18th & Racine
Jazz
| Apr 2014
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2014-04-17
Reviewed 2014-04-17
THE FAT BABIES: 18th & Racine
Delmark, 2013
TRADITIONAL JAZZ – 1920s/30s style Chicago jazz (don’t confuse it with New Orleans and please don’t call it Dixieland!) played straight-up. The septet blows more “hot” than “sweet,” but this is a pre-swing idiom, so it has a more formal and stiff sound than a swing band: think early Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Eddie Condon. But it’s lots of fun. Very well played stuff from a band that gigs regularly in Chicago.
All good! Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15
1. 3:12 – relaxed, upbeat cakewalk
2. 3:35 – drag, vocal, fine trumpet
3. 4:33 – Fletcher Henderson strut
4. 2:48 – a fat little stroll, wails
5. 4:20 – proud strutting standard
6. 3:28 – hotcha call & response voc
7. 4:55 – dusky pulse, like Ellington
8. 2:40 – uptempo stomp, steady
9. 2:44 – a jaunty stroll on the town
10. 2:23 – upbeat flapper bounce
11. 3:37 – classic sway, nicely done
12. 2:46 – tick-tock uptempo stomp
13. 3:22 – relaxed old-time saunter
14. 3:13 – great oddball romp
15. 3:18 – lazybones stride piano
[ Fo ] - 17 April 2014
Delmark, 2013
TRADITIONAL JAZZ – 1920s/30s style Chicago jazz (don’t confuse it with New Orleans and please don’t call it Dixieland!) played straight-up. The septet blows more “hot” than “sweet,” but this is a pre-swing idiom, so it has a more formal and stiff sound than a swing band: think early Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Eddie Condon. But it’s lots of fun. Very well played stuff from a band that gigs regularly in Chicago.
All good! Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15
1. 3:12 – relaxed, upbeat cakewalk
2. 3:35 – drag, vocal, fine trumpet
3. 4:33 – Fletcher Henderson strut
4. 2:48 – a fat little stroll, wails
5. 4:20 – proud strutting standard
6. 3:28 – hotcha call & response voc
7. 4:55 – dusky pulse, like Ellington
8. 2:40 – uptempo stomp, steady
9. 2:44 – a jaunty stroll on the town
10. 2:23 – upbeat flapper bounce
11. 3:37 – classic sway, nicely done
12. 2:46 – tick-tock uptempo stomp
13. 3:22 – relaxed old-time saunter
14. 3:13 – great oddball romp
15. 3:18 – lazybones stride piano
[ Fo ] - 17 April 2014
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Charting
2014-04-18 — 2014-06-20
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 15 | 1 |
| Jun 1 | 2 |
| May 18 | 2 |
| May 11 | 2 |
| May 4 | 1 |
| Apr 27 | 2 |
| Apr 20 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Liza | ||
| 2. | Till Times Get Better | ||
| 3. | The Stampede | ||
| 4. | Mable's Dream | ||
| 5. | Nobody's Sweetheart Now | ||
| 6. | I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) | ||
| 7. | 18th & Racine | ||
| 8. | King Kong Stomp | ||
| 9. | El Rado Scuffle | ||
| 10. | Oh Baby | ||
| 11. | Stardust | ||
| 12. | I'll Fly To Hawaii | ||
| 13. | Oh Me! Oh My! | ||
| 14. | The Chant | ||
| 15. | Blueberry Rhyme |