Half Way to Heaven

M 'N' M Trio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stomp Off Records
• ASIN: B00000DGZT
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #802,388 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Double Dare You

2. You'll Long for Me (When the Cold Winds Blow)

3. Dark Eyes

4. In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town

5. Sweet Girl

6. Good Old New York

7. Sonny Boy

8. Don't Forget to Mess Around (When You Do the Charleston)

9. So Little Time (So Much to Do)

10. Santa Claus Blues

11. You Rascal You

12. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

13. You Wonderful You

14. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)

15. Irish Black Bottom

16. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

17. Halfway to Heaven

18. Jazzbo Jenkins

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tiny ensemble packs a big punch, September 19, 2004

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Suzbluafyuz (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Half Way to Heaven (Audio CD)

You'd think that a group consisting only of tuba, tenor banjo, and clarinet would sound incomplete, but it doesn't. These three guys are all virtuosos, and boy, do they know what they're doing.
They pass around solos and scats like a football. Eli, the tuba player, has amazing facility, and never overpowers the group. The liner notes use the imagery of "an elephant on a balance beam" and if you hear him, you'll know what that means. He can really make the bass step lightly and intricately. Jimmy, the banjo guy, does lots of the vocals, and if you like his particular style (listen to the samples) you'll love this album. Personally he grows on me more and more. His banjo solos are masterful and imaginative. Joe, the clarinetist, sings too, although for some reason I don't warm up to his voice as much. But his clarinet playing...watch out. He played with Louis Armstrong's all-stars, and he can play anything from Klezmer-like riffs to the nuttiest dixieland stuff you ever heard.
This is a fine collection of true old-time jazz by three masters.
Please don't pass it up!