Naomi & Her Handsome Devils - The Devils' Music (2016)

Tracklist

01. Little Girl Blues
02. Dream of You
03. Perdido
04. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
05. Blues with a Beat
06. Sugar
07. Isn't It Romantic
08. Delta Bound
09. I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way
10. If We Never Meet Again
11. Shoo Shoo Baby
12. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart
13. Pennies from Heaven
14. Rose of the Rio Grande
15. These Foolish Things

Naomi & Her Handsome Devils are a 7 piece band striving for the sound of that swing era sweet spot. Naomi founded the Devils after working with some of the best bands on the swing dance/lindy hop scene, and as a top international lindy hopper herself she knew just what she wanted to hear on the dance floor and just who she wanted to play it. The Devils have decades of experience playing hot jazz as some of the top young talent in the Chicago and New York traditional jazz scenes, and Naomi hand picked her favorite musicians to come together and make music. Put it all together and you have a modern band with a vintage sound, swinging dance floors around the world.

"The Devils' Music" was recorded August 2016 in Chicago, USA over 2 days. Our hope was to show the growth we've had as a unit since our debut album was released 2 years prior. Our focus was having original arrangements of swinging tunes - some well loved by the dance community and other hidden gems. We also added to our line-up and over half the songs on this album feature Mike Davis on trumpet, expanding our hot horn harmonies and giving us a new sound. Lastly Naomi wrote the band's first original composition, the first track the album, "Little Girl Blues", putting something out there that you can't hear from any other swing band. With a vintage ear and expertise from recording engineer Alex Hall we've mixed and mastered the whole shebang and can't wait for the world to hear it. We hope you enjoy "The Devils' Music".

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