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Swingin' Live

by George Gee Swing Orchestra

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1.
Come On In 05:39
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Blues For Stephanie 04:55
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Down for the Count 05:22
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4.
Let The Good Times Roll 02:32
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Hey everybody Let's have some fun You only live but once And when you're dead you're done So let the good times roll I said let the good times roll I don't care if you're young or old You oughtta get together and let the good times roll Don't sit there mumbling Talkin' trash If you want to have a ball You got to go out and spend some cash And let the good times roll now I'm talkin' 'bout the good times Well it makes no difference whether you're young or old All you got to do is get together and let the good times roll Hey y'all tell everybody, Ray Charles in town I got a dollar and a quarter and I'm just ringing the clock But don't let no female, play me cheap I got fifty cents more than I'm gonna keep So let the good times roll now I tell y'all I'm gonna let the good times roll now Well it don't make no difference if you're young or old All you got to do is get together and let the good times roll Hey no matter whether, rainy weather If you want to have a ball, you got to get yourself together Oh, get yourself under control, woah, and let the good times roll
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Where or When 04:59
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Shiny Stockings 06:29
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Four-Five-Six 05:20
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Street of Dreams 04:28
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April in Paris 05:11
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Here's That Rainy Day 04:24
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Maybe I should have saved those leftover dreams Funny but here's that rainy day Here's that rainy day they told me about And I laughed at the thought That it might turn out this way Where is that worn out wish that I threw aside After it brought my love so near Funny how love becomes a cold rainy day Funny that rainy day is here It's funny how love becomes a cold rainy day Funny that rainy day is here
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Wailin' Caylen 06:39
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12.
Splanky 03:18
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"By now, most people who are musically inclined know that “swing” is making a comeback. Not exactly sweeping the country, but at least more widespread and popular than it has been in recent years. The problem is that many of swing’s better–known exponents are far more flashy than capable, and while the music may deliver some temporary kicks, there’s actually not much meat on its bones. There are, however, a handful of bandleaders who take their swinging more seriously. One of them is George Gee whose strapping 17–piece New York–based big band, presumably named for Martin Block’s popular Make–Believe Ballroom radio program of years ago, is patterned after the legendary Count Basie Orchestra and other prominent Swing Era ensembles. Instead of pandering to the uninformed (Gee has a smaller group, the Jump, Jive and Wailers, to do that, as we hear on the last two tracks of Swingin’ Away ), the Make–Believe Ballroom Orchestra serves industrial–strength swing with sophisticated charts by Frank Foster, Neal Hefti, John Clayton, Mary Lou Williams and others. The band doesn’t hold anything back, nor do its soloists, as one can readily hear on these concert dates, recorded in ’97 at the Swing 46 nightclub ( Swingin’ Live! ) and in ’98 at the Roseland Ballroom ( Swingin’ Away ) as part of an 85th birthday party for dancer / choreographer Frankie Manning. Foster’s “Come on In” is a marvelous curtain–raiser on Swingin’ Live!, which also includes his “Down for the Count,” “Shiny Stockings” and “Four–Five–Six,” Clayton’s wonderful “Blues for Stephanie” and Hefti’s “Splanky.” From Tin Pan Alley come “Where or When,” “Street of Dreams,” “April in Paris” and “Here’s That Rainy Day,” while tenor saxophonist Lance Bryant wrote the bouncy “Wailin’ Caylen.” The band’s bang–up vocalist, Carla Cook, is heard on “Rainy Day” and “Let the Good Times Roll,” and guests Sarah Jane Cion (piano) and Benny Russell (tenor) perform on “Four–Five–Six.” — Gee, you’re terrific!

Track listing: Swingin’ Live! — Come on In; Blues for Stephanie; Down for the Count; Let the Good Times Roll; Where or When; Shiny Stockings; Four–Five–Six; Street of Dreams; April in Paris; Here’s That Rainy Day; Wailin’ Gaylen; Splanky (59:16).

Jack Bowers
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released January 1, 1998

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