Miss Smith To You!

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Note
• ASIN: B002F3BOQO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #30 in Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz > Retro Swing

Track Listings

1. Miss Brown To You

2. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

3. Daddy

4. With My Man

5. I'm Not Evil

6. 'Deed I Do

7. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

8. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)

9. On The Sunny Side Of The Street

10. Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl

11. Jumpin' In The Morning

12. When The Saints Go Marching In

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A third album that doesn't disappoint!!, August 20, 2009

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Tatiana L. Ortiz ""You may know what you ... (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Smith To You! (MP3 Download)

Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers' much anticipated third album blows away all expectations. With each CD Lavay's voice has developed and matured to become even more soulful and masterful than it was to begin with! This lady is all class and clearly has the chops to handle some of the greats. Indeed, Chris Siebert's arrangements and the musicality demonstrated by this band as a whole are more than just a fitting tribute to some of the greatest swing, jazz and blues legends ever known.... they allow the album to achieve a greatness in its own right. In all, this album (like the rest of the Skillet Lickers' albums) takes us back to a better time in music, and is a much welcomed and much needed treat!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, but not the best they've done., May 12, 2010

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Douglas Fulkerson (Upton, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Smith To You! (Audio CD)

I've been a big fan of Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers since stumbling across one of their albums in a bookstore about five years ago. They have the unique gift of being true to the music that they perform while still being special and dynamic artists in their own right. Technically, Miss Smith and the band are outstanding in this set of recordings. Miss Smith's voice is bang on and she takes it to new stylistic heights. My only gripe is that the arrangements of some of these songs seemed a little off to my ear; particularly "It don't mean a thing" and "When the Saints go Marching In". They're not bad performances; just not what I expected from Miss Smith and the Skillet Lickers. Having said that, "With My Man" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street" are as good as anything they've ever done. If you are a big fan of the first two albums, you may be just slightly disappointed in this one, but I think you will still be happy you have it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well Done!, September 23, 2009

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traveler "traveler" (LaPorte, IN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Miss Smith To You! (MP3 Download)

Lavay and the band are in fine form (esp. Ms. Smith!!) on this album. Stylistically she is an acquired taste for some but it was love at first listen from "one Hour Mama" for me! She has a great voice for her style and loads more personality and range than Diana Krall or Jane Monheit. Some may dismiss her as another Lady Day imitator, but there is only one Billie Holiday and everyone knows it. Anyway, a good solid performance and looking forward to more. Cheers!