1996 - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - One Hour Mama

 

1996 - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers -
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The current swing revival, a very healthy development that has given younger dancers an opportunity to jitterbug to four/four music has, ironically, resulted in quite a bit of erratic music. Some of the so-called swing bands are really just playing rockabilly, '50s pop, or mere imitations of Louis Prima and Cab Calloway mixed in with R&B from later periods. But there are a few groups that really are playing swing, including singer Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. The talented Smith has an appealing voice that sometimes sounds close to Dinah Washington's, but it's also flexible enough to handle material ranging from Bessie Smith to Anita O'Day. And, although the singer gets top billing, her instrumentalists are just as strong. The debut set by the Red Hot Skillet Lickers features heated and romping solos by trombonist Larry Leight, altoist Bill Stewart, tenor Harvey Robb, and Noel Jewkes on tenor, clarinet and baritone, along with a driving four-piece rhythm section. Pianist/arranger Chris Siebert is responsible for the inventive charts, which are sometimes a combination of earlier recordings and always leave space for solos. The material includes some blues, swing standards (such as "Blue Skies," "Squeeze Me" and "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"), and lots of riffing. The music is a joy. The fact that Lavay Smith's San Francisco ensemble has been able to benefit from the swing revival shows that it is possible to perform music that is both popular and quite swinging. (AllMusic)

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Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks 2000 - Beatin' the Heat

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks 2000 - Beatin' the Heat (Flac)

Most students of rock history will know Hicks for two reasons. One: he was drummer with the original West Coast psychedelic band, the Charlatans (no, not the dull Manchester miseries) and two: he wrote Thomas Dolby's hit ''I Scare Myself'' (of which there is a splendid new version on this album). What they may not tell you is that Hicks and his band have been responsible for some of the coolest, jazziest, swingingest,most unclassifiable music of all time.

Hicks' songs are always bursting with good humour and an irrepressible sense of fun. You'd expect nothing less from the man who once penned ''How Can I Miss You (If You Won't Go Away)?''. Sure enough, Beatin' The Heat boasts a wealth of amusing little toe-tappers such as ''Hell, Id Go!'' (a plea to be abducted by aliens), ''He Don't Care'' (an ode to a stoner with ''a different coloured headband for every day of the week'') and the closer, ''I've Got A Capo On My Brain''.

That's not to say that Hicks is a slouch in the music department either. Aided by celebrity pals such as Rickie Lee Jones (''I Scare Myself''), Tom Waits(whose composition "The Piano Has Been Drinking" is also included), Elvis Costello, Brian Setzer (on fine six-string form) and even Bette Midler (wonderfully restrained, for a change, on ''Strike It While It's Hot!''); this is good-time music made better by a band who swing every which way. Hicks' trademark backing vocal arrangements (courtesy Of Jessica Harper and Karla De Vito) add to the frolics and the production even contains a couple of samples and loops for a mild updating of the formula. In other words it was worth the wait. Welcome back Dan... (BBC)

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Eartha Kitt

The Real... Eartha Kitt

[3 cds]

 

(2015)

 

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Gypsy Ska Orquesta

Danza Macabra

(2017)

 

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Barcelona Jazz Orquestra

Nits De Swing a La Sala Apolo

(2016)

 

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Louis Armstrong – Happy Birthday Louis ! (2001) 320

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Alex Pangman - 2011 - 33

Alex Pangman - 2011 - 33 @320

Canada's Sweetheart of Swing presents a unique blend of vintage 30s-era swing & jazz. A new breed of neo-trad jazz stylists.

Features guest vocalists Ron Sexsmith and Denzal Sinclaire.

Backed by the acclaimed Alleycats.

It s time-travel magic whenever Alex Pangman breathes into a microphone and evokes the great jazz femmes of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.  (Toronto Star)

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The Summer Lovers

Takin' Off

(2019)

 

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The Alex Welsh Band

Showcase 1

(1975)

 

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The Alex Welsh Band

Showcase 2

(1976)

 

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Palast Orchester Mit Seinem Sänger Max Raabe

Präsentiert Super Hits

(2001)

 

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Keely Smith

Swing, Swing, Swing

(2000)

 

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Louis Prima & Keely Smith

Return Of The Wildest

(1994)

 

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Fats Waller

The Fats Waller Legacy

(1973)

 

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Fats Waller

Fats And His Buddies

(1992)

 

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Budapest Jazz Orchestra

Az utca napos oldalán

(2015)

 

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Terry Waldo & The Gotham City Band

Treasury, Vol. 1

(2024)

 

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The Swingin' Sisters

Õnnele Vastu

(2019)

 

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Gerald Ross

Absolute Uke

(2015)

 

Gerald Ross is one of the finest instrumentalists on the scene today. Whether he is playing the guitar, the ukulele, or the Hawaiian steel guitar, his music expresses a sense of rhythm and melody that is rare in contemporary music.

His musical virtuosity and entertaining mix of swing, blues, Hawaiian, American roots music and Tin Pan Alley are a joy to hear. And eclectic? When the mood strikes him, he’ll pick up the Cajun accordion, mandolin, bass, banjo, harmonica, charango and, as mentioned, the ukulele—the ukulele is not a toy.

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