Blue Saracens

Blue Saracens | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Label: Swing 46
• ASIN: B00000IZA2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,613,551 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Drum Boogie

2. When Johnny Gets With the Jive

3. Till Tom Special

4. He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped

5. The Crawl

6. Cow Cow Boogie

7. Tannhauser Jive

8. You're a Lucky Guy

9. Oo Bop SH' Bam

10. Bloodhound

11. St. James Infirmary

12. Bugle Call Rag

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Saracens SWING, August 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (South Dakota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Saracens (Audio CD)

The Blue Saracens are one of the top bands in NYC and they are a favorite of listeners and dancers alike. They add their own touch and unique sound to several classics. Their originals swing just as hard as the classics they cover.

This is one album that swing fans young and old can appreciate.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the 1940s -- in stereo!, May 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Saracens (Audio CD)

There are only a few swing bands these days who sound anything like the original swingers or who can perform a cover song with any justice. The Blue Saracens are one of these bands. The songs on here are crisp and clean and Nicole Frydman's powerful vocals are simply astounding. What I find refreshing is that the 12 selections offer a range of tempos instead of choosing to stick with a medium beat throughout the album. If you're tired of neo-swing bands that sound too much like rock bands, you're best bet is to get your hands on a copy of this CD. You won't regret it.

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic example of pure swing, July 20, 1999

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Claude Avary "West Coast Reader" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Saracens (Audio CD)

The Blue Saracens are consummate jazz musicians who adhere to the wonderful tradition of 1940s swing -- without the irony and campiness of other, more popular current swing bands. This is great music, pure and simple, no excuses given to our lazy 1990s ears soiled by years of musical mediocrity. Their covers sizzle with the same power they must have had back in the golden age ("St. James Infirmary" and "Drumboogie"), and their adaptations of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" and "Tannhauser" into swinging arrangements sound like they could have been charted by Fletcher Henderson. My only complaint: if they could just add six more musicians and become a true big band, they'd be ruling the swing world (or at least be one of the crown princes of big bands).