Description
Release Date: 2024
Label: Acrobat
Track List
Disc: 1
- Cause My Baby Says It’s So
- Ti-Pi-Tin
- The Flat Foot Floogie
- Chinatown, My Chinatown
- Tutti Frutti
- Jump Session
- Laughin’ In Rhythm
- Buck Dance Rhythm
- Chicken Rhythm
- Swinging In The Key Of C
- Boot-Ta-La-Za
- Matzoh Balls
- Windy City Hop
- Bongo
- A Tip On The Numbers
- Slim Slam Boogie
- B-19
- African Jive
- Palm Springs Jump
- Groove Juice Special
- Vout Oreenee
- Central Avenue Boogie
- Laguna
- Dunkin’ Bagel
- Boogin’ At Berg’s
- Slim Gaillard’s Boogie
Disc: 2
- Harlem Hunch
- Ya Ha Ha
- Scotchin’ With The Soda
- Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti)
- Atomic Cocktail
- Yep Roc Heresay
- Jumpin’ At The Record Shop
- Dizzy Boogie
- Poppity Pop
- The Flat Foot Floogie
- Slim’s Jam
- Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home
- Avocado Seed Soup Symphony Pt. 2
- Mama’s In The Kitchen (But We’ve Got Pop On Ice)
- Down By The Station
- Soony Roony
- Oh Lady Be Good
- Sabroso
- Eatin’ With The Boogie
- Make It Do
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
- Gomen Nasai [Forgive Me]
- Potato Chips
- I’m In The Mood For Love
- Mishugana Mambo
- Go Man Go
Notes
Bulee ‘Slim’ Gaillard was a one of the most unusual and idiosyncratic personalities in jazz – a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer, who even brought a new language to the genre in his vocalese singing which he called “Vout-o-Reenee”, as well as occasionally playing piano with his hands upside down and playing guitar with his hand above the fretboard. Although he continued performing until just before his death in 1991, appearing in the film “Absolute Beginners” in 1989, he was at the peak of his popularity and creative influence in the era spanning WWII and into the post war decade. This 52-track 2-CD collection comprises releases on the Variety, Vocalion, Okeh, Hep, Columbia, Meritt, Queen, Bee-Bee, Melodisc, Atomic, Beltone, MGM, Mercury, Clef and Norgran labels during this era. It features recordings with his long-time associate, bassist Slam Stewart as Slim & Slam, plus performances with his Flat Foot Floogee Boys, and his Quartette, Trio and other line-ups, with musicians including Frankie Newton, Slam Stewart, Howard McGhee, Lucky Thompson, Tiny ‘Bam’Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Dodo Marmorosa, Zutty Singleton, Buddy Tate, Ben Webster and many more. It includes his US pop and R&B hits “Flat Foot Floogie”, “Jump Session”, “Laughing In Rhythm”, “Tutti-Frutti”, Buck Dance Rhythm” and “Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti)”. It’s a thoroughly entertaining showcase for one of the great larger-than-life personalities of jazz.
