Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips

Hipsters Zoots & Wingtips (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B00000ADKC
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,953 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #57 in Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz > Retro Swing

Track Listings

1. Royal Crown Revue/Hey Pachuco!

2. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy/Go Daddy-O

3. The Flying Neutrinos/Mr. Zoot Suit

4. Big Time Operator/It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

5. Diana Krall/Hit That Jive Jack

6. Red & the Red Hots/Boogie Man

7. Indigo Swing/Swing Lover

8. Blues Jumpers/Good Morning Judge

9. Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers/Oo Poppa Do

10. Full Swing/Enough For You

11. Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums/Jumptown

12. Bill Elliott Orchestra/Bill's Bounce (live)

13. Set 'Em Up Joe/She Can't Dance

14. Jumpin' Jimes/Swing Shift

15. Brian Setzer Orchestra/This Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not purely Swing, February 1, 1999

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This review is from: Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips (Audio CD)

This CD is a pretty good mix of the modern swing bands out there now. It includes older bands such as Royal Crown Revue, but also gives equal billing to a couple of lesser known (but not lesser quality) bands. The only reason why I don't give it five stars is because some of the songs are too shifted towards rockabilly than swing--similar, but kinda deceiving when the subtitle is "The '90s Swingers".

What I really liked about this comp is the liner notes--it gave great information about the bands, as well as how to get their albums. You'll probably be looking up at least one of the bands featured in this comp once listening to this CD. The sound quality is great for most of the tracks; some sound softer than the other, but this is just a good indicator that the compilers didn't mess around with the original music. What you hear is what the artist's albums will sound like.

The people who put this together sound like a bunch of real fans of swing, and they show this in their writing and selection of songs. I highly recommend this CD for those wanting to check out different bands in this genre, or just getting a good mix of bands for a party.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent album if you like jazz and/or swing, February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips (Audio CD)

I bought this album because it was playing in the record (sorry, CD) shop, as I was browsing the other day. After I'd heard about six tracks, all of which had my feet tapping, I had to buy it. There are only two tracks which I don't think are excellent, and "Mr Zoot Suit" by the Flying Neutrinos is the best song I have heard in ages.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So sad swing is dead.....again, May 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips (Audio CD)

I just bought this cd, several years after release, lots of these bands I have seen live and danced to.....my faves are The Red Hot Skillet lickers & The Fyling Nuetrinos. The most authentic thing on here Is Set'Em Up Joe's "She Can't Dance," straight L.Jordan..........and I think they wrote the Nuetrino's "Mr. Zoot Suit." It is sad the SNs drove this into the ground because it really was nice to dress up and go out dancing, real dancing............buy this cd if you want to know what the short lived craze was all about.
Tomi Jenkins