Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B000002UVQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (302 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,631 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz > Retro Swing

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BBVD Are The Kings Of Swing, November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Audio CD)

I bought this cd as soon as it came out after falling in love with the band's music on the Swingers soundtrack. From the first time I put the cd on I have loved it. I've seen the band twice in concert and while the cd doesn't capture their live dynamic show it's definitely the coolest. I have other swing bands on cd but BBVD is the hippest and the heppest of them all. They are wonderful and don't have that underlying SKA sound like Cherry Poppin' Daddies does. They are swing to the maximum. I could just pop this cd in and put it on repeat. The best track for upbeat jivin is Jumpin' Jack it just makes you want to dance all over the place and to mellow things down a bit so you can recoup after the high energy swinging just listen to The Maddest Kind Of Love which speaks straight from the heart. For the true lounge sound Please Baby nails it on the head. BBVD never cease to entertain or please.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where did these guys come from?!, February 28, 2006

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L. Harris (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Audio CD)

Wow! If you would like a change in pace from hiphop or rock and want to be transported back in time, check out these guys! This group creates a wonderful mix of New Orleans jazz, swing, and modern story lyrics. I only wish we could have some clubs open up in our downtowns with this sound. This group will make you move and you'll be "swinging" before you notice what's happening.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BBVD deserves a Grammy, December 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Audio CD)

Having seen them in person at WARQ 93.5 FM's "Fall Out" Concert, I have to say that Big Bad Voodoo Daddy succeeds in resurrecting swing for this generation to enjoy. Not only does the band obviously have fun with songs such as "The Boogie Bumper," "Jumpin' Jack," and "Mambo Swing," but they are a complete band. The excellence of Scotty Morris' lyrics neither overpowers or is overpowered by his band. Paradoxically, though, the band has power. Glen "The Kid" is probably one of the best trumpeters I've heard. Ever. The rest of the band is just as good and jives just as well with each other. It's a shame their first two albums, "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy" (a different album from this one), and "Watchu' Want for Christmas" aren't commercially available, as I'm sure these two would sell. Simply, there are no bad tracks on the album, and it features only one cover, that being "Minnie the Moocher." Morris easily takes the energy from his last profession as a punk rocker and converts it into Swing, which was the punk rock of the 1930s and '40s, making Big Bad Voodoo Daddy one of the best bands out there. As they'd say in "Swingers," "They're money, baby!"