Slim And Slam - The Groove Juice Special (1996)

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Artist: Slim And Slam
Title: The Groove Juice Special
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Columbia [CK 64898]
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 54:25
Total Size: 152 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. The Flat Foot Floogie (2:31)
02. Chinatown, My Chinatown (2:38)
03. Oh, Lady Be Good (2:36)
04. Ti-Pi-Tin (2:33)
05. Vol Vistu Gaily Star (2:44)
06. Dopey Joe (2:29)
07. Sweet Safronia (2:12)
08. Chicken Rhythm (2:52)
09. Matzoh Balls (2:34)
10. Chittlin' Switch Blues (2:50)
11. Swingin' in the Key of C (2:45)
12. Boot-Ta-La-Za (2:46)
13. Bongo (2:57)
14. Lookin' for a Place to Park (3:04)
15. A Tip on the Numbers (2:54)
16. B.19 (3:06)
17. African Jive (2:49)
18. Palm Springs Jump (2:40)
19. Ra-Da-Da-Da (2:44)
20. Groove Juice Special (2:41)

Recorded on January 19, 1938 - April 4, 1942.

personnel :

Bulee "Slim" Gaillard - vocals, guitar
Leroy "Slam" Stewart - vocals, bass
Al Killian - trumpet
Garvin Bushell - clarinet
Chico Hamilton, Kenny Clarke - drums
Ben Webster - saxophone

Singer/guitarist Slim Gaillard and bassist Slam Stewart made for a frequently hilarious and outrageous team. Gaillard's jive talk and the basic but memorable originals (best-known of which is "The Flat Foot Floogie") made Slim & Slam a popular group in the late '30s. All of their joint recordings were reissued in a perfectly done box set for Affinity a few years ago, so this single disc pales in comparison. and since eight of the 20 numbers that are included here are alternate takes (including "Floogie"), this is not quite a definitive introductory or greatest-hits set either, although beginners should be delighted by the music. The performances (which sometimes includes such guests as trumpeter Al Killian, clarinetist Garvin Bushell, drummers Kenny Clarke and Chico Hamilton and tenor great Ben Webster) are quite fun, but a bit more planning should have gone into the programming.~Scott Yanow

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