Swingin' Stampede: The Hot Club Of Cowtown Playing Hot Jazz & Western Swing

Hot Club of Cowtown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B00000AFXH
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,657 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz > Retro Swing

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars upbeat, good-time dance music, August 30, 2002

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Ronald Scheer "rockysquirrel" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swingin' Stampede: The Hot Club Of Cowtown Playing Hot Jazz & Western Swing (Audio CD)

I caught this trio at an outdoor concert in Culver City, California, recently, and they were keeping a big crowd of people of all ages happy, toe-tapping, clapping, and dancing in the aisles. Don't think I've ever seen a stand-up bass player have so much fun slappin' bass. Fiddler Elana Fremerman was dressed in basic black, but the two guys in the group wore retro 40's, with pleated pants, dress shirts and wide ties. The sound they made was straight out of mid-20th century Texas, by way of Bob Wills, with hints of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. I passed on the tee-shirts and posters, but took home what turned out to be their debut CD, "Swingin' Stampede," which I love even more than the concert.

Compared to the material they do now, the songs on this CD sound more authentic as Western swing, and come complete with the trademark "Ah-haaa" thrown in at unexpected intervals. They also have the advantage of additional musicians for a fuller sound on some cuts. The lead singers' voices are plain and unvarnished; the guitar picking is not especially flashy; and the tunes are short 3-minute versions without a lot of fancy stuff. But all the songs are upbeat, good-time 4/4 dance music, with a couple fast waltzes for good measure. Best songs: "Somebody Loves Me" and "Chinatown, My Chinatown." Sure to put a smile on your face and make you wish it was Saturday night.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Generation X Meets Bob Wills and American History, March 14, 1999

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This review is from: Swingin' Stampede: The Hot Club Of Cowtown Playing Hot Jazz & Western Swing (Audio CD)

Roaming the pubs and Knight of Columbus Halls of Texas is a trio which stamps its own talent on arguably the most American idiom - Western Swing. These folks are not conservationists or musical librarians -they're talented musicians who have chosen a genre that kept two generations dancing to a music for which no rubric applies but to which everybody can shuffle. Jazz, blues, R&B, country, Mexican, hillbilly - it's all there in every song, and it all makes musical sense. Any band which, as I've seen, can get four generations off their folding metal chairs and on to the dance floor is definitely worth a listen.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot stuffffff!, February 20, 2000

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A fan in Virginia (Winchester, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swingin' Stampede: The Hot Club Of Cowtown Playing Hot Jazz & Western Swing (Audio CD)

We were lucky enough to see the Hot Club in concert outdoors in Winchester,Virginia. Despite travelling around the country in a tiny van, their sound was wild and expansive. One of my favorite records, this album pumps me up with energy and keeps me dancing at any hour. Great musicianship! I hope they come back to Winchester again!