Swing Street

1. Lullaby in Rhythm

2. Fun City Swinger

3. Black Sheep Blues

4. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)

5. Dawn on the Desert

6. Flying Home

7. Front and Enter

8. Pannonica

9. Cherry Blossom

10. I Didn't Know About You

11. Stompin' at the Savoy

12. Cotton Tail

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Average customer rating: Let the good times roll with Kermit Ruffins Goes Full Circle

Throwback Kermit Ruffins & Rebirth Brass Band Manufacturer: Basin Street Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Barbecue Swingers Live Big Easy Putumayo Presents: Kermit Ruffins Live at Vaughan's Feel Like Funkin' It Up ASIN: B0007Y093C Release Date: 2005-04-05

Tracks:

1. Make Way For The Rebirth
2. Mr. Big Stuff
3. Here To Stay
4. Mardi Gras Day
5. It's Later Than You Think
6. Happy Weekday Blues
7. I Got A Woman
8. What Is New Orleans Part 2
9. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
10. Happy Birthday
11. Rebirth Medley: My Song, Pie Pt. 2, Mexican Special
12. Up In Tha Hood
13. Untitled

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New Orleans native Kermit Ruffins was aptly born on the birthday of one of that city's most deservedly heralded masters of music, Professor Longhair. The 40-year-old trumpet player came blasting out of high school with the Rebirth Brass Band. Formed with tuba player Philip Frazier, the ensemble stormed across 10 years, several continents, and 7 albums before disbanding in 1992. Here reconvened, they've lost none of their exuberant flair and verve. The seven originals by Ruffins are mixed with numbers by the city's current elder statesman, Mac Rebennack, as well as Ray Charles, Mildred Hill's perennial "Happy Birthday," and more. Unobtrusively produced, the set bristles with the immediacy of a true celebration. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews:

Let the good times roll with Kermit.......2005-07-22

If you want to get a taste of street band, foot tapping, jigging music, Throwback is for you. Kermit teams up with the ever so awesome Rebirth Brass Brand to produce a sound that is reminicent of good times in the Big Easy.

"It's Later Than You Think", Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman", and "What is New Orleans" are my personal favorites. The CD is just host to great musicians who show their enthusiasm and chops through the CD. Recording this thing must have been one big party. The ONLY weird spot? The last song, "Up In Tha Hood"--clearly a lot of fun for the band, but a little scary for the rest of us who are used to straight up brass band and not Kermit as Master P...otherwise, an exceptional CD from, by the way, a great example of a local record label--Basin Street puts out some great local artists. Check out their other artists-- Los Hombres Calientes w/ Bill Summers and Irvin Mayfield, Theresa Anderson, and Dr. Michael White, to name a few.

Ruffins Goes Full Circle.......2005-07-16

I guess Rebirth is the perfect name for his Brass Band after all. After a long and successful stint with his Barbecue Swingers, Kermit Ruffins has rejoined the Rebirth Brass Band for this delightful funky blue CD. If there was ever such a thing as fraternity rock, New Orleans Style, this would be it. It is obvious that these pieces have all been well polished in regular club dates. From the Happy Weekday Blues to his cover on I Got a Woman, it is clear that his years as a working live performer have given him the confidence to make a studio take sound as easy as a march down Bourbon Street. I will always admire his work with the Barbecue Swingers and how Louis and Muggsy would have loved to have heard him. Even though he shifted music gears, Ruffins didn't disappoint the trad fans with his funeral pacing on the dixieland classic Just a Closer Walk With Thee. This is a delightful party CD. The highlight of the entire project may well be his lively second line strutter, It's Later Than You Think. It is almost impossible not to dance to it. For pure fun, this CD is higly recommended.

Average customer rating: Wonderful Town is a wonderful show Light and lively musical comedy a must-have recording for REAL Broadway fans Leonard Bart-stein? Listen for yourself.... Quality over quantity

Wonderful Town (Original 1953 Broadway Cast) Leonard Bernstein , Betty Comden , and Adolph Green Manufacturer: Decca U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: On the Town Wonderful Town (2003 Broadway Revival Cast) Bernstein - Wonderful Town / Audra McDonald, Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Wayne Marshall, Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Fiorello! (1959 Original Broadway Cast) Redhead (1959 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00005O6KS Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. Christopher Street
2. Ohio
3. One Hundred Easy Ways
4. What a Waste
5. A Little Bit in Love
6. Pass the Football
7. Conversation Piece
8. A Quiet Girl
9. Conga!
10. My Darlin' Eileen
11. Swing!
12. It's Love
13. Ballet at the Village Vortex
14. Wrong Note Rag
15. Opening (from the original Decca recording of "On the Town")
16. Carried Away (from "On the Town")
17. Lonely Town (from "On the Town")
18. I Can Cook Too (from "On the Town")
19. Lucky to Be Me (from "On the Town")
20. Ya Got Me (from "On the Town")

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Town is a wonderful show.......2004-10-25

This is a terrific show. It has a famous composer, great tunes and a good, upbeat story. Why it has so thoroughly faded from memory is a question that puzzles me greatly.

The orchestrations are attributed to another individual, but Bernstein must have taken some substantial role in their creation, for large parts of "Wonderful Town" resemble only one other musical, "West Side Story."

Rosalind Russell is the star here, and rightly so. She sings--or rather croaks--her material very well, indeed. Only in "Swing" is she overmatched by the musical requirements and even then she fights them to a draw.

Edith Adams is very good, too, as Eileen. I think of her as Edie Adams, a sixties icon, wife of comedian Ernie Kovacs, mayhem-minded member of the Nairobi Trio and super-sexy pitchwoman for White Owl Cigars. I had no idea that she had also starred on Broadway. It was a pleasant surprise to find her here.

The men in the lead parts sing in that typical Broadway growl: perfect diction and lousy tone. They are endearingly awful. And I mean that in the best possible sense.

Five stars, no doubt about it!

Light and lively musical comedy .......2004-08-07

The first cast album of WONDERFUL TOWN sounds even better than ever in Decca's latest remastering. The sound is still somewhat flat (as are all Decca albums from the 40s/50s) but the Decca engineers have worked wonders on the 50 year old tapes making them sound as good as possible. Rosalind Russell was a perfect choice to play the acerbic Ruth. She doesn't have much of a singing voice but the songs were tailored to her limited range and she makes the character come alive. Edith Adams sounds properly winsome as her sister Eileen. In the supporing roles, Jordan Bentley comes off best as Wreck, but George Gaynes makes for a ponderous, somehwat stuffy Bob Baker.

In terms of album production, Decca eliminated the Overture and some of the dance music, and re-arranged "Christopher Street" to eliminate the spoken vignettes. Otherwise the score is presented in a faithful aural re-creation. The booklet offers a detailed synopsis to guide you through the score.

The bonus tracks are six songs from ON THE TOWN originally recorded when that show was playing on Broadway. This is NOT the definitive recording of ON THE TOWN. For that you need the 1960 album avaialble on Sony. But, the excerpts heard here provide an enjoyable bonus.

a must-have recording for REAL Broadway fans.......2002-12-26

This marvellous new re-issue of WONDERFUL TOWN is a must-have for Broadway buffs. In fact, this is really two albums in one, as it also contains the rare 1945 studio recording of ON THE TOWN as a bonus!

The story is based on the play "My Sister Eileen", written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov; as well as the stories written by Ruth McKenney. The play was later turned into a successful Columbia film starring Rosalind Russell (as Ruth Sherwood) and Janet Blair as Eileen. Several years later Columbia released a musical version (following the success of WONDERFUL TOWN) which starred Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett.

WONDERFUL TOWN originally starred Rosalind Russell (repeating her film role) as Ruth and Edith 'Edie' Adams as Eileen. The cast also included George Gaynes (GIGI, 'Punky Brewster') as the romantic male lead.

The score by Betty Comden and the late Adolph Green is gorgeous, and features the comical "100 Easy Ways", the lilting "A Little Bit in Love" and the showstopping "Conga!" and "Wrong-Note Rag".

No Broadway-recording collection is complete without the original cast of this landmark musical.

This re-issue from the superb Decca Broadway range also includes the rare 1945 set of ON THE TOWN, which featured original cast-members Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Nancy Walker singing their songs from the show, with Mary Martin singing "Lonely Town" and "Lucky to Be Me".

Highly-recommended.

Leonard Bart-stein? Listen for yourself...........2002-09-23

Leonard Bernstein never erred on the side of subtlety, and this original-cast album contains two of his most enjoyable essays in musical near-mayhem: "Christopher Street" and "The Wrong Note Rag." The former is vastly like the theme music to "The Simpsons," and the listener can decide for himself how much of a coincidence this is or isn't. "The Wrong Note Rag" uses the tritone of the scale and a varied meter to make life difficult for the singers and anyone trying to count along. Unlike so many send-ups of the 1920s, this song ingenioulsy captures the musical and lyrical feel of novelty numbers like 1924's "Fascinating Rhythm"--or, better yet, the slightly later "Crazy Rhythm." A parody of the 1920s that shows any sense of the 1920s is a rare item, indeed. "Wonderful Town" is an interesting, enjoyable, and valuable historical piece, and I can only imagine what later performers did with it. I don't want to know.

Quality over quantity.......2002-05-19

Yes, the original 1953 cast recording of "Wonderful Town" may not be the most complete cast recording of the hit musical BUT I would wholeheartedly reccommend this CD over any other version. Why? Because of its original cast members and its original orchestrations! Rosalind Russell is peerless as Ruth Sherwood (I consider her version of "One Hundred Easy Ways" one of the funniest songs in musical theatre history) and Edie Adams shines through radiantly. Listen to her sing "A Little Bit In Love" to understand what I'm talking about. Also, the original orchestrations gtive this CD more vibrance than any of the later incarnations INCLUDING the 1999 studio recording, which to me sounds too mechanical and the British orchestrator doesn't seem to get the rhythms right. The original cast recording is A MUST for the true theatre fan, abridged score or not

Average customer rating: Wonderful Town (2003) Good Piece Wonderful wonderful town!! Really Good, But... THIS IS THE BEST!

Wonderful Town (2003 Broadway Revival Cast) Leonard Bernstein , Betty Comden , Donna Murphy , Jennifer Westfeldt , and Adolph Green Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wonderful Town (Original 1953 Broadway Cast) Wonderful Town: Vocal Score Bernstein - Wonderful Town / Audra McDonald, Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Wayne Marshall, Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Sweet Charity (2005 Broadway Revival Cast) Wonderful Town (2004 Broadway Revival Cast with Brooke Shields) ASIN: B0001BFDIW Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Christopher Street
3. Ohio
4. Conquering New York
5. One Hundred Easy Ways
6. What A Waste
7. Little Bit Of Love, A
8. Pass The Football
9. Conversation Piece
10. Quiet Girl, A
11. Conga!
12. My Darlin' Eileen
13. Swing!
14. Ohio (Reprise)

Amazon.com

Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's 1953 collaboration in Wonderful Town doesn't lack for recordings, including two good studio casts from 1998 and 1999. Yet the uncommonly funny show hadn't received a proper Broadway revival until this 2003 production. As Ruth Sherwood, a role created by Rosalind Russell, Donna Murphy gives a glorious five-star star performance, and nowhere is it more obvious than on "Conga!" and "Swing," the latter a delirious spoof of 1950s Greenwich Village hipsterisms. As Eileen Sherwood, Jennifer Westfeldt doesn't have the crystalline pipes of Audra McDonald (from the 1999 album) but she gives a warm performance that comes across well on CD. The rest of the cast is studded with pros who take obvious delight in the show, and music director Rob Fisher polishes Bernstein's score to a gleam. Truly, Broadway doesn't get much better than this. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Town (2003).......2007-02-21

Frankly, I got this album for one song..."A Hundred Ways to Lose a Man", which I heard on the Braodway station of our digital cable network. I was extremely entertained by the song and loved the style portrayed in this album's particular rendition of it. I got it in order to perform the song myself for a benefit performance. I am very pleased to have it in my collection. As far as the rest of the album is concerned...one has to be "in the mood". It can be a bit annoying at times. Not my favorite Leonard Bernstein...doesn't compare to West Side Story...rather fluffy in comparison and silly, but that's what was intended.

Good Piece.......2006-12-16

This show is nice, very broadway. The music is nice, lyrics fun, and whole show a nice piece. It isn't something I would listen to over and over which is why it's only getting three stars, but it isn't something that I won't play from time to time. Of the two recordings I have (this one and the 2004 revival) there are MINISCULE differences, but I would say this is the better of the two. I like Donna Murphy's character over Brooke Shields. Good CD for collectors and new broadway listners alike. Fav Song: "Conga"

Wonderful wonderful town!!.......2005-05-19

This is an excellent piece of work. Delightful. Charming. Splendid. Funny. Enjoyable. There are so many songs that stand out on this soundtrack, paticularly "one hundred easy ways." Evey time I hear I just can't help but break out in laughter. Excellent soundtrack; a must purchase!!

Really Good, But..........2005-02-01

This may be the prime example of how a live performance transcends any recorded experience. I have read all the rave reviews of Donna Murphy's performance and trust people's judgment: she must have been wonderful in person. In this recording, however, she struggles through four or five different accents, settling somewhere between a voice from Missippi by way of New York.It seems less a performance than a gimmick.

As a kid I heard my parents play the Rosalind Russell version of this show a hundred times and I guess she is imprinted in my mind as Ruth Sherwood.

The orchestrations here sound magnificent and there are a few tracks added which round out the experience.

THIS IS THE BEST!.......2004-12-16

Of ALL the musicals I've seen on broadway, I love this one the most! Donna Murphy was amazing, and the rest of the cast was wonderful, too! I think this soundtrack is better than the original version - a must have.

Average customer rating: If you like great musicals you'll love this!

Puttin' on the Ritz: The Great Hollywood Musicals The Singing Hoosiers Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Stade, Frederica von | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hadley, Jerry | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Gershwin, George | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Kern, Jerome | H to L | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Berlin, Irving | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lerner & Loewe Songbook for Orchestra Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites) Rodgers & Hammerstein - The Complete Overtures ~ Opening Night / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra · Mauceri Beautiful Hollywood Bond and Beyond ASIN: B000003D05 Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

1. That's Entertainment
2. Blue Skies
3. Cheek To Cheek
4. Puttin' On The Ritz
5. Over The Rainbow
6. Forty-Second Street
7. Singin' In The Rain
8. Lover
9. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
10. The Continental
11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
12. I've Got you Under My Skin
13. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
14. A Fine Romance
15. Thanks For The Memory
16. Lullaby Of Broadway

Customer Reviews:

If you like great musicals you'll love this!.......2007-03-20

Eric Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops have done it again. This is a spectacular collection. It makes you feel like getting dressed up with a lot of glitz and glam and going dancing. Though I must admit that Fredrica Von Stade's rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" will definitely touch your heart.

Average customer rating: More than 4 stars and the bonus of knockout sonics The Count is mellow

88 Basie Street Count Basie Orchestra Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000Z01 Release Date: 1994-04-30

Tracks:

1. Bluesville
2. 88 Basie Street
3. Contractor's Blues
4. The Blues Machine
5. Katy
6. Sunday At The Savoy

Customer Reviews:

More than 4 stars and the bonus of knockout sonics .......2006-11-02

Basie's in top form playing with a small group. If you're only familiar with the Basie big band sound, you're in for a real treat! 88 Basie Street is an audiophile favorate... this nearly 25 year old recording puts to shame, today's typical recorded music product.

The Count is mellow.......2005-09-04

One of Basie's big band albums for Pablo, recorded in May 1983, as opposed to the many small group ones he did for that label. Basie is in a mellow mood on this outing, with tempos relaxed or slow. Four of the tunes are blues; SUNDAY AT THE SAVOY is over 12 minutes long and way down home and nice. Eric Dixon (ts), Sonny Cohn (tp), Chris Woods (as) and Booty Wood (tb) are the chief soloist, and Sam Nestico did the excellent arranging. One of Basie's better Pablo recordings, which is saying a lot.

Average customer rating: Awesome....forshiggitty Kermit Smokes!! The next best thing... Next Best to Live What God intended music to be.

The Barbecue Swingers Live Kermit Ruffins Manufacturer: Basin Street Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Throwback Big Easy Swing This 1533 St. Philip Street Live at Vaughan's ASIN: B000006BEV Release Date: 1998-03-24

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Chicken And Dumplings
3. Interlude
4. Smokin' With Some Barbecue
5. St. James Infirmary
6. Interlude
7. Just Showin' Off
8. What Is New Orleans?
9. Do The Fat Tuesday
10. Peep This Groove Out
11. Killing Me Softly With His Song
12. Do Watcha Wanna (The Final Chapter)
13. The Star Spangled Banner

Customer Reviews:

Awesome....forshiggitty.......2004-01-02

Mere words cannot describe this cd...listen and be captivated!

Kermit Smokes!!.......2000-10-26

I've had the pleasure of seeing Kermit & the BBQ Swingers live more than once, & I think that this CD really does a good job of capturing their sound. Also, as a frequent visitor to NOLA, this disc evokes the whole feeling of the city every time I put it on. Do yourself a favor, and pick up a copy of this CD. Better yet, take a trip to New Orleans and check Kermit out live @ Vaughn's!!

The next best thing..........2000-03-28

If you can't be in New Orleans to hear him live, this is the next best thing. Capturing the heart and soul of the New Orleans music scene are songs "Smokin' With Some Barbecue" and "Do Watch Wanna (The Final Chapter).

Next Best to Live.......2000-03-04

Next to a Thursday night performance at Vaughn's and eating red beans and rice in between Kermit's sets, this is the next best thing. The album really captures the flavor of a live show, and the subtlety of this group -- as a prior reviewer said, from the traditional, St. James Infirmary to the more funky, the sound of this band is pure NO. Great listening any time of day, any mood. Only down side is the New Orleans song, which I thought fell a little flat, but still 5 starts

What God intended music to be........1999-08-30

Kermit rocks

Average customer rating: Swingin' with Mr. B. Excellent Work Music Big Fun it's swing time Too jazzy for me!

Swing Street Barry Manilow Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: 2:00 AM Paradise Café Showstoppers Here at the Mayflower If I Should Love Again Summer of '78 ASIN: B000002VSJ Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

1. Swing Street
2. Big Fun
3. Stompin' At The Savoy
4. Black And Blue
5. Hey Mambo
6. Summertime
7. Brooklyn Blues
8. Stardust
9. Once When You Were Mine
10. One More Time

Customer Reviews:

Swingin' with Mr. B........2007-04-10

Great Barry Beats from 1980-something? There are only 10 tracks, totaling a smidgin' under 37 minutes. Definitely a short album, but still good--personally, I prefer longer CDs, like a 20-song CD, so I don't have to keep changing them. That said, this CD is a little different. It has a few of the more frequently heard favorites and some others you don't normally hear. I guess I'd call this a kind of swing/blues CD.

"Hey Mambo" and "Brooklyn Blues" are old favorites. "Big Fun" is on just a couple of my other CDs. The rest of the songs were new to me. Brooklyn Blues is 5:09 minutes long. All 3 of these songs are super arrangements and are kickin'!

"Swing Street" begins the CD and is 3:33 minutes long. Kinda cool--333! It's a swingin' - swing song with a heavy beat. Sounds like a swing/blues combo to me. (If you were an exotic dancer, this would be a good song to dance to. Well, I guess you don't HAVE to be an exotic dancer. I was just trying to put the song into perspective. I think I'll change my name to Melba Toast and dance to it. :-)

"Stompin' at the Savoy" is a swing-oldie. You might remember it if you're my age, but not if you're a young whipper-snapper. It's done well. It reminds me of my Lester Lanin music I used to practice playing music with. (Drums, yes, I was a professional drummer for many years. Yes, I know I am a girl!)

"Black and Blue" is a duet with Phyllis Hyman--kind of slow with a driving beat--like an easy-listening type--maybe cruisin' the road at about 35 mph. "Summertime" is a duet with Diane Schurr. It's done well. Slow, soft, and sexy, like it should be done.
"Stardust" is great, and is an old favorite of mine. It's a treat for me to hear Barry sing it. Sounds like cocktail lounge music, played between 1 and 2 a.m. "Once When You Were Mine" slow song, pretty--again, cocktail lounge blues, played between 1 - 2 am. "One More Time" is soft, slow and pretty, with a blues type background. Again, cocktail lounge music for the 1 - 2 a.m. hour. It crescendos, like many of Barry's tunes, to give that strong heart connection feeling.

Like I said, great album, but on the short side. I still gotta give it a 5, but it's not one of my favorites. It does have really good and different songs on it, different from the usual Barry favorites. If you have very little Barry musik, you may want to pick one of the others, like the "One Voice" CD or the "Complete Collection" silver box set. If you already have a collection and are looking for some different Barry tracks, this one is good.

Excellent Work Music.......2006-08-31

I've loved this album since it came out. I especially enjoy listening to this album while at my office, which is a Film Projection Booth. On any day, I'll play this CD in my own booth portable CD Boombox and enjoy my job. I would say that all of the tracks on the CD are excellent. Barry Manilow did an excellent job on this CD. I rate this CD 5 Stars.

Big Fun.......2006-07-31

One of the most fiendishly clever concept albums ever. At first Swing Street seems like a collection of Fifties inspired tunes, but listen again. From the opening track to the last it tells a story. The title track sets the story of someone who has had a bad day and closes his eyes and goes to Swing Street...where everything becomes hunky dory. "Big Fun" the second track has Barry beginning his reverie in fantasy land, my favorite song on the album. The first half of the album, the swingin' half eventually gives way to the slower second half with excellent covers of "Summertime" (dripping with Southern sweat) and "Stardust Memories" before Swing Street finally fades to morning and a fully awake Barry sings "One More Time" to a lover. There's been a lot written about the techo jazz sound of this album, but the music perfectly fits the mood. I know Barry has tried to get his musical "Harmony" on Broadway for years. I saw the original at the La Jolla Playhouse. Barry, Swing Street would make a great musical.

it's swing time.......2004-04-25

i give this CD four stars because of the song "Stompin' at the Savoy". i know that Barry has often been called better on stage where he can visually perform a song, so i'm thinking if Barry sung this in concert it would have a different feel...sort of like that wacky "Avenue C" Barry used to sing...which is much better performed live, i think. other than the Savoy song which is only 2 minutes and 40 seconds, there's nothing wrong with this CD. in Barry's box-set he informs people who hadn't bought this CD that it's "techno-swing", which in my opinion makes this dance music, with a jazzy delivery. "Swing Street", the title track, sets the tone for the CD. my favorites are "Brooklyn Blues"; "Swing Street"; "Once When You Were Mine"; "Black and Blue", which is a duet with Phyllis Hyman; and of course i like the up-tempo latin-style "Hey Mambo" with Kid Creole. the other four are good, too...the second song, "Big Fun", is a nice and bouncy song that continues in the happy mood. Barry treats us to "Stardust", done as a duet with Diane Schuur. it's 5 minutes and 18 seconds and it's a ballad. this was the first CD co-produced by Eddie Arkin, the guy who would help guide Barry's career during 1987-1992 after a lengthy run as his own album producer, 1981-1985, and prior to that with Ron Dante from 1974-1980. i like this album cover...too!

Too jazzy for me!.......2003-06-13

Not a jazz fan, just a Manilow Maniac.

Average customer rating: Pretty good Wow Amazing. Rockin if i hadnt read the reviews i would have hated this cd

Kids on the Street Cherry Poppin' Daddies Manufacturer: Sub Par ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rapid City Muscle Car Ferociously Stoned Soul Caddy Soul Caddy Zoot Suit Riot ASIN: B0000046EF Release Date: 1996-01-10

Tracks:

1. Kids On The Street
2. Say It To My Face
3. We'll Always Have Paris
4. Trapped Inside The Planet Of The Roller-Skating Bees
5. Millionaire
6. Dave's Pie Shoppe
7. Cosa Nostra
8. Irish Whiskey
9. Flower Fight With Morrissey
10. Modsquadraphenia
11. Silver-Tongued Devil
12. Here Comes The Snake
13. The Enemy Within
14. Luther Lane
15. Don Quixote

Customer Reviews:

Pretty good.......2006-09-02

What people need to realize is that if you are going to go into Cherry Poppin' Daddies back catlogue you need to realize that it isn't like 'Zoot Suit Riot.' Cherry Poppin' Daddies have a wide range of music on every c.d. In 'Kids On The Street' they have like one swing song, a lot of ska/punk songs, and then old rock and country songs. Overall if you are very open minded you will appreciate all their work. Not to mention Steve Perry, to me, has some great lyrics. If you want to by old c.d.s from Cherry Poppin' Daddies start with 'Rapid City Muscule Car' that is a great album then get 'Soul Caddy' amazing lyrics on that album.

Sounds like: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Aquabats, Royal Noise Brigade

Wow.......2003-03-22

I bought Soul Cadillac about 2 years ago listened to it once and then forgot about it until this year. I needed to hear more. Kids on the Street rocks. There are no bad tracks. this band is so versatile, the songs are clever. This is ska, so if you are expecting swing you may be disappointed or pleasantly surprised. You can't find this kind of stuff on the radio. I anxiously await Rapid City Muscle Car.

Amazing........2002-12-26

I've had this CD for several years, and after hearing it again recently, I feel I owe Cherry Poppin' Daddies a good review. This CD is out of this world. As you grow, your taste in music grows, and this CD has a favorite song for every genre of music that anyone can grow through. I honestly did not think it was possible for a band to write the best song of a genre, and then do it for a different genre, and again for a different one.. it doesn't end. Honestly, you owe it to yourself to buy this CD. While they may be more "swingy" now, this CD only shows a hint of swing. The lyrics are truly breathtaking.. so much further above and beyond anything that you've ever heard. Each band member is absolutely terrific at what they play. The CD is put together well, it's not like one of those CDs where, if you have some friends over, you want to get up and skip over some not so good tracks to impress them. This is one where you can let it play on, and each track they're guaranteed to like. Some say that this CD is a little poppy, as if they were trying to get on the radio. I guarantee they weren't trying to get on the radio, they were trying to show you that they could even go into that area of music strongly enough as all the other areas that they've conquered.

Hope this helps... bottom line is, buy this CD, you won't regret it. Honestly, the only better thing you could do with 15 bucks is donate it to charity.

Rockin.......2000-02-26

Well, if you are gonna buy this album you shouldn't expect what you hear on CPD's Zoot Suit Riot. This album is mix of a bunch of different stlyes and it hits great hights with Irish Whiskey, Don Quijote, Millionare, We'll always have Paris, and Kids on the Street. This CD didnt let me down at all, and will lead you into the CPD world of a band that is not resricted to play one style of music. Definitly add it to your CPD section to your CD colection.

if i hadnt read the reviews i would have hated this cd.......2000-01-16

this is not swing... more like punk-ska. luckily i was expecting this after i got zoot suit riot. but if you're like me and love punk and ska as much as swing it will be all good

Average customer rating: Peggy at her best The only full, live performance Peggy Lee ever recorded. Moments Like This....I Love Being Here With You Peggy is the Cream For my coffee! THANK YOU, MISS LEE........

Basin Street East Peggy Lee Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Beauty and the Beat! Mink Jazz Peggy at Basin Street East Black Coffee Pretty Eyes/Guitars alà Lee ASIN: B000005H04 Release Date: 1995-08-01

Tracks:

1. Day In -Day Out
2. Moments Like This
3. Fever
4. The Second Time Around
5. Medley: One Kiss/My Romance/The Vagabond King Waltz
6. I Got A Man
7. Peggy Lee Bow Music
8. Call Me Darling
9. I Love Being Here With You
10. But Beautiful
11. Them There Eyes
12. A Tribute To Ray Charles: Just For A Thrill/Yes Indeed
13. Peggy Lee Bow Music
14. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Peggy at her best.......2006-03-26

A true live recording of the inimitable Miss Peggy Lee. (Some compensation for the disappointment of Beauty and the Beat.)Peggy at her best, interacting with the audience and responding to their appreciation.

The only full, live performance Peggy Lee ever recorded........2005-08-04

Originally recorded on Feb. 8, 1961, the last night of Peggy Lee's show at Basin Street East, this is the only complete recording of a "pure," live performance by Peggy Lee--the entire show sung exactly as Peggy performed it, with every song included, warts and all. Lost for more than thirty years in the Capitol Records vault, where it was mislabeled as a "backup" tape, it was finally discovered and released in 1995.

And what it find it was! Here is Peggy, completely relaxed and joyfully interacting with her audience, at ease with her music, her orchestra, and her fans. Showing her range of styles, she moves from a slow, soft ballad like "The Second Time Around" to full-out wailing at the end of "The Most Beautiful Man in the World," and rock/swing/soul music in a Tribute to Ray Charles. In "I'm Gonna Go Fishin,'" which she wrote with Duke Ellington, Peggy is looser and more comfortable than on her formal recordings, and one can hear her mugging with her audience through the changes in her voice, as she sings with the full orchestra. In "You've Gotta Have Heart," she sings a section in a pseudo-Spanish accent, and in her own song, "Love Being Here With You," she even jokingly interrupts herself to ask, "I wonder what I meant by that line."

This is Peggy Lee as you have never heard her before, an extraordinary find for the Peggy Lee fan. This is not to say there are no problems. At times, she wanders too far from her microphones, and the lyrics and her patter become almost impossible to hear; on other occasions, when she dramatically whispers her lyrics, she misses an occasional note. Still, her timing, her creative interpretations, and her ability to handle almost any tempo are at their peak here. This is a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime album for the Peggy Lee fan. Mary Whipple

Moments Like This....I Love Being Here With You.......2004-06-29

It doesn't get much better than this. Terrific live recording at the legendary nite club. "The Second Time Around" is one of my favorite tunes, and no one sings it better than Peggy Lee. Ironically, I played this CD the day after Ray Charles died and was moved by Lee's early tribute. This is a very special recording.

Peggy is the Cream For my coffee!.......2001-11-20

Once again I really have nothing bad to say about Peggy.
This cd is at the top. Her timing is great. She is an icon.
If you love Peggy Lee, you will really love peggy lee
after you hear her live performance. (By the way she also had a cold during her stay at Basin St. East.) Still she was great.
Buy the cd it's a must for any Peggy Lee fan.

THANK YOU, MISS LEE...............2001-07-20

.....for getting me through a difficult time in my life. I spent a lot of 1961 in a hospital bed following a bad car accident, and this Basin Street East album was very popular that year, with many numbers being played on my bedside radio. Peggy Lee will never know how many nights she helped me forget my pain and crooned me to sleep with her sultry, sensual rendition of 'The Second Time Around.' To this day, that particular song from this album (along with her versions of 'Rain Sometimes,' 'The Folks Who Live On The Hill,' and 'The Days Of Wine and Roses,' all found on other Peggy Lee CD's) rank in my mind as the most beautiful ballads ever sung by the most beautiful voice in the world. And while she was never a 'belter' in the grand Garland style, her appearance at Basin Street East certainly proved she could delight an audience with upbeat, faster tempo numbers, too....'I Got A Man,' 'Them There Eyes,' and of course 'Fever' are all standouts. I added this live performance CD to my Peggy Lee collection (shrine?) with great reverence and the warmest of personal memories of THAT VOICE. Now if Capitol would just reissue her great 'All Aglow Again' album on CD.....so I could once again hear two of her other classic ballads, 'Where Do I Go From Here' and 'I'm Looking Out the Window'.....I might not want to die, but at least I could die happy!

Average customer rating: Rags to Riches

Twelfth Street Rag Pee Wee Hunt Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sugar Blues 1951 Dixieland Favorites ASIN: B000EXZHGA Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

1. Twelfth Street Rag - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
2. Fare Thee Well, Annabelle [From Sweet Music] - Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
3. Lookie, Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie [From Love in Bloom] - Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
4. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong, Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
5. One Dozen Roses - Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
6. Muskrat Ramble
7. After You've Gone
8. Basin Street Blues
9. Preacher and the Bear
10. On the Sunny Side of the Street
11. Somebody Else, Not Me
12. Wabash Blues
13. Royal Garden Blues
14. High Society
15. Clarinet Marmalade
16. Bessie Couldn't Help It
17. Dill Pickles Rag
18. Milenberg Joys - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
19. Charleston - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
20. Copenhagen - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
21. Darktown Strutters' Ball - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
22. Snag It - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
23. San - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
24. So Blue - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
25. South Rampart Street Parade - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
26. Original Dixieland One-Step - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
27. Fidgety Feet - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
28. Oh! - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra

Album Details

Ohio-born Trombonist, Singer and Bandleader Walter "pee Wee" Hunt (1907-1979) was for Many Years the Happy Face of Dixieland Jazz. He Became a Familiar Name During the 30s Playing with Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, and Formed his Own Band after the War to Become a Popular Figure of the Big Trad Jazz Revival Movement of the Time. Pee Wee Continued to Dispense his Joyful, Spirited Brand of Music Right Up to his Death.twelfth Street Rag was the 1948 Million-selling No.1 That Brought Pee Wee Hunt International Fame. This is the Only CD of his Music Available.

Customer Reviews:

Rags to Riches.......2007-02-06

An excellent recording from this 1948 record, I came to jazz late in life and was put onto this album by a friend, it appears to lack critical acclaim but at least for a jazz novice I found it superb and recommend it to anyone who wants a real lift from some fun bits of music. I believe Pee Wee Hunt is a great music hero that really needs to be rediscovered.

Jazz Music:

1. Telefunken Blues [Import] [Original recording remastered]
2. the demo cd
3. The Original Mambo Kings: An Introduction to Afro-Cubop
4. The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1
5. To the Max
6. Tough 'Duff
7. Treasure
8. Tribute to Charlie Parker With Strings
9. Twisted
10. Very Truly Yours [Import]

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