Hot Swing! [Live]

1. Swingin' on the 'Ville

2. Nuages

3. Sweet Suzanne

4. Satin Doll

5. Minor Swing

6. In the Custer Blues

7. Lament

8. Pickles on the Elbow

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Average customer rating: required listening Amazing Quality No real guitar lover should be without this CD Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 this is a good collection

Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music European Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Django Reinhardt Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephanie Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1 The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order Sweet & Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture Afternoon in Paris ASIN: B00000616B Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

1. Dinah
2. Oh, Lady Be Good
3. I Saw Stars
4. I'm Confessin' That I Love You
5. I've Had My Moments
6. Djangology
7. St. Louis Blues
8. Limehouse Blues
9. I Got Rhythm
10. I've Found A New Baby
11. After You've Gone
12. Nagasaki
13. Swing Guitars
14. Charleston
15. You're Driving Me Crazy
16. Runnin' Wild
17. Improvisation (Solo)
18. Minor Swing
19. Honeysuckle Rose
20. Sweet Georgia Brown
21. Night & Day
22. Daphne
23. Them There Eyes
24. I'll See You In My Dreams (Trio)
25. Nuages (The Bluest Kind Of Blue)

Customer Reviews:

required listening.......2006-11-21

This CD should be required listening in school;it is the perfect marriage of technique and art.

Amazing Quality.......2006-02-25

was amazed to hear the difference in quality between this CD recording and the vynil versions, even for a Mono recording.

No real guitar lover should be without this CD.......2005-08-26

Anyone who loves the guitar, and who enjoys discussing great players, simply must include Django Reinhardt in their library and their discussions. "Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940" is a great place to start. His speed, inventiveness, musicality, and emotion are unsurpassed by any other guitar player from any other genre or any other era. And on top of that, you get the added bonus of Stephane Grappelli's violin playing. Buy it, listen to it, and be amazed.

Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940.......2005-08-22

If you're into Django Reinhardt and his music, this may be the single most all-inclusive CD of his works available, containing most of the tunes he became best known for performing. You probably will not need another.

The one critique I have is, that for some inexplicable reason, the version of Limehouse Blues on this CD is noisier (hissy) than another copy of the song I have, though it is note-for-note the same version and, I'm pretty sure, the same performance. All the other tunes appear to have been processed for higher quality- a minor drawback; an excellent CD.

this is a good collection.......2005-04-27

If you're just going to buy a 1-disc Django CD, this is a pretty good one to start with. Lots of great songs on this disc. But you can spend just a little more money and get a more complete 4-disc set called "The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order volume 1." (I haven't listened to volume 2 yet, but I know volume 1 is good.) Anyway, it's hard to go wrong with Django Reinhardt.

Average customer rating: They're not like CPD so get over it already! Splendid! Hot is cool! Fun and Off the Wall! Caution-Explosive!

Hot [ENHANCED CD] Squirrel Nut Zippers Manufacturer: Fontana Mammoth ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Perennial Favorites [ENHANCED CD] The Inevitable Bedlam Ballroom Zoot Suit Riot Mugzy's Move ASIN: B000004ATE Release Date: 1996-06-04

Tracks:

1. Got My Own Thing Now
2. Put A Lid On It
3. Memphis Exorcism
4. Twilight
5. It Ain't You
6. Prince Nez
7. Hell
8. Meant To Be
9. Bad Businessman
10. Flight Of The Passing Fancy
11. Blue Angel
12. The Interlocutor

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How clichéd--make that calcified--has the concept of "irony" become in alternative music? When North Carolina's Squirrel Nut Zippers scored an unlikely late '90s hit with "Hell" (from their Hot album), many cynics (and a few critics) thought the band was merely mocking the hot jazz stylings of the '20s and '30s. But having put a couple more albums and some trying times (the defection of singer-guitarist Tom Maxwell and passing of horn player Stacy Guess) under their belts, it's clear that musical affection was no mere passing affectation. The Zippers have honed both their chops and their courage here, with subtle new influences from the 20th-century American musical pantry (a dash of country, a pinch of Spanish guitar, more Crescent City bump) tastefully simmered into the stew. Katherine Whalen's vocal turns are as convincingly smoky as the lighthearted material is jokey--an inviting balance that's equally true to its historical sources. More than mere opportunistic swing revivalists, the restless curiosity displayed on this album argues that the Zippers are in it for the long haul. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but this band is clearly more interested in inspiration, and that's not a bad compliment, either. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

They're not like CPD so get over it already!.......2007-04-12

Oh, for crying out loud: They're not supposed to be like Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Apples and oranges, people. Related, but not the same genres. Compare them to Hot Club of Cowtown, maybe, but not CPD.

I like the original 1920's-1940's stuff better, but that's a matter of personal taste and not a judgment call. SNZ aren't supposed to be carbon-copies of that era so it doesn't really matter that they aren't purely swing or purely jazz or purely any given decade. They're fun. They do what they do, well. Lighten up and dance!

Splendid!.......2007-03-21

Katherine Whalen does a grat job at "Put a lid on it".
This album is one for the cruising!
The simple rythm and the meltdown in the mix is fabulous.
Great job!

Hot is cool!.......2007-03-11

This CD definitely isn't for everyone, but if you like jazz and are looking for something truly unique and downright fun, it could be for you. The vocals may take a few minutes to get used to (the lead singer, Katharine Whalen, is kind of a cross between Billie Holiday and a 1920s-era flapper, and the other vocalists can hardly be accused of being mainstream either). With plenty of entertaining lyrics, Dixieland brass and unorthodox instruments (chandeliers and baritone ukeles to name a couple), this is a CD I can listen to over and over again (and believe me, I have) without ever getting tired of. The song "Hell" is without doubt the most raucously fun song I've ever heard, but every song is a blast of fresh air.

Fun and Off the Wall!.......2007-01-19

Just one of the most fun and interesting recordings available. The improvisations border at times on the psychedelic. It's relaxed, or intense. Just great music!

Caution-Explosive!.......2007-01-08

What a great album. I love these guys. Dixieland rock with a punch. Mixed with irony, wit, style and charm. Every instrument imaginable seemed to have been thrown into to the mix, sans sitars, harpsichords and zithers. Even a "chandelier" was thrown in for good measure. I am partial to Katherine Whalen's vocals and Mathius and Maxwell's frenetic revelations.

Great vocals, great instrumentals. I recommend this CD highly. Also Katherine Whalen's solo CD "Dirty Little Secret" is also a pretty good buy. But don't listen to me, read the reviews....

Average customer rating: jazz to drive to Second album is even better than the first! Outstanding A worthy addition to any music collection Billie Holiday of modern days!

Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Manufacturer: Fat Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: One Hour Mama Insect Ball Indigo Swing Mugzy's Move Come Out Swingin' ASIN: B00002SWYI Release Date: 2000-03-21

Tracks:

1. Busy Woman's Blues, The
2. Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing
3. Big Fine Daddy
4. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
5. Now or Never
6. I've Got A Feelin'
7. Roll the Boogie
8. Honey Pie
9. I Want a Little Boy
10. Blow Me a Fat Note
11. Voo-It
12. He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped
13. Hootie Blues
14. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
15. Sent For You Yesterday
16. Winter Wonderland [Special Bonus Christmas Track]

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And just like that, the "swing thing" disappeared. Of course, San Francisco's Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers were at it years before the revival took hold and were always a cut above the rest of the pack anyway. That's because Smith and her pianist and musical director Chris Siebert have such a deep wealth of musical knowledge to draw on, the courage and good taste to recruit world-class veteran players from across the jazz world, and a passion and respect for the style of music they play. Boasting a buoyant mix of boogie-woogie, jump blues, sophisticated swing, and even bebop, 2000's Everybody's Talkin' follows up their enormously successful indie debut, One Hour Mama, which sold nearly 40,000 copies in the 3 years after its release on their own Fat Note label. The crafty arrangements, courtesy of Siebert and big-time Ellington expert David Berger, never get in the way of momentum or mood. It all revolves around Smith's versatile voice, which can convey strength and vulnerability, innocence and smut, sweetness and wickedness--often all at once. --Marc Greilsamer

Album Description

This is quirky pop record from 2 guys from Canada. This is great CD for those who like a little variety, satire and spirituality in their music

Customer Reviews:

jazz to drive to.......2007-05-13

enjoyed her piano jazz sultry voice- every song on the album is worth listening to.

Second album is even better than the first!.......2007-04-02

Nice job with songs that hit the spot! New and exciting singer - great backup talent also.

Outstanding.......2005-12-03

Lavay Smith brings back the torchsongs of the 40s, backing herself with some of the best musicians from the Big Band era. A welcome respite from the overprocessed music being churned out. Truly spectacular.

A worthy addition to any music collection.......2005-11-24

This album conveys everything you want in in a jazz album with a swing emphasis. A great introduction to those not already immersed in jazz, yet satisfying to those with an understanding of the evolution of jazz and possessing a music collection to match. Lavay Smith has a voice that transcends genre, emotion, and the vast majority of modern singers of any category. The musicianship stands out on this album; she is backed by a top-notch band. Great music for parties, driving, and as a conversation backdrop.

Billie Holiday of modern days!.......2004-06-24

She's singin' like a Billie Holiday, and Red Hot Skillet Lickers is great band! But they don't just imitate! This is one helluva record!

Average customer rating: Great item GREAT SKILLETS Buy this CD if you like swing! The greatest recording of swing vocals from the cd era!!! Exellent jazz vocals with a top notch swing combo

One Hour Mama Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Manufacturer: Fat Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing Insect Ball Indigo Swing Come Out Swingin' Mugzy's Move ASIN: B000005F55 Release Date: 1996-11-07

Tracks:

1. Oo Poppa Do
2. Blue Skies
3. New Blowtop Blues
4. What's The Matter With You
5. Squeeze Me
6. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
7. Going to Chicago Blues
8. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
9. Downhearted Blues
10. Walk Right In, Walk Right Out ('The Walking Blues')
11. One Hour Mama

Customer Reviews:

Great item.......2007-01-09

Great item, great band and a great singer. A must for music lovers.

GREAT SKILLETS.......2005-10-07

I have to say I have one other of Miss Lavays CD - and its just as good as this one...

I was happy with the service- fast quick and efficient and the price was reasonable to!

Buy this CD if you like swing!.......2005-03-24

This is an excellent CD from the sweet sax on Blue Skies to Chris Siebert's boogie woogie piano and arrangements. I highly recommend this CD for parties, exercise, and of course listening. I bought this CD almost a year ago after a friend recommended it, and I still listen to it often.

I would like to hear them live. When are they coming to Wisconsin?

The greatest recording of swing vocals from the cd era!!!.......2005-02-19

There were many talented singers from the lp & 78rpm eras, such as Helen Humes, Billie Holiday(early Lady Day), and Ruth Brown. And there are a sleuth of new "jazz" singers of the cd era, however many of them sound "kitchy" and dated, however Lavay Smith is the Helen Humes of the new millenium!!! Smith is not a imitator, she is fresh and unique, but has a 1940's torchy, sassy quality, she sounds 110% WOMAN!!! Great singer, awesome band that can sound like Louis Jordan's band or Dizzy Gillespie's!!! Tjey play combo swing and jump blues, and Smith covers everyone from 1920's Ida Cox(One Hour Mama) to Little Ester! A great singer and the greatest vintage sounding singer of the cd era!!!(only Kim Nalley comes close to sounding in the smae class as Smith). Essential swing and vocal album.

Exellent jazz vocals with a top notch swing combo.......2004-01-03

Top jaz zplayers and hot arrangements, are what make Lavay's band standout. Chris Seiberts' boogie woogie piano playing is great and the horn section in tight and has room to solo. Lavay's vocals are original, and at the same time sound right out of the Dinah Washington, and Anita O'Day eras. The greatest cd to coem out of the neo swing era. Even touhh jazz critic Scott Yanow thinks this is one of the best swing cd's to come from the "swing revival" of the late 90's!!!

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Red Hot & Live! Brian Setzer & The Nashvillains Manufacturer: Surfdog Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: 13 Traveling Wilburys (2CD/1DVD, Deluxe Edition) Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition] ASIN: B000QTD4I0 Release Date: 2007-07-24

Tracks:

1. Red Hot
2. This Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof
3. Get It Off Your Mind
4. Slow Down
5. Put Your Cat Clothes On
6. Take A Chance On Love
7. Broken Down Piece Of Junk
8. Peroxide Blonde In A Hopped Up Model Ford
9. Tennessee Zip
10. Mini Bar Blues
11. Runaway Boys
12. Stray Cat Strut
13. Rocket Cathedrals
14. Fishnet Stockings
15. Rock This Town
16. Gene & Eddie

Album Description

From his most recent sold out tour of Japan, this release features some of Setzer's most searing guitar work to date. Includes his biggest hits ("Rock This Town", "Stray Cat Strut", and more) alongside songs from his recent "Rockabilly Riot" and "13", all with a new energy that could only be captured in a live setting among his most rabid fans in the world. Adding a piano player and second guitarist to the line-up presented an opportunity to take some of his Stray Cats classics and solo hits into fresh territory. A must have for any Setzer fan.

Average customer rating: Great CD! From Boulder 1972 to New Jersey 2002 Hickin' and clickin' There has never been another group like these guys. You will be enjoying this music 25 years from now!!!

Return to Hicksville: The Best of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks -- The Blue Thumb Years 197 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Manufacturer: Hip-O Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Last Train to Hicksville The Most of Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks Striking It Rich Where's the Money? Selected Shorts ASIN: B000005KPE Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

1. I Feel Like Singing
2. News From Up The Street
3. Where's The Money?
4. The Buzzard Was Their Friend
5. Reelin Down
6. Dig A little Deeper
7. Canned Music
8. Walkin One And Only
9. The Innocent Bystander
10. I Scare Myself
11. Presently In The Past
12. You Gotta Believe
13. I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
14. My Old Timey Baby
15. Sweetheart (Waitress In A Donut Shop)
16. Long Comma Viper

Customer Reviews:

Great CD!.......2007-01-03

Great performance by a tight hip band and solo artist. Dan's "I Scare Myself" is the best cut on this disk. You'll enjoy it! Dan still got it!

From Boulder 1972 to New Jersey 2002.......2002-03-19

30 years ago (yikes!) I saw Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks at a bar on the Hill in Boulder called Tulagi. Bought the album and listened to it until it died.

Last night "The Sopranos" closed out with "Where's the Money". I went to Amazon to see if just possibly, I could find the CD. How cool that there are 4 to choose from! Still fresh, still toe-tappin', feelin' good music.

Hickin' and clickin'.......2000-10-20

I met Dan in a bar in Philadelphia in '71, it was just before his show. He seemed quiet and pensive. The show began and he transformed the place with his palm tree backdrops and the Lickettes. Their music style was unique even back then, melding 40's swing with country, rock and humor. 30 years later I listen to the songs, a smile spreads across my face and my feet start bopping. As musicians they're really tight. The music is, so from the heart, honest. Attitude is a little Steve Martin with a lot of soul. Treat your self to this album it will definately lift you!

There has never been another group like these guys........2000-03-25

The spring I graduated from high school, my boyfriend and I saw these guys open for Elton John of all people. We couldn't believe our ears. They were the hippest, tightest, swinging-est band we'd ever heard. In fact, most of the audience didn't know what to make of them, but I found a lifelong favorite. Give this disk a listen.

You will be enjoying this music 25 years from now!!!.......1999-10-04

I have enjoyed this musician and entertainer since the 70's. I may put him on the shelf for a while, but I always come back. If you ever get a change to see him, do it.

Average customer rating: Review by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide Sure-fire album by the Hot Club of San Francisco Gong Oh has arrived, and so has the Hot Club of San Francisco

Yerba Buena Bounce Hot Club of San Francisco , and David Grisman Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Postcards from Gypsyland Django Latino Chasing Shadows Clair de Lune Garden of Dreams ASIN: B000N60H5O Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

1. Mystery Pacific
2. Hot Lips
3. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
4. Sway
5. Number Two
6. Souvenir De Villingen
7. Tickle Toe
8. Black And White
9. Lullaby
10. Rhythme Futur
11. Yerba Buena Bounce
12. Stardust
13. Borneo
14. Georgia Cabin
15. Improvisation #2
16. Gong Oh
17. Jam: Some Of These Days

Album Description

The Hot Club of San Francisco is a quintet of acoustic string virtuosos and one of the premier exponents of "gypsy jazz" inspired by Django Reinhardt's Hot Club of Paris. Special guest David Grisman, the world's best-known mandolin player, has a huge following.

Customer Reviews:

Review by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide.......2007-05-11

Review by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
The Hot Club of San Francisco is more than a tribute band re-creating the recordings of Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Quintette du Hot Club de France; the group covers pieces from many different eras never performed by the group which inspired them. On their tenth CD, Yerba Buena Bounce, the Hot Club of San Francisco, which has identical instrumentation to the French group (lead guitar, violin, two rhythm guitars and a bass), leader Paul Mehling, violinist Evan Price and the rhythm section swing like mad in their updated treatment of the QHCF's speeding locomotive represented by "Mystery Pacific" and the brisk, chugging "Black and White." But they also successfully convert modern pop songs into gypsy swing material, such as the Beatles' ballad "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (adding Seth Asarnow on bandoneon) and Norman Gimbel's "Sway" (which adds mandolin master David Grisman). Mehling proves himself as a composer as well, contributing the upbeat "Number Two" and the tender "Lullaby" (the latter adding both Asarnow and Grisman). If that's not enough, Mehling adds campy vocals to "Gong Oh" and "Some of These Days." Fans of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli owe it to themselves to investigate these swinging, beautifully recorded sessions by the Hot Club of San Francisco; gypsy swing is very much alive in their hands!

Sure-fire album by the Hot Club of San Francisco.......2007-04-13

"Yerba Buena Bounce," the newest album by Paul Mehling's Hot Club of San Francisco, really stunned me, though I have long been aware of this fine band. This album is a must for any fan of Gypsy jazz, or of "old jazz" in general. It has the right spirit, great execution, and vibrant recording methods.

First, the acoustics generated at legendary Fantasy Studios are as good as it gets. One feels throughout that he's seated right before a live bank of hot guitars playing in perfect unison, as in the old Parisian haunts of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. You've got to hear the sound of the guitar wall on "Tickle Toe" and the brightness of the horns played by friends who sat in for "Some of These Days."

Paul Mehling has always had a classic "Django band," with his lead guitar, two accompanying guitars, a solo violin, and bass. Though he has tweaked the band a bit in the past twenty years or so, this classic format has usually prevailed and it reaches its zenith in this recording. Paul's own playing is superb as he romps over some of the brisker and more difficult Django tunes, like "Mystery Pacific," "Rythme futur," and "Black and White."

Evan Price's viloin lead on Pres' "Tickle Toe" is superb, and just when you think it can't get get any better than that, he launches into a swinging chorus or two of "Black and White." Evan has been a stalwart in Paul's band for a long time, bowing with a boppish flair that just ain't that easy on violin. And for fans of the double bass, Ari Monkres is a never-fail chord-keeper who gets an overdue break on "Stardust," where he takes the lead.

There are two tunes on the CD that seem to me inherently infelicitous,
Dean Martin's saw "Sway (With Me)" and Henry Busse's "Hot Lips," yet the Hot Club makes good sense out of them. I would have said that "Hot Lips"--much like Clyde McCoy's "Sugar Blues"--was a one-man, one-band, one-time song. Yet played by this solid band, "Hot Lips" bobs along, sort of an upside-down "J'Attendrai," which HCSF has in fact recorded elsewhere. With the addition of Dave Grisman's mandolin, the minor chord sequences on "Sway" sound as if they they emanate from a Gypsy camp.

Leader Mehling is a fine composer. On this CD, his "Number Two" and "Lullabye" are really noteworthy. "Number Two" is a typical Paul, where the tempo is brisk and there are lots of surprises, as in stops and starts and changes from minor to major. "Lullabye" represent's Paul's other side: a lovely, wistful ballad on a par with his earlier "Giselle."
Paul sings on "Some of these Days," and is in fine, humorous form on Paolo Conte's "Gong Oh."

Speed and instrumental tours de force seem to be the sine qua non of most Gypsy bands. And that is here. But what always impresses me with Paul's band is that everyone plays with good tone quality and intonation. This album ain't no dog. In fact it is four paws up--and a tail and a muzzle. And a swooping canine bow to the grooving rhythm guitarists!

Gong Oh has arrived, and so has the Hot Club of San Francisco.......2007-04-08

The reverence gypsy jazz musicians all feel for Django Reinhardt, the inventor and perfecter of the idiom, makes them step cautiously into innovation, and that has served the culture well...and the Hot Club of San Francisco has always had the tightest grip on what the authentic guts of the sound require. As the pre-eminent American gypsy jazz ensemble, HCSF triumphs with Yerba Buena Bounce, preserving that 1930's sound while propelling gypsy jazz well into the 21st century.

On their 2005 release, Postcards from Gypsyland, the HCSF set new, high standards for themselves or anyone wishing to enter the game: in recording quality, professionalism, and fidelity to the gypsy jazz idiom, most curious because the geologic pace of its evolution that never seems to detract from its endless energy. If Postcards set out to impress, Yerba Buena Bounce finds the group even more comfortable in their musical skins; it's more a session where they found great material and arrangements and decided to just have some fun, play great. The result is music that impresses even more.

Paul "Pazzo" Mehling, the founder and leader, sticks to what has always worked well before, and concentrated on doing it better than he ever has: four Django tunes, and classics from Bechet, Carmichael, Lester Young, Lennon/McCartney, and as always, some sparkling originals. Reinhardt's Mystery Pacific, the opener, draws you into the fun and magical space of gypsy jazz freedom, impeccably recorded, authentically reproduced. On the Beatle's I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (yes, the only Lennon/McCartney tune sung by George!), the melody is re-phrased to fit the Hot Club's mien, but HCSF enhances and deepens the original sentiment, treating it not just as a melody, but capturing the whole romance of the early Beatles, and breathing new life into an old tune that makes this more than a reminiscence. Sway is one of two tunes that feature David Grisman on mandolin, and Pazzo's solo has an exceptional quote from Suicide is Painless, that is simultaneously hilarious and sublime. Grisman returns, along with Seth Asarno on bandoneon for Pazzo's 'Lullabye,' to which they both bring a delicate, tender touch.

Of course, the whole band swings from head to toe, but shout outs must go to Evan `Zeppo' Price, whose violin playing consistently takes tuneful flight, yet is always locked in to the the ensemble rhythm...this is great jazz playing. On Tickle Toe, his playing and the SOUND evoke the great Duke Ellington Jazz Violin Session with Ray Nance, Svend Asmussen, and Stephane Grappelli . Reinhardt/Grappelli's 'Black and White' features the quintessential Pazzo solo, where one of Reinhardt's arpeggio techniques, usually used for a three or four bar flourish, is taken to delightful extremes for what seems like an entire chorus.

And the recording: the combination of Reference Recordings persnickety microphone technique and the underground chambers of the Fantasy recording studios in Berkeley worked like a charm. While audiophile recordings will often obsess on brilliance and clarity to the point of sterility, the recording on this album is transcendently natural. The instruments sound, not crystalline and clean, but like MUSIC, with all the warmth left in and nothing in between. The naturalness of the sound occupies that sublime and elusive middle ground between the technical advantages of a studio and the warmth of a live recording.

There's plenty more to enjoy here, from the heebie jeebies of 'Rhythme Futur,' the jamming of 'Borneo,' Pazzo's gorgeous reading of Django's 'Improvisation #2' that closes the set, and an absolutely amazing bonus cut, Paulo Conte's 'Gong Oh,' that will have you reaching for your absinthe and cigar, bumping up with the great gypsy culture that has blessed us with a unique jazz form that only grows more enduring and more exciting, due in no small part to the raucous, sweet-tight sounds of the Hot Club of San Francisco.

Average customer rating: a unique talent bordering on genius Greatest Swing Music of All Times for Surf music could be blues Let the Dr. Help Dan's Got it! Be better if they stayed on pitch

Selected Shorts Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks Manufacturer: Surfdog Records Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Beatin' the Heat Where's the Money? The Most of Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks Striking It Rich Alive & Lickin' ASIN: B00031TXWC Release Date: 2004-12-13

Tracks:

1. Barstool Boogie
2. Cue the Violins
3. Hey Bartender
4. See You In My Dreams
5. I Lost My Marbles
6. Mama's Boy Blues
7. C'mon-a-my House
8. One More Cowboy
9. She's Right
10. Texas Kind of Attitude
11. That Ain't Right
12. That's Where I Am
13. That's the Smoke They're Blowin'
14. Three Wishes
15. Willie

Album Description

Dan is back with special guests Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Gibby Haynes, Van Dyke Parks, and Thomas Dolby, lending their talents to Hicks' first studio effort since his critically acclaimed 2000 comeback release, "Beatin' The Heat".

Customer Reviews:

a unique talent bordering on genius.......2007-05-13

A must have for the Dan Hicks fans.
Had me hummin in the morning and put me in a good mood to face the day!

Greatest Swing Music of All Times for Surf music could be blues.......2007-03-03

I'm doing the Barstool Boogie in my seat. If you like Texas Swing This is the album for you.

It is hard to classify Dan Hicks music. So many different Artists on this Album... Guitar great Gary Hoey plays on several songs. Jimmy Buffet duet on "Barstool Boogie". Willie Nelson on "one more cowboy"

While the music is what mesmerizes me on this album it is the background vocals that get me singing along.

Very unique sound a must have CD

Let the Dr. Help.......2006-09-17

It has been awhile since I have out enjoyed myself this much listening to a set of music. I love this CD. It does exactly what it sets out to do: entertain. If you are sick to death of all the angst, preaching, bitching, threatening, complaining, snot-nosed whining, not to mention the unnecessary screeching and shouting from your speakers, Dr. Hicks has the Rx. You not only want this collection, you NEED this collection. Bye Now.

Dan's Got it!.......2006-02-21

Dan hits again and the Hot Licks are always easy on the ears.

Be better if they stayed on pitch.......2005-11-19

I can't discard these songs completely, because they have such potential! Clever, fun lyrics, great beat, but BOY I wish this guy could hit his notes more often!

I suppose this fellow requires the sort of "pitch doesn't matter" mindset that Grateful Dead listeners perfected years ago (or similar drugs). I'm just not that tolerant or substance affected.

Average customer rating: Timeless and Priceless First Louis Amstrong CD The best Satchmo era The one to get if you can't spring for one of the boxes! Jazz Immortality!

25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens Louis Armstrong Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mingus Ah Um The Best of Early Basie Somethin' Else A Love Supreme Moanin' ASIN: B000001HIS Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

1. Heebie Jeebies
2. Cornet Chop Suey
3. Muskrat Ramble
4. Jazz Lips
5. Skid - Dat - De - Dat
6. Big Butter Egg Man
7. Willie The Weeper
8. Wild Man Blues
9. Alligator Crawl
10. Potato Head Blues
11. Melancholy Blues
12. Weary Blues
13. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
14. Once In A While
15. I'm Not Rough
16. Hotter Than That
17. Savoy Blues
18. Skip The Gutter
19. West End Blues
20. Basin Street Blues
21. Beau Koo Jack
22. Weather Bird
23. Muggles
24. St. James Infirmary
25. Tight Like This

Amazon.com

This collection bulges with the hottest and most dazzling jazz of the 1920s, with Armstrong dragging his lesser colleagues along with him in a whirlwind of inspiration. How a young man from the rugged and unbending background of downtown New Orleans could learn to play such sophisticated, sure-footed magic will never be known. He pops up to astonish on the 1926 tracks with classic ideas already spouting from his horn. Over the next three years, he would metamorphose into the sublime creator of the trumpet solo on the last track, "Tight Like This," one of the most dramatic and enchanting solos in the whole of jazz. Before that are fresh-as-a-daisy cornet acrobatics, as found on "Potato Head Blues" and "Struttin' with Some Barbecue." There's more exquisite playing on "Savoy Blues," where Lonnie Johnson adds some eloquent guitar. And then there's "West End Blues," the trumpet classic par excellence that brings in pianist Earl Hines, already a decade ahead of his time and one of the most potent influences on Armstrong. This is a thoroughly enjoyable history lesson. --Steve Voce

Customer Reviews:

Timeless and Priceless.......2006-08-19

This collection of 25 performances by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Fives, Hot Sevens, and other bands is as timeless as it is priceless. These early (1926-1928) recordings reveal Armstrong's genius in creating dixieland jazz as an art form. The gem of the collection is his profoundly moving 1928 performance of "West End Blues," which alone is worth the cost of the CD. But the other performances are equally astonishing for their creativity and verve. Sound quality is exceptionally good. Here are 75 minutes of the greatest jazz music you'll ever hear.

First Louis Amstrong CD.......2006-03-04

If you are going to buy only one CD from Amstrong, this is the one I suggest.

The best Satchmo era.......2005-08-21

A complete selection of the best era of Louis (The hot five and the hot Seven ensembles). Memorable songs are included here: "Cornet chop suey", "Willy the weeper", "Potato head blues", and "Weary blues". The price is even better than the box set.

The one to get if you can't spring for one of the boxes!.......2001-03-29

If you're looking for the best single-disc collection of this incredible legacy, you've come to the right place. Everyone with even a slight interest in jazz (oh heck, make that EVERYONE, period!) needs to hear this music in some form!

But for many people, four discs may be overkill. This collection includes virtually all the mega-classics - Heebie Jeebies, Ski-Dat-Di-Dat, Mustrat Ramble, Struttin' With Some Barbecue, Potato Head Blues, Big Butter and Egg Man, Weather Bird, West End Blues, St. James Infrimary, the UTTERLY AMAZING Tight Like This, and more - and should make nearly anyone into a convert!

As for me, I already have the old 3-LP Columbia set (36 cuts), and there's very little from those that aren't on here that I miss (e.g., That's When I'll Come Back To You). And the convenience of having it on CD is well worth any duplications. The sound quality (given the original 20s recordings) and liner notes are excellent. This is an essential CD... unless you just decide to go whole hog and get one of the box sets!

"And I say IT IS tight like this!"

Jazz Immortality!.......2001-01-12

Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings have become immortal in the history of jazz. If you can't afford the complete boxed sets, this is the best collection to own. It will get you started and wet your appetite for more this man's groundbreaking genius. "West End Blues" alone is worth the price of this disc. No "best of" collection is really that without this renowned masterpiece. "Weather Bird" (also composed by his old boss King Oliver) can blow you away. And that's just to mention two of the cuts. This is the man who created much of the very vocabulary of jazz, and no one has ever said it better.

Average customer rating: Take me back to the forties! Rockin' Horns! Lovely lady, lovely music! Lily Wilde swings!!! Great jazz and blues big band swing!

Insect Ball Lily Wilde and Her Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra Manufacturer: Lil Tom Tom Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing One Hour Mama Indigo Swing Whispering Grass The Swing Session ASIN: B00000K4IT Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

1. Mister Five By Five
2. Since I Fell For You
3. Insect Ball
4. No More Love
5. Tess's Torch Song (I Had A Man)
6. Onion
7. Rip Van Winkle
8. Til My Baby Comes Back
9. Go Ahead And Rock
10. Oh Babe!
11. Stormy Weather (It's Rainin' All The Time)
12. Jumpin' Jack
13. Work Baby Work

Album Description

This is the debut album from the sultry and ever swinging Ms. Wilde and her Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra, a sweet blend of 16 world-class musicians who specialize in the raw, earthy big-band rythmn & blues of the 40's and 50's. This is music from the special time before strict boundaries were drawn between jazz, blues and r&b. Combining the drive of swing and jump-blues, the hot soloing of jazz, and the sublime vocal stylings of Lily Wilde, the Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra appeals to dancers, listeners and all fans of timeless music played by great musicians.

Customer Reviews:

Take me back to the forties!.......2006-12-29

Lily Wilde and the orchestra have obviously been listening to a lot of Buddy and Ella Johnson over the years. They have their horn driven r&b sound down! Lily even sounds a bit like Ella on occasion. The band stomps and swings while Lily's voice floats over the swinging rhythm section. Songs like "Mr. 5x5", the old tune about Jimmy Rushing and "work baby" by Louis Jordan sound like they were written by her. Great musicianship, great arrangements. Great record. Wish I could see them live!

Rockin' Horns!.......2006-12-14

From the first note of the first track, you know that you are in for a swingin' ride. The charts are great, and the musicians are top-drawer. If you're a horn player....you're going to be jealous that you weren't selected for this recording session!

Lovely lady, lovely music!.......2005-08-10

If you like swing, this here's the thing. Fans of Lavay Smith will be pleased with what they hear. I have been a fan of Lily's for a while before I purchased her CD. I haven't been sorry since. Wonderful music with a lot of energy. I just wish she would play the east coast more often.

Lily Wilde swings!!!.......2005-05-06

This is a wonderful cd. Great arrangements played by a fine orchestra, and of course, the vocals by Ms. Wilde are as good as it gets. The only complaint I have is that this is her only recorded work that I can find. It's that good.

Great jazz and blues big band swing!.......2004-02-13

This CD is one of those sneaky surprises waiting out there in the swing music scene. Striking out from Portland, OR, Lily Wilde has produced a phenomenal album of big band swing, perfect for listening and dancing. Backed by the full Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra, Lily Wilde lays out a series of tracks that capture the swingin' feeling of the big bands of the 1950s, like Billy May and Count Basie. It's jazzy swing with the soul of the blues...in other words, the genuine swing article, not some rock band that just stuck on a few horns and called themselves a swing band. Lily Wilde knows her musical history and knows what she likes, and that means you're guaranteed to like it as well.

Lily Wilde's voice is supremely soulful and powerful, reminding a bit of Ella Fitzgerald and Helen Humes (one of Count Basie's best female singers), but separate enough to have her own identity. She does a great job with such swingin' classics as "Mister Five by Five," "Work Baby Work," and "Oh Babe!" (my personal favorite cut from the album). These all swing smooth and very danceable, and should get a whole room of picky swing dancers jivin' and wailin'. I also enjoy the humorous "Rip Van Winkle." Lily slows it down and gets soulful and torchy on "Since I Fell for You," (the best slow number on the album) and a beautiful version of "Stormy Weather."

The band itself swings hard in a very Basie-like style, sounding like the legendary "Atomic" band from the 50s. This is most noticeable on a stand-out, mid-tempo instrumental, "Go Ahead and Rock." It's an infectious piece.

The only flaw in the album is the one bad track among the bunch, and ironically, it's the title track, "Insect Ball." The band swings fine, but the electronic manipulation of the voices and the silly lyrics cripple it. Unfortunate -- but how often do you come across an album where every track is great?

This still counts as a five-star swing recording for me. Swing fans who haven't heard Lily Wilde need to get their hands on this gem while it is still around. It's guaranteed to get you dancing again after you've worn out all your "Swing Session" albums.

Music Album:

1. I'd Be with You
2. I Got a Date
3. I'm Easy/Lost And Found
4. I'm Yours
5. In a Different Light
6. In My Dreams
7. In the Beginning...
8. In the Mud
9. Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits
10. Live At Billy Bob's Texas [Live]

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