Saratoga Shout

Luis Russell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000QXDH0Q
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,021 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Savoy Shout - Luis Russell & His Burning Eight

2. It's Tight Like That - Luis Russell & His Burning Eight

3. The New Call of the Freaks

4. Feelin' the Spirit

5. Jersey Lightning

6. The Way He Loves Is Just Too Bad

7. Doctor Blues

8. Saratoga Shout

9. Song Of the Swanee

10. Give Me Your Telephone Number - J.C. Higginbotham & His Six Hicks

11. Higginbotham Blues - J.C. Higginbotham & His Six Hicks

12. Louisiana Swing

13. On Revival Day: A Rhythmic Spiritual

14. Muggin' Lightly

15. Panama

16. High Tension

17. Saratoga Drag

18. Ease On Down

19. You Rascal You

20. Freakish Blues

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FEELIN' THE SPIRIT OF JAZZ, October 27, 2008

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saratoga Shout (Audio CD)

Luis Russell led one of the hottest black bands in New York. I first heard these tracks on 78, almost all being issued in England on the Parlophone Rhythm Style Series, and was impressed then at the sheer vitality of them. The sound leapt out of the grooves, and to hear the band in the flesh must have been an awe-inspiring experience. At the heart lay the rhythm section, particularly Pops Foster on bass, who could almost have been standing in front for the recording, so well was his slap bass style of playing captured. The other two mainstays on most of the tracks were Henry "Red" Allen on trumpet and J.C. Higginbotham on trombone, both with highly individual styles, Allen's fiery playing contrasting with the abrasive but accomplished trombone. With some bands you can identify a particular player who underpins the ensemble, but Luis Russell's Orchestra drove itself forward as an entity.

The quality of remastering of this reissue is quite superb, it comprises 25 tracks giving over 79 minutes playing time, and comes with an informative liner note and discography. Now that the Living Era label has been axed you should grab a copy while you still can.