Absolute Voutest '46 [Original recording remastered]

Slim Gaillard, Slim & Slam | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: HEP RECORDS
• ASIN: B00000AENM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Vootie Rootie!, November 7, 2007

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Lil Mike "http://blog.eventmagic.com" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Absolute Voutest '46 (Audio CD)

Vootie Rootie! Slim & Slam are the sensationally loquacious Slim Gaillard & longtime collaborator Slam Stewart, two entertainers at the peak of their powers when these lively cuts were laid down.

Hard to describe the shtick here, but if you enjoy a good time, or kickin' it with a stiff cocktail or some muggles, you'll do fine. Sorta like a live set by Louis Prima, the rollicking playful music & interplay by the all star band transends the lack of crisp hi-fi technology.

Yes it's "vintage" but worry not about any Poppity Pops !

File under "ol school" fun and discover a couple jazz & jive innovators who created something that's missing in today's music scene.

Any audiophiles prone to complaining about a few "poppity pops" might be missing the joys in this rare live recording made 60+ years ago. The hysterical audience cutting up to Gaillard's onstage hijinx is half the fun-a-roonie. I suppose ya had to be there in the smokey haze, but this as close as you can get to that levity today.

Supposedly culled from a live radio performance in June 1946, Slim is joined by bassist & comic foil Bam Brown along with drummer Leo Watson. Also included are excerpts from two soundies filmed around that time featuring Scatman Crothers "shining" away on drums.