Swingin'st [Import]

Vido Musso | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 6, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B000695A28
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sing Sing Sing

2. Back Street Boogie

3. Jersey Bounce

4. Movin' On

5. Emaline

6. Rockin' Time

7. Vido's Boogie

8. Sherry Pink

9. On Stage

10. Rollin'

11. Rock House Blues

12. Russian Lullaby

13. Sorrento

14. Intermission Riff

15. You Feel It

16. Rockin' Time (Later Version)

17. Sweet Sue

18. Honky Tonk

19. Speak Easy

20. Blues For Two

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Tenor sax star Vido Musso gained fame working with Benny Goodman and Stan Kenton's big bands in the 30s and 40s. Here he is, fronting his own smaller swing group that included Maynard Ferguson, in the early to mid 50s. Released on CD for the first time! Ace. 2004.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vivid, July 30, 2008

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This review is from: Swingin'st (Audio CD)

Only the other day I was listening to Vido Musso play clarinet on a Billie Holiday recording from 1936. He was a talented and prolific jazzman. But on these recordings from the mid-1950's, he embraces a totally different persona. He fronts a small ensemble in sax led performances influenced by rock and roll and r and b. He snarls, he dances, and he makes a very big noise. Hearing this so many years later, the influence sounds less like Benny Goodman than it does Bill Haley and the Comets. Some listeners will be horrified by all this. I find it quaint and charming. Some of the instruments featured are electric bass and guitar, and electric organ. The sound engineering is monaural, yet clear and pleasing. There even are two cuts where the sounds of a screaming audience of kids has been superimposed on the performances. And just wait till you get a hold of the original cover art for the album Teen Age Dance Party. Straight out of the respectable fraternities in Animal House!