard him and was thrilled to make an album with him. A saloon-singer/composer/jazz artist, and always a professional, she was known for her attention to the smallest detail, not a trait that lends itself naturally to albums recorded "live," but with Shearing at the keyboard and his quintet in the background, Lee sounds relaxed, swingy, and light-hearted here.

Featuring songs from the Great American Songbook--by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern--with some Afro-Cuban, blues, and the debut recording of her own romantic ballad, "There'll Be Another Spring," the CD offers variety, at the same time that it maintains its mellow approach and overall lightness.

Shearing is the consummate accompanist on the songs the two do together. Her voice is always out front, with his chords, runs, key changes, and playfulness on piano remaining in the background to enhance her voice and songs. The bluesy "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" and "Blue Prelude," a blues song given an upbeat treatment here, are among the most exciting and interesting on the CD. "There'll Be Another Spring," a beautiful, romantic ballad written by Lee, is recorded for the first time on this album, taking advantage of her restrained passion and dramatic, whispery voice.

Shearing, whose quintet was famous for his early adoption of Afro-Cuban rhythms and the fine blending of piano and vibes, solos with Armando Peraza's "Mambo in Miami," in which Peraza himself supplies the unusual percussion and syncopated beat. In his second solo, "Isn't It Romantic," he matches his arrangement with the lyrics, creating one of the most romantic songs on the album.

Two bonus tracks, including "Don't Ever Leave Me," a dramatic and passionate plea by Lee, and "Nobody's Heart," both recorded earlier and not part of the live performance, are added to this CD. Fine music by two fine musicians make this an album for romance.

1. Do I Love You?
2. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
3. If Dreams Come True
4. All Too Soon
5. Mambo In Miami
6. Isn't It Romantic?
7. Blue Prelude
8. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
9. Always True To You In My Fashion
10. There'll Be Another Spring
11. Get Out Of Town
12. Satin Doll
13. Don't Ever Leave Me
14. Nobody's Heart

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Traditional Jazz Band - Blues (1993)

2007-06-01T00:09:00.000-03:00

Amazing brazilian jazz band

The ‘Traditional Jazz Band’ was created in 1964 by a group of friends who were not only trying to reproduce the traditional jazz from New Orleans but also to study and recreate it with a contemporary touch, in such a way that each element of the band could have its own space for creation. According to the Jazz critic from the American newspaper New York Times, Mr. John Wilson, they succeeded. “Traditional is based on various sources, but they do things in an innovative, personal way, without copying things from anyone – they have their own style”, says the critic. Developing this type of work does not mean simply having the technical command of a musical instrument. According to Charlie Parker, “if you haven’t lived Jazz, it won’t get out of your instrument”. Traditional believes in that. During the band’s performances, its musicians feel a deep and mystical interior experience and can make their emotions and experiences flow among the members of the band and the audience. This is the emotional and cultural dialogue of Jazz, what comes to destroy the myth that has impaired the development of this style in Brazil: the mistaken idea that Jazz is just for the experienced ones.

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A Traditional foi criada em 1964 por um grupo de amigos que buscavam não apenas reproduzir o Traditional Jazz de Nova Orleans, mas pesquisar e recriá-lo com toques contemporâneos, de tal modo que cada elemento da banda tivesse seu espaço próprio de criação. Segundo o crítico de Jazz do diário americano New York Times, John Wilson, eles conseguiram. "A Traditional está baseada em inúmeras fontes, mas faz as coisas de modo original, pessoal, não copia ninguém e tem estilo próprio", disse o crítico. Formada por três engenheiros, um profissional de marketing, um advogado, um administrador de empresas e um produtor cultural, a banda já realizou centenas de shows no Brasil e no exterior, incluindo participações de destaque em vários Festivais de Jazz nas cidades de New Orleans, Nova Yorque, Washington e Boston, nos Estados Unidos e Festivais em cidades da América do Sul em países como a Argentina, Uruguai, Chile e Paraguai. Este é o 13 CD, uma delícia. Elementos do ragtime, Dixieland e do blues.

Nobody Knows You When you're down and out
Weary Blues
Jazzin Babies Blues
Jazz Me Blues
Apex Blues
Blues in The Air
Buddy Bolden's Blues
Canal Street Blues
Sweet Home Chicago
Tin Roof Blues
Solitude
Summertime Saint Lois Blues
Dont Get Around Much Anymore
Lazy River

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Diana Krall - Love Scenes (1997)

2007-06-01T00:01:00.000-03:00

I have to admit I was suspicious of the hype surrounding Diana Krall's "Love Scenes." Just about everybody loves her. Almost overnight, Diana Krall became synonymous with "jazz singer," just as Frank McCourt became synonymous with "Irish writer" after the publication of "Angela's Ashes." I suspect this caused a backlash among some jazz fans who (partly because of the nature of jazz, constantly rebuilding upon itself) are especially conversant in jazz lineage and eager to compare styles.

Well, just as Frank McCourt is not the last word in Irish literature, Diana Krall is decidedly not Billie Holiday (a ridiculous comparison) or Sarah Vaughan. In fact, not knowing too much other jazz vocalists might even enhance your appreciation of "Love Scenes." You have to appreciate her on her own terms; fortunately, this is easy to do.

So why is she getting the attention? For starters, her subtle intonations and phrasing expand the vocabulary of onomatopoetic words: Listen to "Garden in the Rain," and you'll hear the crisp fresh sound of springtime. Her vocal dynamics are superb, knowing when to pull back and when to let her voice soar. And her acheingly beautiful "I Don't Stand A Ghost of a Chance with You" is the best version I've heard since Clifford Brown's instrumental masterpiece.

"Peel Me a Grape" is fun and sexy, but you'd have to be a bad singer to ruin Dave Frishberg's (1962) clever list of double entendres! ("New Thunderbird me, you heard me.") Still, Ms. Krall delivers the goods, and teasingly drops a couple of words as she stretches the words "Peel Me...."

Her remarkable swinging but subtle piano can be overlooked: Just listen to the confidently daring solos on "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and "How Deep is the Ocean (How High is the Sky)" and you'll appreciate her artistry. The arrangements, as well as the comping on guitar (Russell Malone) and bass (Christian McBride) are consistently strong.

She's not as complex or blues-inflected as other vocalists, but she IS a superb jazz singer. Like the best jazz musicians, she adds new colors and shadings to standards, and swings both vocally and instrumentally. She is less the jazz vocalist on her recent "When I Look Into Your Eyes," which is overproduced, apparently overdubbed, and veers way too close to a bland pop style. Let's hope that future efforts are closer to "Love Scenes," a deservedly much praised album.

1. All Or Nothing At All
2. Peel Me A Grape
3. I Don't Know Enough About You
4. I Miss You So
5. They Can't Take That Away From Me
6. Lost Mind
7. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
8. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
9. Gentle Rain
10. How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
11. My Love Is
12. Garden In The Rain

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Fat Daddy Pussycat Orchestra - Swing 2000-Jumpin Jivin Dance

2007-05-31T00:01:00.000-03:00

Swing 2000 Jumpin' Jive Dance Party gives pop and rock favorites the swing treatment, courtesy of the Fat Daddy Pussycat Orchestra. Big band versions of "1999," "Celebration," "Dance To The Music," "Mony Mony," "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Respect" make this album an appropriate and fun choice for swing-themed New Year's parties and beyond.

If you are a "Jazz Only" man, skip this one. If you dont like to have some alternative fun, skip it. If you read my reviews you will know that I am planning to transform this site into a forum soon.

Enjoy the party!

1. 1999
2. Celebration
3. Y.M.C.A.
4. That's the Way (I Like It)
5. Dancing in the Street
6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
7. Dance to the Music
8. Respect
9. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
10. Pick Up the Pieces
11. Superstition
12. Mony Mony
13. Gimme Some Lovin'
14. I Saw Her Standing There
15. Do It Again
16. Letter

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The McGuire Sisters - My Anthology

2007-05-30T00:01:00.000-03:00

These 3 women created one of the most beautiful harmonic blend of any vocal group I've ever heard. Yes, some groups may be more sophisticated, or more swinging, but no one has come close to that vibrant, shimmering sound produced by Phyllis, Dottie and Chris. The production is first-rate too. Just gorgeous!!

Comparisons with other sister groups of the forties are often made, but are meaningless. They may have been influenced by the Andrews, the Boswells, the Dinnings or the Kings, or any number of other sister acts, but their style was very much their own.

The McGuires tackled a diverse range of material, from upbeat swinging song to tender love songs, and from jazz to country songs, yet all done in their trademark style, which was in some ways typical easy listening fifties pop, yet they didn't sound too much like anybody else. Despite the diverse sources of their songs, they all blend together very well.

A bushel and a peck
Christmas Alphabet
Delilah Jones
Ding Dong Endless Every Day Of My Life
Give Me Love Goodnight Sweetheart
He Hi-Lili Hi-Lo
It May Sound Silly
Lonesome Polecat
Missing
Muskrat Ramble
My Baby's Got Such Lovin' Ways
Sweet Song Of India Weary Blues

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JellyRoll - HOO DEE-A-DA (1999)

2007-05-29T00:02:00.000-03:00

Jellyroll's debut album, "Hepcat's Holiday" was a stunner, amidst a glut of swing albums which debuted last year. Hoo-Dee-a-Da is no different. Although a few things have changed since the last album (Founders Belinda Blair and Steve Dekrone are the only two members here from "Holiday")this is one of the best swing/jump albums to come out this year. The group has dropped the sax, and added a trumpet and trombone, resulting in a much livelier sound. The album showcases the vocals of Belinda Blair, who sings with as much soul as Simone, Fitzgerald, and Holiday....and that's not blasphemy, either. She ranks right up there with the greats. However, many of the 3-5 part vocal harmony we heard on the first album has been dropped in favor of having Belinda sing solo...kind of disappointing for fans of the first record, but not a bad thing, and it takes nothing away from Hoo-Dee-A-Da. This is an album you will be proud to have in your collection, and it has plenty of charm, style, and sophistication ...with a bit of naughtiness thrown in for good measure...busk away, baby! "Stick out yer can, here comes the garbage man....."

1. Hard-Boiled Hep
2. Square Peg (in a Round Hole)
3. How Do You Jive and Juke?
4. Spook's Holiday
5. That's the Stuff You Got to Watch
6. Headbone
7. Stagefright
8. Garbage Can Blues
9. Jellyroll Jump
10. Number Nine Train
11. No More Tomatos
12. Krum Elbow
13. Cool Down Daddy
14. Spy Hunt
15. One Wet Martini
16. Movin' Out Today

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Gary Tole and Legends of Swing

2007-05-29T00:01:00.000-03:00

Legends of Swing is one of the premier Big Bands in the world today. Led by trombonist Gary Tole, Legends of Swing salutes the great artists of the jazz era. ThIS 23-piece band offers tributes to the likes of Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Count Basie and many others. Legends of Swing is a versatile musical icon that features world-renowned musicians and singers, including alumni of some of the most famous swing bands in history. Gary Tole and Legends of Swing are perfect for concert series, dance venues, festivals, and corporate events. This dynamic, high-energy big-band extravaganza will please audiences of all ages. Young and old will alike thrill to the nostalgic, toe-tapping sounds of Legends of Swing. Presenters interested in a larger, more vibrant presentation may add one-ore more vocalists, background singers and dancers.

1. Bandstand Boogle

2. Dancing In The Dark 3. Come Fly With Me 4. Groovin' Hard 5. I'll Never Smile Again 6. Corner Pocket 7. Johnson Rag 8. Jersey Bounce 9. You Made Me Love You 10. Satin Doll 11. PA6-5000 12. Sing, Sing, Sing

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Royal Crown Revue - Walk On Fire (1999)

2007-05-28T00:31:00.000-03:00

People seem to get so caught up this whole swing thing. RCR is not a swing band, they are a band who swings. Swing is not about lindy tempo dances beats, loud horns or zoot suits.

Swing is a feeling, an attidute, and a way of carrying yourself musically. Wynton Marsalis is always talking about "the swing, the swing, the swing."

There's nothing to say about this album except "Amazing!" Once again RCR proves why they are the best band that is carelessly lumped into the category of "swing." Sorry Lindy Hoppers, if you're looking for an album full of songs that sound the same with up tempos, check out Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This album is so diverse, there's no way I can describe it in such a small space. Thank God they left Warner Brothers so they can do their own thing artistically. The only thing better than this album (which they recorded miraculously in three days!) is hearing them live..check 'em out on their fall tour. To Eddie, James, Daniel, Veikko, Mondo, Bill, and Scott my hats off. A masterpiece.

Samples from this album

1. She Walks On Fire
2. Watts Local
3. Trapped (In The Web Of Love)
4. Watcha Doin' Tonight (Sam's Calling)
5. Besame Mija (Baille Para Qui)
6. The Stranger
7. Hey Sonny (Where'd You Go?)
8. A Bronx Hello
9. Beware
10. One Eyed Cat
11. Take A Long Drink For Me
12. Mr. Meschugge

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[ DVD ] Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie Orchestra - The Perfect Match (1979)

2007-05-26T00:08:00.000-03:00

What a surprise to see this 1979 concert on DVD - most of the material featured on a couple of Pablo LPs issued many years ago, so it is a thrill to find that Norman Granz also filmed the show for posterity (let's hope there is a lot more in his archive waiting for release). We see Ella in amazingly ebullient vocal form, obviously inspired and invigorated by the Count Basie band on stage with her (Note: Basie himself only appears on the ecstatic 'Basella' extended jam). Her voice went through a change around about 1971, developing a noticeably wider vibrato, not to everyone's taste. Of this later stage in her evolution, this concert represents a thrilling peak.

She sings with incredible energy, control and of course, faultless pitch. Those who only know her from the Cole Porter and other Songbook series may be surprised at the hard-driving Soulfulness she displays here: her fantastically inventive 'scat' improvisations are a highlight of this performance. Her stage presence between numbers is endearingly gauche, even girlish, but utterly genuine. Even when she muffs lyrics, as she frequently does (singing an impressionistic, almost meaningless version of the lyrics to the old Billie Holiday torcher 'Some Other Spring') she carries it off through sheer musicianship alone. Did she ever sing a bad note in her life? One quibble: the vision mixing and general camera work is irritatingly erratic; but then, it reflects the exciting spontaneity of this presentation. I was so lucky, when I was a teenager, to see Ella and Basie perform in London around this time, one of the most memorable nights of my life. Terrible to think we'll never see either of them again - but this DVD is a wonderful reminder of two of the greatest performers in jazz on their last joyous perfoming peak.

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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone;
Sweet Georgia Brown;
Some Other Spring;
Make Me Rainbows;
After You've Gone;
Round Midnight;
Dindi;
Fine and Mellow;
(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance With You;
Flying Home;
You've Changed;
Honeysuckle Rose;
St. Louis Blues;
B & E (Basella);
I've Got a Crush on You

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The Lucky Strikes - Twelve Past Midnight [1998]

2007-05-25T01:14:00.000-03:00

The Lucky Strikes don't seem to be partaking in the fame enjoyed by other retro swing groups, and it's hard to know why. The band is blessed with a great vocalist and an outstandingly cool style. The music is more elegant than the jump swing of other groups in this genre, and even on their fast numbers (One More Thing), they still manage to sound laid back. Let's face it: there are times when the Cherry Poppin' Daddies are just too much, the SNZ too rattling, and it's too late for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the like. That's when this essential addition to the swing library is wholly perfect. You'll return to it again and again.

As for being too much "Sinatrish": "If imitation is the best form of flattery, then Frank Sinatra would be flattered -- perhaps. A not-so-bad attempt to capture that smooth, upbeat groove-a-la-Frank, although at some points I was almost expecting the music to stop and someone to say "hey, just kidding!" But I was tapping my foot alot - and they say that's good for the foot muscles". Marjorie L. Black

Now you guys judge.

1. You Made This House A Home
2. Straight To You
3. Someone Else's Dream
4. Wait For The Moon
5. Time Flies
6. One More Thing
7. Is This Happening?
8. If It Were All Up To Me
9. Not Pretend
10. All I Do
11. Baby That's How It's Done
12. From Red To Blue

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[ REQUEST ] Ingrid Lucia & The Flying Neutrinos - Don't Stop (2007)

2007-05-24T10:15:00.000-03:00

Does anybody have this new album of the Flying Neutrinos?

Please if u have the link, send to luizoak@hotmail.com

IF you have the CD, please do a favor to the community and rip it to 320kbps and upload. Send me thelink later and I shall share, like allways.

Thanks.

Oak.

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The Matthew Herbert Big Band - Goodbye Swingtime (2003)

2007-05-24T00:16:00.000-03:00

A "never-ever-seen"
swing creation

A very different kind of Big Band. Let me call it Progressive Big Band, yes I can. Goodbye Swingtime is a wonderful prodigious child of the future and the past. It is unique in style and feeling. It's both old-time and new-time. It has come a long way and is about to take you to places and times far ahead in the future.

Imagine a groundbreaking concept album in electronica but accomplished through big band (jazz orchestra) music. Recorded live!!! And then chopped to tiny pieces, edited, reengineered and recollected to build up a never-ever-seen creature. Mechanical and yet flesh and blood. Creature of light born in darkness. This is it - Matthew Herbert's Goodbye Swingtime. I love it. So atmospheric and thoughtful. Mature, spacey, travelling, swingy. Wise, sad, well said, nostalgic, helpful. Wonderful Lyrics and extraordinary vocal parts add great value to beautiful experimental music.

This album is philosophical, poetical, architectural, political, mathematical.
It's a great effort and a great achievement.

Music making you smarter, wiser, better.

1. Turning Pages
2. Everything’s Changed
3. Fiction
4. The Three W’s
5. Chromoshop
6. The Battle
7. Misprints
8. The Many And The Few
9. Simple Mind
10. Stationary

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Jump'N Jive - Up! Up!! Up!!! (1989)

2007-05-24T00:06:00.000-03:00

This is psycho sexual high energy swing created to let laughter & joy course through your earhole.

One of the best albums of my Neo-Swing collection.

For any of you accused of being a dirty bird, livin on the edge and generally enjoying life way too much-this CD is for you. Period.

01 - Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
02 - Jack You're Dead
03 - Slow Dancing
04 - Up Up Up
05 - Pleasure Pre
06 - Five Little Guys Named Moe
07 - They Raided The Joint
08 - Wild Romance
09 - Shout Wahee
10 - Cool As A Breeze
11 - Scat
12 - You're My Meat
13 - How Long Must I Wait For You

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Porky Cohen - Rhythm and Bones (1996)

2007-05-23T20:34:00.000-03:00

You are either familiar with Roomful of Blues, or you haven't been paying attention. What you may not know is that for a good number of years one of their trombone players was from a different era.

Zolman "Porky" Cohen, born in 1924, got his first trombone at 13 and was playing with the big bands within just a few years. After a tryout with Benny Goodman Cohen played with Tony Pastor, Charlie Barnet, the Casa Loma Orchestra, Lucky Millinder, Tommy Dorsey, Boyd Raeburn, Artie Shaw, and a variety of Dixieland bands in the 1950s.

Porky Cohen was a strong asset to Roomful of Blues from 1979-1986 before choosing to semi-retire.

He joined them again a decade later to record this album. He had always referred to himself as a sideman but this album, the only one with his name on it, proves otherwise. He plays strong and clear, and with a lot of soul. I don't think many musicians could say they've played with everyone from W.C. Handy to Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Porky Cohen passed away on April 14, 2004.

There is a bit more biographical information, as well as his obituary, here.

The Players (not all the players are on all the tracks):

Porky Cohen, Trombone; Sugar Ray Norcia, Vocal; Michelle Wilson, Vocal; Bob Enos, Trumpet; Carl Querforth, Trombone; Gordon Beadle, Tenor Sax; Doug James, Bari Sax; Rich Lataille, Alto and Tenor Sax; Matt McCabe, Piano; Chris Vachon, Guitar; Rob Nelson, Guitar; Ken Grace, Bass; Marty Ballou, Bass; John Rossi, Drums

Tracks:
1. Don't Lose Your Cool
2. Jim Dog
3. Sent For You Yesterday
4. Day Dream
5. Red Rock
6. Slidin' Horns
7. Walkin' With Mr Lee
8. Cloudburst
9. D'Natural Blues
10. P.D.Q. Boogie
11. Trombone Porky
12. Do Anything You Wanna
13. Porky's Blues

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Maria Muldaur - Naughty, Bawdy And Blue [2007]

2007-05-23T02:14:00.000-03:00

Jazz/Blues

soprano from the 30's

If you ever wondered who, if anyone, was going to carry on the tradition of great female blues singers now that the likes of Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Sippy Wallace and Memphis Minnie have long been gone from the scene look no further. This is the third album in series that she started in 2002 to cover the old great blues singers. In the present album she covers the above-mentioned singers and others in a style in which they would surely recognize their style. These are the classic female blues singers of the 1920's and 30's. Maria is in fast company but she does not miss a beat.

Backed by the perfect fit of James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band, who often performed with Sippie Wallace and whose sound seems to have time-traveled without alteration, Muldaur moves through a dozen vaudeville blues numbers with integrity and authenticity, and never resorts to campy riffs or faux black dialect. Her expressive soprano has taken on a depth and heft through the years, and she's smart to deliver such suggestive lines as "I love the way he whips my cream" (from "Handy Man") or "He's a deep-sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong" (from Smith's "Empty Bed Blues") with a subtle wink, preferring to let an insinuating trumpet chase home the joke. The album finds its highlight with "Separation Blues," a duet with Bonnie Raitt, who introduced Wallace to new audiences on her tours of the '70s and '80s. Muldaur and Raitt--corduroy and burlap--harmonize with the ease that comes from decades of friendship, and from the joy of preserving and appreciating one of America’s purest musical forms.

1. Down Home Blues
2. Up The Country Blues
3. Separation Blues
4. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
5. Handy Man
6. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
7. Smile
8. TB Blues
9. One Hour Mama
10. Empty Bed Blues
11. Early Every Morn
12. Yonder Come The Blues

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2007-05-23T00:39:00.000-03:00

Black Bottom Brass Band
Best japanese brass band EVER

These niponic guys can play a mix of soul/funk with swing jazz plus dixieland. Grooving tunes, instrumental fury. That's all. Be sure to know what is a brass band all about.
I have listened to this album more than 40 times.

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01 - rakuda de ikou
02 - mr. porno man
03 - cactus chop
04 - aoi sora
05 - hard work for blow job
06 - suma no kumo
07 - exit
08 - hit the roof
09 - strawberry dance hour
10 - boo boo boo
11 - i'm looking for a four leaf clover

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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis - Swingin' With Duke [LIVE] (1999)

2007-05-22T00:15:00.000-03:00

You almost always know you're in trouble when a reviewer says "If you only own one, make this it"--but here goes anyway. If you only own one instrumental swing album, this is the one you want. (falsehood detected due to enthusiasm, there are dozens of terrific swing albums... sorry Grappelli, sorry Django, sorry Benny, Armstrong, Hines, Basie, Duke... )

Not that I'm an expert, mind you. Not that I have the background to make such an audacious statement. Not even that I've seen Ken Burns' JAZZ all the way through (I did anyways and I have hahaha)

But this CD is really, really good. Put it in and you'll be instantly taken away from your troubles. Wynton Marsalis' work with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra seems to be just one of many aspects of his immense contribution to modern jazz, but that's not really essential for this hard swinging and inventive tribute to Ellington. This is just a brilliant CD. Admittedly, few songs do sound imitative at few points (Black and Tan Fantasy, for instance), but these same songs at the very next moment disperse the shade of cliche or routine by incredible soloing and ensemble work.

Trust me, this is one album you NEED to help you get out of any bad mood.

1. Happy Go Lucky
2. Main Stem
3. C Jam Blues
4. Multi Colored Blue
5. Chinoiserie
6. Black & Tan Fantasy
7. Cottontail
8. Mood Indigo
9. Bli-Blip
10. Harlem Air Shaft
11. Portrait Of Louis Armstrong

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Casey Macgill and The Spirits of Rhythm - Jump (reposting)

2007-05-21T23:03:00.000-03:00

Until now, few people living outside the Pacific Northwest have had the pleasure of hearing Casey MacGill & The Spirits of Rhythm, truly one of the hottest big bands to make the scene since swing first came into fashion more than half a century ago. But with the release of their long-awaited first album, "Jump," the band is about to take the rest of the nation by storm.

If you're looking for original hi-fi tunes! Contrary to what other reviewers have written, Casey wrote 7 out of the 10 songs himself; they aren't all covers. But they are so awesome, that the first time you hear them you will swear you've heard them a thousand times. Ironically, you can listen and dance to every song on this CD a thousand times and never get tired of them, they are that good. With Casey's sexy voice (several women I know have said so), amazing vocals, original lyrics, and energetic style, this is a must-have for any swing dancer, Lindyhopper, or big band enthusiast.

1. Swing Brother Swing

2. Rhythm
3. Late Night Swing
4. Undecided
5. Love Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
6. Whadaya Want
7. I'm Gonna Love You Tonight
8. Git It (In the Groove)
9. It Happened One
8.Night
10. Jump Up

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Eddie Reed Big Band - Hollywod Jump (1998)

2007-05-21T00:16:00.000-03:00

This album is very smooth with it's big band era energy and wonderful female and male vocals. It's a great cd to have in the back ground or to go crazy with. Eddie Reed is keeping the real thing alive, the real thing meaning swing big bands. Reed & his big band perform a variety of authentic swing music from the 30's & 40's, and though there may be some vintage arrangements, this band is allstars and they play this music with plenty of pep and energy. 1st song is Natch, and Artie Shaw arrangement with a pelasant Reed vocal. Other worthwhile performances include a great version of Boogie Blues with a knockout vocal by Reed's daughter Megan Ivey, who sounds right out of 1938!(she also the girl pictured on the cover of the cd). This is a wonderful cd, and reed's is one of the finest swing bands performing today!

1. Natch
2. Yes My Darling Daughter
3. Boogie Blues
4. Jazznocracy
5. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
6. Let Me Off Uptown
7. Cotton Tail
8. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
9. The Lamp Is Low
10. Hollywood Jump
11. La Macarena
12. 'C' Jam Blues

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Casey MacGill - Blue 4 Trio (2006)

2007-05-21T00:15:00.000-03:00

The songs on this CD are, as described, recorded as if you were hearing them live. They sound great! Each track puts you right in front of Casey's talented trio as if they were playing to a very intimate audience. For Lindy Hoppers, you may find some of the tracks a bit slow. I'm quite happy that there is no "filler" music, however I got to the end of the CD really hoping to hear more.

Mostly up-tempo with a few slow ones. This CD is great in the background while you're having a dinner party or just listening to it with someone special under the starry sky. Classic swingin' jazz sounds featuring piano, ukulele, coronet, bass and drums all mixed together with lovely three part harmony vocals. Danceable, yes - but also perfect music for sipping a nice cocktail. I would recommend this cd to anyone who appreciates hearing the old standards performed by groovy modern men with old souls. Solid music, no cheese.

1 Jeepers Creepers
2 The Hatchet Man (Chop, Chop)
3 Ain'tcha Glad
4 Them There Eyes
5 That's the Kind of Gal For Me
6 No Moon At All
7 Mr. Boogie Woogie Man
8 Night Owl
9 You Can't Do That
10 Louisiana
11 Stardust
12 I've Got My Fingers Crossed

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Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys - Paradise Wobble (2000)

2007-05-20T00:45:00.000-03:00

Fun melodies and instrumentation. Janet's vocals are simple and pleasant. The lyrics are too fun. Silly really but delightful.

"She is even better alive", I read that a lot. That being said this is still a fine cd, and other than Banu Gibson, and Alex Pangman, Janet is one of the few female performers around singing 20's & 30's obscurities.

Brad Kay's precise musicianship on the ivories is a plus(not to mention his Bubber Miley imitations on the horn). Also Janet plays some barely audiable ukulele(nothing too fancy or hot). Ian Whitcomb also provides some tacky accordian which makes the music sound a little hokey, and adds a little cheese to the otherwise exlellent mix of drums, stand up bass, violen, and Tom Marion on banjo, guitar and anything with strings on it(though watch out for him in person, he'll try and steal your gal, no matter what she looks like). Alao a real treat is Robert Armstrong on Hawaiian lap guitar, adding a twang to the recordings, making up for the overly used accordian(which sounds good on some tracks). Here we get a treat with Janet covering Annette Hanshaw's version of "It Was Only A Sunshower" taken at a much slower pace(though it's unfair to compare her to the great Hanshaw, Klein has more in common with Ruth Etting).


		1.	I Wish I Were Twins
		2.	Pretty Little Baby
		3.	Shine
		4.	It Was Only A Sunshower
		5.	Physician, The
		6.	Any Kind-A-Man Would Be Better Than You
		7.	Palakiko Blues
		8.	Nasty Man
		9.	Paradise Wobble
		10.	Clip Joint
		11.	I'm No Angel
		12.	Honolulu Stomp
		13.	Someday Sweetheart
		14.	I Used To Love You But It's All Over Now
		15.	You Went Away Too Far
		16.	Sous Les Toits De Paris
		17.	Lonely Little Bluebird
		18.	Taint No Sin To Take Off Your Skin
		19.	Real Estate Papa You Ain't Gonna
		20.	Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love
		21.	Maui Chimes
		22.	You're A Heavenly Thing
		23.	Will You Remember Me?

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The Hoodangers - Cheep! (2001)

2007-05-19T00:04:00.000-03:00

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Jazz Swing / Funk / Vicious Brass / Fast Rag! Probably you have never heard of those australian guys, but I can assure you that: any keen ear will notice that it’s all of the above and more. The Hoodangers' music is informed by the tradition of the jazz art form and played by gifted and widely experienced musicians who bring a consciousness, skill and sheer energy to the music that simply takes your breath away and plasters a grin on your face that spreads from ear to ear.

The band possesses a relentless, thumping energy. It is music that takes your breath away; wit, laughter and a great big thirst for music and life. Through it all the Hoodangers successfully draw on a rich jazz tradition, embracing it, and morphing it into something completely their own. As such, their influences are as diverse as their musical moods, from turn of the century New Orleans jazz to post 2000 genre-mix-match pop.

"(The Hoodangers) perform with such energy and wit that it's impossible not to feel this music is the product of current culture rather than moth-eaten memories...their aim isn't just to play music but to revel in the sounds they're creating, to push themselves into places they've never been before, and to let loose the Siberian tigers of their imagination."
Jessica Nicholas, The Age Newspaper, Jan 25 1999.

"It took Australians to give us a lesson in New Orleans jazz...you'd think that they were punks - except that instead of electric guitars these six Australians played with a beautiful musical sense.
Laurence la Presse, Montrèal, July 8 1999.

"They sounded like the illegitimate offspring of King Oliver and Sid Vicious."
The Age Newspaper, 6 November 1996.

"One of the hottest bands, The Hoodangers, was also one of the youngest... [they] looked like punk rockers, but they played the old classics with all the passion and energy that the first conventioneers must have possessed."
Down Beat April 1996.

"It's like the Clash would've played trad jazz if they'd had the chops."
Tom McDermott, New Orleans Gambit Weekly, July 27 1999.

"...A scruffy looking lot, their clothes and haircuts as far removed from the striped-shirts-and-straw-hats Dixieland image as could be: if you reckon trad jazz is tired and boring, think again."
Jazz-Line Australia, 2001.

1. Black Bottom
2. Rockin' in Rhythm
3. Khe Sanh
4. What A Friend
5. Pitter Patter Fairy Wing
6. Looking Back
7. Saratoga Shout
8. Amazing Grace
9. Panama
10. Tea in the Sahara

The Hoodangers are:
Eugene Ball - Trumpet
Ben Gillespie - Trombone
Chris Tanner - Clarinet
Mal Williams - Banjo
Mark Elton - Bass
Ollie Browne - Drums

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The Flying Neutrinos - I'd Rather be in New Orleans (1999)

2007-05-18T01:43:00.000-03:00

Ingrid Lucia has uncharged particle with almost no mass byt her side. She is the particle and all of the mass envolved are musical notes concentrated on swing! Hot jazz! Ingrid Lucia has a sultry, expressive voice that takes you straight to the small, smoky clubs in New Orleans where you go to lose yourself in the music. What is amazing is that she sounds so much like Billie Holiday and yet has a sound all her own. The entire group meshes to produce a wonderful album that embraces you like an old friend.

The Flying Neutrinos, when playing extended and without Ingrid's vocals (no offense Ing!) are exceptional. This album has it all - Ingrid forcefully at the front, and sometimes melting into the background as others take center stage. I really get the impression that these people have a lot of fun playing together, and know each other inside out. Can't recommend this cd enough. Buy now and you're in for such a treat!

1. Delta Bound
2. Barbarin's Second Line
3. Streelight
4. Passion Song
5. Swimming Pool Blue
6. Marie Laveau
7. Bei Mir Bist du Schon
8. I Want a Little Girl
9. New Dog Blues
10. Alone in This House
11. I'm in a Hole
12. I'd Rather Be in New Orleans

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Sansévérino - Les Senegalaises (2004)

2007-05-17T00:59:00.000-03:00

Smokin' French Swing!
(Hilarious, tey say)

Sanseverino is a bloody genius at conjuring compelling new music from familar genres while snarkily alluding to more obscure influences - from traditional musette through le jazz hot by way of neo-gypsy and Louie Prima, with glancing references to iconoclasts Dan Hicks and Karl Zero. You think I exaggerate? Listen and smile. This is definitely a CD worth repeated playings. Pure unadulturated, nicotine-saturated pleasure for those of us who can't afford to loll about in those louche Parisian lounges.

If you like tight and clear accompanyment, this will make you smile. You'll think you're hearing Les Paul on the Gibson and Joe Jackson on the Yamaha. Instrumental and vocal arrangements are cleverly juxtaposed, sometimes in brilliant opposition. No dead air, and no synthesizers. French lyrics are executed with an edge and soulfully. Most songs in major 7th, a few ballads in minors and 6ths. These fellows are highly skilled and their delivery is professional. Thank goodness for some real music.

1. Jean Luc
2. L'enterrement De Ma Grand-MÈRe
3. Cigarette
4. Voisine Des Oiseaux
5. Michto La Pompe
6. Les Petites SÉNÉGalaises
7. Les SÉNÉGalaises
8. AndrÉ Ii
9. Un Ticket
10. Les Bourre-Pates Et Les Tire-Nerfs
11. Grand Jean Luc
12. Le Dormeur Du Val Vivant
13. L'ÉTrangÈRe
14. Les SÉNÉGalaises De Felix

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Ella Fitzgerald - In Budapest (live - 1970)

2007-05-16T00:16:00.000-03:00

• A date with the Female Deity •

I dont have to introduce Ella to anyone, but I must underline the creative genius on this record. This one is a gem for Ella-philes. It was at this point in her career that Ella was recording fewer studio albums, but kept a furious touring schedule. Many of the tunes included here were never recorded in the studio. While some might argue with a choice like "Spinning Wheel", at the time the audiences loved it when Ella sang what she referred to as "today's sound". As her biographer, this is an important piece of Ella history. Her voice had just begun to get the rough edge that would exhibit itself for the rest of her career. Within a year of this recording, Ella would be in hospitals fighting to keep her vision due to complications from diabetes. While it is true that there are other live albums that are better overall, this is one to have in your collection!

1. Crazy Rhythm
2. Medley:
This Guy's In Love With You/
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
3. Open Your Window
4. Satin Doll
5. Spinning Wheel
6. As Time Goes By
7. You Better Love Me
8. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
9. Hello Young Lovers
10. Medley: I Concentrate On You/You Go To My Head
11. The Girl From Ipanema
12. Cabaret
13. Dancing In The Dark
14. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
15. The Lady Is A Tramp
16. Summertime
17. (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It (AKA Mr. Paganini)
18. Mack The Knife
19. People

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Shakin' Dudi Orchestra - Swing Revival (1999)

2007-05-15T23:07:00.000-03:00

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Polish Swing, performing songs in polish, so dont think that you sing out loud something like "Jump, Jive and Wail". Linda and Big King Jive DAddies and now Shakin Dudi Orchestra prove that swing has no boundaries. Shakin Dudi is a terrific band with a very closely knit orchestra in terms of harmony and also power upbeat.

I am keen to find another album from these guys. Well, obviously i have no clue about the lyric's thematic, but it sounds... very good since polish is hella poetic. OK, no more delay, grab this album. Buy the ORIGINAL! (if you can)

01. gdy wracam pozno
02. tak dobrze mi tu
03. mniam mniam mniam
04. gdybys miala
05. to my ulani
06. plac plac plac
07. taka przebojowa
08. za dziesciec minut trzynasta
09. oh ziuta
10. au szalalala

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Linda and The Big King Jive Daddies (2000) (link fixed)

2007-05-15T01:52:00.000-03:00

"Fanny" and Yummy!

The lead vocal does not speak english, but she sings in english. Or something like that. And WHAT A VOICE! Glowing, efusive, powerful! The big band following her is amazing, they put up a real good swing.
"Is Swing an American exclusive? Not hardly. Neo-swing is still growing in Europe, Australia and now even in Japan. Linda & the Big King Jive Daddies debut CD on Slimstyle Records announces the start of Asia's love of Jumpin' Jive. Osaka based, Linda and a few of these Daddies had been doing Rockabilly until a trip to New York where they had happened to catch a swing gig while out on the town. Upon returning to Japan they put together the present Big King Jive Daddies. Loaded with eleven fairly common neo-swing standards including "Route 66", "Caldonia" and the smells like teen spirit of the swing world "Jump Jive & Wail", and you wouldn't at first expect this album to be any different than the 1000 other neo-swing CDs released in every major city around the world. What sets Linda & the Big King Jive Daddies apart from the rest is that FINALLY here is a non-American band who is not afraid to sing in their native tongue. Often Linda may muddle the English lyrics while ripping through a fast song. But she makes up for it by singing some of the versus solely in Japanese. The song selections appear to have been mainly inspired by the recordings of Brian Setzer, Eddie Reed and the Big Kahuna. However Linda does offer some often overlooked songs from the late 50s and early 60s, "I Want You To Be My Baby", "Johnny Jingo", "Tweedle Dee" and the Isley Brother's "Shout". Linda & the Big King Jive Daddies are a fun trip in the tour of world swing. Don't miss this opportunity, pick up your copy today.

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Banda JAPONESA de swing. Disco ENGRAÇADÍSSiMO!. Uns criticam a pronúncia, mas adulam a voz. Outros enxergam na universalização do swing uma coisa maravilhosa, rebaixadora de fronteiras e imbricado em todas as culturas. Particularmente adoro esse disco. Linda & the Big King Jive Daddies uma banda japonesa de swing da maior qualidade, já mostrando um som influenciado pelas bandas dos anos 90 fazem um repertorio completo para todos os gostos. Tocando sons como “Caldonia” e “Jump Jive and wail” para representar a velha guarda e “You and me and the bottle makes 3 tonight” e “barflies at the beach” homenageando em grande estilo duas das mais gloriosas bandas dos últimos tempos, fazem seu cd virar um item essencial para nossos leitores fiéis.


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2. Johnny Jingo	Listen	Listen
3. Tweedle Dee	Listen	Listen
4. Come On-a My House	Listen	Listen
5. Jump, Jive An' Wail	Listen	Listen
6. Yes My Darling Daughter		Listen
7. I'm Beginning To See The Light		Listen
8. Mellow Saxophone		Listen
9. I Want You To Be My Baby		Listen
10. Shout		Listen
11. Caldonia		Listen

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Swingorillas - Dick Suave (1999)

2007-05-15T00:57:00.000-03:00

Wellcome to Zooswing!

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Swingorillas are a nine-piece swing band from Salt Lake City-USA. They released their cd 'Dick Suave' in 1999. It received excellent reviews throughout the country and has sound ranges from traditional 30s swing to an interesting blend of mambo, calypso, boogie woogie and a more modern swing sound.

The Swingorillas have been featured on the national tv show 'Promised Land', played for the nation's mayors and opened up for Bob Dole on his Erectile Dysfunction tour. Bob rocks hard.

Tara Duff, the lead vocalist, hails from across the great ocean. She grew up in Peterborough, England and has since made the city of salt her home. Dale Lee, the band leader, composer, arranger and alto & bari saxophonist has also performed with Ike Willis & Chunga's Revenge, the Violent Femmes and Thirsty Alley. Dan Walker, the featured soloist on tenor saxophone, spent most of his playing days in Los Angeles but has also relocated to the angelic environment of Utah.

The Swingorillas are a soulful, hard swinging band. All the band members are excellent improvisers and four of the men provide rich harmonies and occasional lead vocals to compliment Mz. Duff. Instrumentation includes: five vocalists, alto, tenor and bari saxes, trumpet, trombone, acoustic bass, guitar and drums.

1. Dick Suave
2. Waiting on a Promise
3. Desire
4. Swing King
5. Nebulosa
6. Diga Diga Do
7. Be Boppinest Baby
8. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
9. Pushka Pee She Pie
10. Miller Time

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Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Goblin Market (2003)

2007-05-14T14:05:00.000-03:00

This is the best of the five Mora's discs. "Mr. Rhythmist Goes to Town" is a close, but somewhat frenetic, second. This group of expert musicians produced clean, lyrical, intricate sound. Spud Murphy (and Dean Mora) was a genius.

This is a wonderful tribute album put out by an excellent modern band. Mora's Modern Rhythmists is renowned for its fidelity to the playing styles of the 20's and 30's as well as usage of original jazz charts.

Lyle "Spud" Murphy was a genius in his field. This CD showcases pieces from 1928 - 1937. Mr. Murphy's arranging style was sought out by such band leaders as Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman, Bob Crosby and Isham Jones, and with good reason. He knew how to trim and contain a tune so as to maximize its danceability and charm. (Just try to listen to this and walk away without humming. Can't be done.) This album will please jazzheads, lindy hoppers, and retro afficianados alike.

1. I Got Worry
2. Modern Melody
3. Can This Be the End of Love
4. Dames
5. Goblin Market
6. Object of My Affection
7. Anything Goes
8. Restless
9. Jingle Bells
10. If the Moon Turns Green
11. She's a Latin from Manhattan
12. Diga Diga Doo
13. Let's Face the Music and Dance
14. Get Happy
15. Bird of Paradise
16. Do You or Don't You Love Me
17. Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)
18. I Know That You Know
19. Shivery Stomp
20. Ballad in Blue

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2007-05-14T09:53:00.000-03:00

I manually edited each one of the links that had the "DOWNLOAD" image and vanished. Took me like 3 hours, had to analyse all the html and search for the exact download link, but here they are. Just Scroll down.

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Cab Calloway and Scatman Crothers - Kings of Cotton Club (1984)

2007-05-14T01:55:00.000-03:00

Do you really need any information about Cab Calloway? I might give it to you, but remember to be ashamed! ; ) He was one of the most enthusiastics big band's leaders, a natural entertainer, a brilliant compositor and a glowing performer. Precursor of the jive, a must have in terms of swing.

Crothers, though many people probably remember him for an appearance in the film The Shining or for his role as Louie in Chico and the Man during the '70s, Scatman Crothers had an extensive jazz and later R&B background. Remember of "Gone Gone Gone", posted here on Big Bad Music? This is one of his greatests solo albuns.

Well, "Kings of Cotton Club" is a union of these two fundamental parts of the Music Engine. You might either like or love or just adore. Dont miss this.

1. You've Got Your Troubles
2. If I Were a Rich Man
3. I Will Wait for You
4. Sway
5. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
6. Mame
7. Hello, Dolly!
8. Sunshine
9. September Song
10. Cabaret
11. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)
12. I Got Rhythm
13. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
14. Best Things in Life Are Free
15. Gal Looks Good
16. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

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The 'Nawlins Gumbo Kings - We're The Gumbo Kings - 2004

2007-05-12T14:41:00.000-03:00

I was going to wait to post this till I'd written a decent review but since it's Luiz's birthday and I wanted to get him something new to listen to today I'm doing a rush job.

These guys are simply the best Dixieland/New Orleans Jazz band I have EVER heard. Six guys making as much music as you'd expect from twice as many people. They have a tight hot sound that will leave you begging for more ... and you know me ... I have more.

There are some classic traditional dixieland tunes, some newer tunes and some originals.

I am particularly fond of track 3: We're The Gumbo Kings ... you will soon know why.

The Players:

Mike Sizer clarinet, tenor sax, vocals
Steve Howard trumpet, background vocals
Brad Herring trombone, background vocals
Brian Piper piano, vocals
Kerby Stewart upright bass
Bobby Breaux drums

Track list:

1. Joe Avery's Blues (The Second Line)

2. Sweet Lorraine
3. We're The Gumbo Kings
4. New Orleans
5. South Rampart Street Parade
6. When You're Smiling
7. Summertime
8. At The Jazz Band Ball
9. Coffee Regular
10. St. Louis Blues
11. Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans)
12. That's-A-Plenty
13. Bourbon Street Parade
14. My Old Kentucky Home/Old Folks At Home

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Our Love is Here to Stay - John Pizzarelli (1997) [repost by JouJoux]

2007-05-12T14:08:00.000-03:00

(...)
Este disco fluía por entre raios de sol e folhagens, da primeira vez que me veio nos ouvidos. Dois fios me ligavam a duas fontes: uma material e outra que "Nina estava a descobrir". Uma brisa apagava todo resto que estaria em torno daquele instante, único e longo. Pizzarelli regia tudo com inigualável maestria. Aquela segunda fonte conduzia o tempo, o espaço, o pensar e o sentir através da harmonia da Música e da Sintonia que rodeia constantemente dois flaneurs imersos na Arte de suas lógicas e ilogismos singulares.

Poesis, mon cher.

It was a very very very special gift (for me)...

Here it is: our favourite album. Yes, this is our precious gem. This has got to be one of the best-produced albums of any genre, ever.

Dispite of the intimist, brooding cover, this album presents maybe the most energetic big bands we have ever heard on our entire life. Some of you guys must be wondering how Pizzarelli can be so furious and fast on his guitar solos and scat the same notes he plays. This is obviously a Gorge Benson's inheritance, but (we are sorry for this) even better than George.

As always, John Pizzarelli's albums are so remarkably, brilliantly and tastefully recorded, be it with his trio or with a full orchestra. In this recording, he is paired with a fine and gifted arranger, Don Sebesky, whose works on the arrangements and orchestrations are the best-ever you could expect from any orchestrator. Anyway, we could go on and on about how great every song is, and the wonderful instrumental breaks, but we won't. Just get this album and see for yourself. John Pizzarelli feels his way through some fabulous songs and horn-heavy laden arrangements. He knows where to highlight, accent and drive home on each song. If you get an opportunity, BUY THIS RECORD FROM THE ORIGINAL.

SUPPORT OAK AND PIZZARELLI, both deserve a lot.

1. Dream

2. Our Love Is Here To Stay

3. Avalon (incredible piano and guitar solo)

4. Honey Pie

5. The Day I Found You ('The Pollywog Song')

6. Kalamazoo

7. Have Another One, Not Me

8. Little Girl

9. Nina Never Knew

10. Rhythm Is Our Business

11. It's Sunday

12. Say Hey Kid

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Gunhild Carling and Her Family - 20th Jubilee

2007-05-12T09:56:00.000-03:00

Gunhild Carling is jazz musician, entertainer, composer, multiinstrumentalist, tap dancer and has her own radio show once a week. She keeps inspiration from the Harlem jazz and swing of the thirties, with idols as Satchmo, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and others.

This album is a celebration to the Carling Family's 20th year as a jazz band.

1. Keeping Out of Mischief now (Waller)
2. Lou-easy-ania (Darensbourgh)
3. Star Lover (Carling)
4. Everybody Loves Saturday Night (trad)
5. Amad (Ellington)
6. Alice Blue Gown
7. Basin Street Blues (Williams)
8. Tell me! (Carling)
9. I feel (Carling)
10. Drum Boogie (Krupa)
11. Isfahan (Ellington)
12. Muskrat Ramble (Ory)
13. When it's Sleepy Time Down South (Rene/Muse)
14. Gut Bucket Blues (Armstrong)
15. Greenland (Carling)
16. Gula Paviljongen (Redland)
17. Wild Rose (Carling)
18. Panama Rag

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Today is my birthday! Here is YOUR gift (Mega Repost)

2007-05-12T00:05:00.000-03:00

1... 2.... 3... SING YOU SINNERS!

For Oak's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow
For Oak's a jolly good fellow (pause), and so say all of us
And so say all of us, and so say all of us

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Car c'est un bon camarade, car c'est un bon camarade,

Car c'est un bon camarade (pause), et qu'on est tous d'accord.
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Porque Oak es un muchacho excelente, porque es un muchacho excelente,

Porque Oak es un muchacho excelente, (pause), y siempre lo será.
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Oak é um bom companheiro, ele é um bom companheiro,

Oak é um bom companheiro (pause), ninguém pode negar.
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Perché Oak è un bravo ragazzo, perché è un bravo ragazzo,

Perché Oak è un bravo ragazzo (pause), nessuno lo può negar.
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Ja Oak hän on loistava veikko, ja hän on loistava veikko,

Ja Oak hän on loistava veikko (pause), koska kaikki tykkää hänestä

Now that you nobly and spontaneously put up this chorus and made me feel flattered, guess I can repost some Neo-Swing aluns that are a MUSTHAVE!

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (debut album 1998)

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This Beautiful Life (1999)

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Save My Soul (2003)

◘ Big Rude Jake ◘

Big Rude Jake (1999)

♥ Indigo Swing ♥

All Aboard (1998)

♦ Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers ♦

One Hour Mama (1996)
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Everybody's Talking About Miss Thing (2000)

☻ Brian Setzer Orchestra ☻

The Dirty Boogie (1996)
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Vavoom! (2000)

♠ New Morty Show ♠

Mortyfied (1998)

♣ Cherry Poppin' Daddies ♣

Zoot Suit Riot (1997)
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Soul Caddy (2000)

♦ Hipster Daddy-O ♦

Armed and Swingin (1997)

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Woody Herman - The Band That Plays The Blues 1937-1941

2007-05-11T00:02:00.001-03:00

True to its word, this bargain-priced survey of Woody Herman’s first band is right on message; all but three of the 18 tracks have “blues” or “blue” in the title. As such, it succeeds in surveying that aspect of the Herman band from early sessions in 1937 to September 1941 on the eve of the AF of M recording ban. Among the rarer treats here is the unusual “Calliope Blues,” with its radical (for the time) use of a flute choir.

On the last session covered here, the band made a famous cover version of Harold Arlen’s standard-to-be “Blues in the Night,” and you can hear the composer chime in as he answers Herman’s lead vocal. Typically, Naxos scrambles the chronological order of the survey, but any sure-fingered listener can correct that by using the programming control. In one seamless sleight-of-hand editing feat, “Blues Upstairs” and “Blues Downstairs” — the A and B sides of a Decca 78 — are joined together without a pause; even the cymbal crash that ends “Upstairs” carries over into the piano intro of “Downstairs.” Furthermore, Naxos’ transfers, although somewhat subdued, are closer to the original 78s in sound than Decca/GRP’s brash, NoNoised versions of some of these tracks on the 1991 CD Blues on Parade (even though, in a few cases, Decca had access to better sources). And Naxos has corrected the pitch of the original 78s that were faulty, which Decca did not do in its transfers — one more pertinent reason to pick up this release.

01 Woodchopper’s Ball
02 Blue Flame
03 Dupree Blues
04 Twin City Blues
05 Laughing Boy Blues
06 Casbah Blues
07 Blues Upstairs
08 Blues Downstairs
09 River Bed Blues
10 Dallas Blues
11 Calliope Blues
12 Peach Tree Street
13 Blue Prelude
14 Pick-A-Rib
15 Bessie’s Blues
16 Bishop’s Blues
17 Blues in the Night
18 Blues on Parade

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Various Artist - Best Of Modern Swing

2007-05-11T00:01:00.000-03:00

It's the 21'st century and if you mention swing jazz most people only think about the greats from the 1930's and 40's, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman etc. They seldom consider that still today there are lots of bands recording swing music. This album is a collection of great swing jazz by bands that are playing and recording in this century. This is the album that we never found when searching for modern swing jazz. So here we bring it to you – Best of Modern Swing. The recordings are from 1997 and forward and is a small showcase of what great music you can find if you look hard enough.

1. Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander – Savoy blip
2. Blue Room Boys - Do your duty
3. Jennie Löbel & Swing Kings - He ain't got rhythm
4. Gunhild Carling and her swing band – They all laughed
5. Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra – Mildred, won't you behave?
6. Lily Wilde and her Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra - Rip Van Winkle
7. Frosties Hot Four – Fly me to the moon
8. Andy Farber & His Swing Mavens- One for Ernie
9. George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Blues for Stephanie
10. Blue Saracens - Baaaap baaaah
11. HepCat Daddies – C thru woman
12. Yalloppin' Hounds - Flat foot floogie
13. Honeysucklerose - My melancholy baby
14. Charmin Michelle - Come on over to my
15. Swing of Sahara – It don't mean a thing

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Sister Swing - Riff Raff and Ruffles (2005)

2007-05-10T00:16:00.000-03:00

I would say that these girls are all about vintage jazz in the tradition of the great girl groups of the 1930s and 1940s. But let Valerie Marston, one of the trio, talk to you guys:

"During the 14 years that Sister Swing has been alive and kicking, we have had the privilege of playing with many fine musicians. Each one has brought his or her own distinctive style to the mix. Riff Raff and Ruffles is our attempt to capture the essence and the talent of all these players in the variety of songs we have chosen to record.

The Mug Shot Gallery in our CD insert will hopefully convey the sense of family we share with our band. While we three girls are slightly goofy on our own, the band exacerbates the problem and joins right in with us, pushing us up to crazy and out-of-control silliness. And we love it!

The other ingredients that make Sister Swing a party are the fans….each and every one of you adds to our joy with your smiles, your laughter, your encouragement and for that we thank you." So start up the player, put on your dancing shoes and join in the family reunion party!

Go, sista!

That's How Rhythm Was Born
Too Darn Hot / Heat Wave
House Is Haunted
Elmer's Tune
Well Alright
Mood Indigo
Lulu's Back In Town
Night and Day
Mr. 5 X 5
42nd Street
Jump Jive and Wail
White Lies
A Train
Shoo Shoo Baby
Sentimental Journey

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Benkó Dixieland Band - Hot Time

2007-05-10T00:11:00.000-03:00

Experienced? The Benkó Dixieland Band was formed in 1957 and have released (so far) 56 albums, with an astonishing 85 hours'-worth of television appearances. The line-up is trumpeter Bela Zoltan, trombonist and vocalist Ivan Nagy, pianist and vocalist Vilmos Halmos, banjo-player Jeno Nagy, bass-player Zsolt Kelemen, drummer Gábor Kovacsevics and leader Sandor Benkó. They are one of most popular jazz groups in Hungary while also one of the best in the world. A truly world class ensemble whose very first album was a golden disk. Winners of a great many Hungarian festivals and competitions, the BDB has been honored with numerous awards. The group has played to tens of thousands, and some of the greatest international stars were invited to play with them on stage. Over the years, the guests have included Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Al Grey, Buddy Tate, Joe Newman, Buddy Wachter, Henry Questa, Joe Muranyi, Eddy Davis, Cynthia Sayer, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Albert Nicholas, or Wild Bill Davison from the United States as well as Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Tony Scott, Huub Janssen, Acker Bilk and many others from this side of the Atlantic.

1. Hot Time
2. Someday Sweetheart
3. I Love Paris
4. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
5. Everybody Loves My Baby
6. Samba With Tequila
7. Chattanooga Choo Choo
8. Requiem 9. Yellow Ribbon
10. Love Letters In The Sand
11. China Boy
12. It Head To Be You
13. Dark Eyes
14. Ain't Misbehavin'
15. Happy Banny Jumping On The Sunny Field
16. St.James Infirmary Blues
17. It's A Long Way

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HiBall Lounge Sessions Vol. 1 (1997)

2007-05-09T01:35:00.000-03:00

Despite the name, The Highball Lounge Sessions is not a compilation of lounge music. It is a compilation of Neo-Swing bands from the San Francisco Bay Area that played at the HiBall Lounge, which at one time one of the hip clubs to be at if you wanted to swing dance and catch all the great local swing bands in the area. Even though this compilation was labeled volume 1, sadly, there were no further volumes released beyond this one.

San Francisco was, at the height of the swing revival (and still is), a hotbed for talented swing bands and musicians, many of which have already been featured on this blog. In addition to the bands on this compilation (Lee Press-on & The Nails, Lavay Smith, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums, Acme Swing Company, Chazz Cats, and Clint Baker) some other great artists from the area include, Indigo Swing, New Morty Show, Swing Session/Stompy Jones, Johnny Nocturne Band, Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88’s, and Jellyroll. If you are anywhere near the San Francisco, I urge to check out these band’s web sites (google it) to see where they are playing and go to their shows.

1. The Acme Swing Company - The Acme Swing Company
2. Jumpin' Jive - Lee Press-On & The Nails
3. Blue Skies - Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
4. Daddy-O - Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums
5. Swing Brother Swing - The Chazz Cats
6. Ooh Papa Do - Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
7. I'm Not Rough - Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band
8. Sing Sing Sing - Lee Press-On & The Nails
9. Deal Me In - The Acme Swing Company
10. Them There Eyes - Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band
11. This Joint Is Jumpin' - The Chazz Cats
12. Jumptown - Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums

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The Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Good News! (1975)

2007-05-09T00:59:00.000-03:00

This is an excellent album from an excellent band. Superb value, toe tapping tunes, a great way to relax and enjoy the magic of swing. For over 30 years, this British band, founded by (now-retired) sousaphonist John Arthy, has been beatin' back hot jazz and tin pan alley tunes from the '20s and '30s all over the British Isles and abroad. (They even ventured into swing a bit with some '40s tunes once, but to lesser success.) They use authentic period arrangements and they're TIGHT, I'll tell ya'. As someone once described it when I played some of their material, "It's like listening to old 78s without the surface noise and scratches." That's only part of it. In addition, with the use of modern recording technology, the sound is as I would imagine it might be if I were standing ringside in a dance hall next to my sainted flapper grandma. Just tremendous. ANY of their albums are worth checking out if you like true-to-the recipe hot jazz, or if you just like feel-good music. It's uplifting and you can't help but move with it. I can only imagine what it must have been like to have lived in that period of such rapid acceleration. Listening to these sides certainly will take you at least partway there!

1. Good News
2. Vo Do Do De O Blues
3. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
4. My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
5. Choo-Choo
6. Three Little Words
7. Home
8. Everything Stops For Tea
9. Pasadena
10. Sugarfoot Stomp
11. Sing Holly! Go Whistle! Hey Hey
12. Georgia
13. That's My Weakness Now
14. The King's Horses
15. The Mooche
16. Here's To The Next Time
+ 7 bonus tracks

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Plastic Gold - Compilation

2007-05-08T16:35:00.000-03:00

This is a selection of songs that i put together when i had the opportunity to cherry pick my roommates record collection. I dont have a songlist but this music is definately from the a list. its kinda swingy, bluesy, rockabillye.and vocaly. These are precious of plastic spun into gold!!!

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Stéphane Grappelli - The Collection (by t99)

2007-05-08T00:48:00.000-03:00

Violent Violin!

Hi I'm t99 aka tom/jerry and Luiz has invited me to be an author and this is my first post. But first i'd like to thank Luiz for putting together this great website and also to steve for his help in getting me started.

Stephane Grappelli rocked in the cradle of swing playing with django reinhart in thequintet of the hot club of france. This selection is from the early 70s. great swing jazz i hope you will enjoy.

Português:

Filho de pais italianos, foi encaminhado a um orfanato após a morte de sua mãe quando tinha apenas quatro anos e seu pai foi combater na Primeira Guerra Mundial, Grappelli iniciou sua carreira musical nas ruas de Paris e Montmartre com um violino. Ele começou seus estudos de violino aos 13 anos de idade e estudou no Conservatório de Paris estudando piano, entre 1924 and 1928. Fundou o Quintette du Hot Club de France com Django Reinhardt, que durou de 1934 até 1939. Em 1940, Grappelli começou a sua parceria com o pianista inglês cego, George Shearing, mas também se reunia com Django, esporadicamente até a sua morte em 1953.

Após a guerra ele aparece em centenas de gravações incluindo o pianista Oscar Peterson, o violinista Jean-Luc Ponty, vibrafonista Gary Burton, o cantor pop Paul Simon, o bandolinista David Grisman, o violinista clássico Yehudi Menuhin, o maestro André Previn, e o violinista Mark O'Connor. Também colaborou com o guitarrista britânico Diz Disley, gravando 13 álbuns com seu trio. Também colaborou com o renomado guitarrista britânico Martin Taylor.

01 - How About You

02 - Makin' Whoopee
03 - Running Wild
04 - That Tune
05 - It Might As Well Be Spring
06 - Blue River
07 - Someone To Watch Over Me
08 - Avalon
09 - Three Little Words
10 - The Folks Who Live On The Hill
11 - You Make Me Feel So Young
12 - This Can't Be Love
13 - Ain't Misbehavin'
14 - Ol' Man River
15 - Sweet Georgia Brown
16 - Just A Gigolo
17 - Lady Be Good
18 - The Birth Of The Blues
19 - The Nearness Of You

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Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - Calling all Jitterbugs (1999)

2007-05-07T23:40:00.000-03:00

The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra is said to be THE name in Hollywood (as if I lived there), and from this disk you can tell why! Each track is great. There's a fabulous mix of vocals, inluding a great little singing group called the Lucky Stars. You can dance to everything. If all my swing CDs suddenly vanished except one, I'd keep this one. Yes, I really like it THAT MUCH.This is an excellent CD!

Bill Elliott is a composer who has really studied his models. He recreates a wonderful, authentic sound. The music is dance inspiring, and wonderful to dance to at that. If you're a Lindy Hopper, this one's for you! "Mildred, Won't you Behave?" is the gem of the CD; it shines and you won't be able to sit still. I highly reccommend this CD to anyone interested in Swing music. It's a refreshing change from much of the smaller combo Jump Blues being released these days. Put on your two-tones and hit the dance floor- this one's a keeper! Calling All Jitterbugs has a few rough edges: it has 4 tracks which were used as background in various films. They weren't meant to be heard as "stand-alone" music, and it shows. That minor quibble aside-the CD is terrific! Obey whatever instinct brought you here, and buy it! The opening cut [Streamliner] alone is worth the price of admission.

1. Streamliner
2. Mildred, Won't You Behave?
3. I'm Begining To Like It?
4. Sportsman's Mamabo
5. Tower Of Terror: Twelve Cylinders
6. Stand-Ins: I Dreamed About You
7. Bill's Bounce-Recorded Live For Swing TV
8. The Guy I Met This Evening
9. Whisper Amor
10. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
11. Cat's Don't Dance: Tonight I'm Goin' Out With You
12. Killer: We Tried To Reach For The Moon
13. Independence Day: Oh, Vicky!
14. Nixon: My Baby Said She'd Marry Me

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Greg Poppleton - The Phantom Dancer: 14 Swing Era Songs (2006) (NEWS!)

2007-05-07T22:27:00.000-03:00

A fabulous voice and an authentic sound.

A time-travelling troubadour from the 1920s & 30s has arrived. In fact, Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Dance Band has been likened by swing & jazz fans to the popular John Kirby Sextet of the late 1930s.

And with a similar instrumental line-up and authentic Swing Era vocals, Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Dance Band is just the ticket to bring you pure, upbeat, 'jazz moderne' fun.

With Greg Poppleton (vo) in his Bakelite Dance Band are Bob Henderson (tp), Paul Furniss (as, ts, cl), Peter Locke & Matt Baker (p), Dieter Vogt (db) Joel Davis (vintage 1920s drums & blocks).

And, of course, if your toes start tapping and a smile comes to your face, please buy the CD.

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Greg wrote me an e-mail, it goes like this:

"Hello, to everyone who has downloaded THE PHANTOM DANCER.
If you have enjoyed our small group Swing  like "MARIE" please  LEAVE A
COMMENT.
WE'd appreciate it!
Tell us how the Phantom Dancer excites you, gets you dancing, makes you
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Cheers
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1. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (2:53)
2. Do, Do, Do (3:09)
3. My Blue Heaven (2:55)
4. Love Me Or Leave Me (4:06)
5. Star Dust (6:01)
6. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (5:18)
7. Would You Like To Take A Walk (3:33)
8. Night & Day (3:38)
9. It's Only A Paper Moon (2:25)
10. Anything Goes (2:34)
11. East Of The Sun (3:45)
12. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (2:51)
13. Two Sleepy People (4:01)
14. South Of The Border (3:15)

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Indigo Swing - Indigo Swing (1998)

2007-05-07T12:49:00.000-03:00

Indigo Swing has a sound all their own. Big band, swinging, they utilize many different aspects of 1930-50s music and meld it into a beautiful blend which is still obviously American, and still fresh. A pleasant selection of their work, it gives a good feel for what they're like live. If you like the Tenor Saxophone in swing music, this is worth buying, if for no other reason than the sax player.

The retro-swing unit Indigo Swing were formed in San Francisco around the sextet of vocalist Johnny Boyd, guitarist Josh Workman, bassist Vance Ehlers, drummer "Big Jim" Overton, pianist William Beatty and saxophone player Baron Shul. After kick-starting northern California's new school of swing, the group began touring around America and signed to Time Bomb Recordings in 1997. The group's debut All Aboard was released in July 1998. They followed with Red Light in 1999.

Pink Cadillac.

Reet,Petite & Gone

Please Tell 'em
I Can't Stop It
My Baby Just Cares For Me
I love Paris
Swing Lover
Flip,Flop and Fly
My Baby Comes 'Round at 8
Red Door Blues

Baby Baby
Choo Choo Boogie
She Dreams of Me
Rollin' with Roland/ The Lost Take

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Hot Club Of Cowtown - Continental Stomp (2003)

2007-05-07T01:17:00.000-03:00

Engaging, Entertaining, Skillful western swing

This live album shows off the dazzling talents of three dynamite musicians, revisits some excellent classic tunes, and (most importantly) makes a point of entertaining the listener. The Hot Club of Cowtown is an extremely talented trio of players (and singers) that avoids the common pitfall of talented players: trying to show off how talented they are.
Instead of trying to stupefy the audience with technical prowess, the Hot Club draws them into a synergistic musical experience, and that's why I love this album. You will hear excellent picking, soulful singing, searing solos. But most importantly, you will be entertained and have a great time. It was a stunning performance to behold with songs from this CD. They have a singular sound that treats your ears. You are in for a treat!

1. Diga Diga Doo
2. Deed I Do
3. Chinatown
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
5. Ida Red
6. Pennies From Heaven
7. Crazy 'Cause I Love You
8. The Girl I Left Behind Me
9. After You've Gone
10. Exactly Like You
11. My Window Faces The South
12. Orange Blossom Special
13. I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me
14. Bonus Track 1

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Eight to the Bar - Superhero Swinger Undercover (2003)

2007-05-05T00:53:00.000-03:00

Eight to the Bar is one the longest surviving of all swing bands. Pianist Cynthia Lyon founded the band in the mid-70s, and they've been going strong ever since, through the lean and fat years. Not only have they been going strong, they're better now than ever.. The line-up is superb, the musicians play perfectly together, and just about every track is a swing dancer's dream. Swing lovers, or people who just love jazz, blues, and R&B, who haven't discovered Eight to the Bar should start right here.

The band (headquartered in Connecticut) plays a real variety of swing, with a strong focus on blues. Boogie woogie is a major part of their sound, but they can also play jazz and soul. Comedy is also a key part of the band's appeal: they have fun with their playing and many of their originals have a wicked sense of humor. Most of the band sings back-up vocals, creating a wonderful unified sound that recalls the Manhattan Transfer.

1. Superhero Swinger Undercover
2. My Boogie Woogie Hand
3. It's A Groove
4. Maybe Someday
5. Sugar High
6. My Old Flame
7. Reptile Man
8. The Shelf
9. Troubles Drift Away
10. Romeo
11. Skeleton Key
12. I'm My Own Grandpaw
13. Set You Free

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Clube de Patifes - Do Palco ao Balcão

2007-05-05T00:11:00.000-03:00

Jump Blues
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Em meados do ano de 1998, na Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, um grupo de estudantes resolvem montar uma banda de blues, com um trabalho consistente e, que em sua totalidade fosse autoral, tratando do tema que mais lhe fascina: a noite e seus personagens.

Eis que surge o Clube de Patifes, como não poderia deixar de ser, reunia em sua formação músicos/estudantes com grande tradição na cena rocker e músicos experientes no cenário musical baiano. O CLUBE DE PATIFES formada por: PABLUES (Voz e Gaita), PAULO DE TARSO (Bateria), Adriano (Guitarra) e Joilson Santos (Baixo).Uma brilhante essência acompanhada por grandes músicos como: Danilo 20 Dedos (Teclado), Marquinhos (Trompete) e Júnior (Trombone).

A conclusão desta pequena grande história você vai encontrar no local onde eles mais gostam de passar o tempo: No Palco.

Alma Suja
Aquela Velha Canção
Barfly
Blues Song
Branca de Neve
Coração Gelado
Do Palco ao Balcão
Fele-me
Franco Atirador
Noite em Claro
O Homem Com Passos Prateados
Seu Zito
Sol no Topo

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Influências:
Blues, Rock 'n' Roll e música nordestina.

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A. J. Croce - (1993)

2007-05-04T00:34:00.000-03:00

If you like blues, swing/jazz and rock and roll (oh my god, SURE you do) don't miss this album. I think he is a cross between Dr. John's piano and Ray Charles's voice (with a humble respectful ) -- good company and high praise indeed!

Think of a studio session again with Dr. John, Tom Waits, Marcia Ball, John Pizzarelli and Louis Jordan drop on by and, oh yeah, Jim Keltner is beatin' the skins and T-Bone Burnett just happens to pick up Robben Ford''s guitar and voila! One DAMN FINE ALBUM is recorded.

Can you remember a time when someone had a Tuba solo??? The combination of N'Awlin's Boogie Woogie Stride Piano and a voice that you could"rasp" and groove with. Simply splendid!

BUT... this is A. J's ONLY good album; in my opinion the rest fo his discography sucks. Hard.

1. He's Got A Way With Women
2. Which Way Steinway
3. I Wonder
4. How'd We Get So Good At Saying Good-Bye
5. I Found Faith
6. Keep On Lookin'
7. She Wouldn't Give Me None
8. I Know Better Now
9. Back Where I Began
10. Smokin' Good Time
11. Stuff You Gotta Watch
12. If I Could Be With You

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