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The Hot Club of San Francisco - Veronica

VERONICA - Not the same Old Jazz...: .The Hot Club of San Francisco - Paul Mehling, Joe Kyle, Evan Price, David Ricketts, Michael Groh. One of the hottest jazz groups going in the bay area. Find out why! Selections: Veronica; I'm Not Impressed; Ersatz Samba; A Little Waltz for Mi; Swing This; Don't Panic; Yerba Buena Bounce; Swing '53; Giselle; DKSF
The hands of time are turned back to the Parisian jazz clubs of the 1930s by the Hot Club of San Fransisco. Lead by former Dan Hicks guitarist and songwriter Paul Mehling, the Bay Area quintet builds on the fast, precisely picked guitar/violin tradition set by the late French guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli. With their seventh album 'Veronica', Mehling and cohorts show their mastery of the genre. Rather than simply interpreting songs of the past, the band captures the era through Mehling's original tunes. While the accent is on lightening fast melodies and unrelenting rhythms, escpecially during the turbo-charged 'Swing'53', 'Swing This', and Yerba Buena Bounce', the mood is shifted during the Latin-flavoured 'Ersatz Sambo' and the heart-warming 'A Little Waltz for Misha'. Guitarists Dave Ricketts and Michael Groh provide a heavily chorded, pendulum-like foundation for tthe broad strokes of violinist Evan Price and the virtuosic picking of Mehling. Although their previous albums have relied on guest vocalists, the intricate playing on 'Veronica' shows that the musicians of the Hot Club of San Fransisco are strong enough to stand alone.
Craig Harris/The Boston Globe

The Hot Club of San Francisco - Swing This

SWING THIS - The Hot Club of San Francisco - Artists: Paul Mehling - guitar, viola; Michael Groh - guitar; Sylvia Herrold - guitar, vocal; Steven Strauss - acoustic bass, ukulele, vocal; Jenny Scheinman - violin; Julian Smedley - violin, baritone violin; Jeremy Cohen - violin, baritone violin; Rob Burger - accordian. Tracks: Tchavolo Swing; Swing This; While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Till We Meet; The Man I Love; The Breeze And I; Nica's Dream; Lullaby Of The Leaves; A Little Waltz For Mischa; Limelight; The Very Thought Of You; Anitra's Danse; Improvisation. Fabulous album of this highly acclaimed Acoustic swing band performing well-known and loved standards

The Hot Club of San Francisco - Be That Way

BE THAT WAY - Tracks: The Gypsy Hipster; Pas De Trois (Waltz for three people); Mook’s Mood; April In Fruitvale; Pazzo’s Fifth; Waltz Magique (Magical waltz); Le Surdue (the child prodigy); Waltz for M.S. Escher; Plue’s Blues; (It’s not exactly a Sonata) For Renata; Be That Way; Lullaby - Artists: The Hot Club of San Francisco

Jazz Ambassadors - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Tracks: One O’Clock Jump; don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Don’t Be That Way; I’ll Be Seeing You; Johnson Rag; Ladies of the Big Bands; Bugle Call Rag; Tribute to Glenn Miller (A String of Pearls, American Patrol, Moonlight Serenade, Penneylvania 6-5000, Saint Louis Blues, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Little Brown Jug, In The Mood); Song of India; Songs of World War II (White Cliffs of Dover, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company “B”, We’lll Meet Again) - Artist: Jazz Ambassadors - The United States Army Field Band; SFC Fred Hughes, piano; SFC Lew Chapman, trombone; SSG Tom Williams, bass; SFC Loran McClung, alto saxophone, clarinet; SSG Kevin Watt, trumpet; SSG Dana Rogers, vocal; SFC Greg Reese, trumpet; SSG Vince Norman, saxophone; SGM Pat Dillon, saxophone; MSG Jim McFalls, trombone - The Jazz Ambassadors is the United States Army’s premier touring jazz orchestra. This 19-member big band, formed in 1969, has received great acclaim both at home and abroad performing America’s orginal art form, jazz

Airmen of Note - Let's Swing

BIG BAND SWING: LETS' SWING! - The United States Air Force Band, AIRMEN OF NOTE. Tracks: Jeep Jockey Jump; One O'Clock Jump; Leap Frog; Pennies From Heaven; Swanee River; Let's Dance; Don't Be That Way; All of Me; Rockin' in Rhythm; Moten Swing; Satin Doll; Cherokee; Opus One; Sing, Sing, Sing. 30's & 40's style swing dance music is performed by one of the finest big bands on the planet: The United States Air Force Band, AIRMEN OF NOTE performing songs of Duke Ellington, Sy Oliver, Stephen Foster, Louis Prima, Count Basie and other notable songwriters. One hour of nonstop dance music takes you through slow, medium and tempestuous rhythms. An absolutely fabulous big band album.



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