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The Brian Setzer Orchestra
The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes known by its initials BSO) is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. In 1998, for their breakout album '' The Dirty Boogie'', the group covered Louis Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail", which originally appeared on Prima's 1957 album ''The Wildest!''. The BSO's follow up single, appearing on the album '' Vavoom!'', was "Gettin' in the Mood." History Setzer grew up in Long Island, New York. In his youth, he played the euphonium and other brass instruments in school jazz bands. In the 1970s, he found ways to hear jazz and big band music at the Village Vanguard, but he was also drawn to blues, rock, punk, and rockabilly. He admired the jump blues of Louis Prima and Big Joe Turner, but also the rock and roll of Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, and Carl Perkins. During the early 1980s, he led the rockabilly trio the Stray Cats and found popular and commercial success. After the band broke up, Set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Revival
The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music, beginning around 1989 and reaching a peak from the early/mid to late 1990s. The music was generally rooted in the big bands of the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, but it was also greatly influenced by rockabilly, boogie-woogie, the jump blues of artists such as Louis Prima, and the theatrics of Cab Calloway. Many neo-swing bands practiced contemporary fusions of swing, jazz, and jump blues with rock, punk rock, ska, and ska punk music or had roots in punk, ska, ska punk, and alternative rock music. History The roots of the swing revival are generally traced back to 1989, which saw the formation of several of the scene's most prominent figures: Los Angeles' Royal Crown Revue and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, who often stuck close to playing traditionally-styled jump blues and rockabilly; San Francisco's Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, who showcased vocal jazz and blues influence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Vanguard
The Village Vanguard is a jazz club at Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. Originally, the club presented folk music and beat poetry, but it became primarily a jazz music venue in 1957. It has hosted many highly renowned jazz musicians since then, and today is the oldest operating jazz club in New York City. History Early years Max Gordon opened the Village Vanguard in 1934 on Charles Street and Greenwich Avenue. He intended it to be a forum for poets and artists as well as a site for musical performances. Due to insufficient facilities, Gordon was refused a cabaret license from the police department and was unable to create the club that he envisioned. In his autobiography he wrote, "I knew if I was ever to get anywhere in the nightclub business, I'd have to find another place with two johns, two exits, two hundred feet away from a church or synagogue or school, and with the rent under $100 a month. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From Lonely Avenue
''Songs From Lonely Avenue'' is the eighth studio album from the American swing revival band The Brian Setzer Orchestra The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes known by its initials BSO) is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. In 1998, for their breakout album '' The Dirty Boogie'', the group covered Louis Prima's " Jump, ..., released in 2009. This is the first album to feature all original songs written by Brian Setzer. Track listing # "Trouble Train" # "Dead Man Incorporated" # "Kiss Me Deadly" # "Gimme Some Rhythm Daddy" # "Lonely Avenue" # "King of the Whole Damn World" # "Mr. Jazzer Goes Surfin'" # "Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'" # "My Baby Don't Love Me Blues" # "Love Partners in Crime" # "Passion of the Night" # "Dimes in the Jar" # "Elena" References {{DEFAULTSORT:Songs From Lonely Avenue 2009 albums The Brian Setzer Orchestra albums Albums produced by Dave Darling Surfdog Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang's Big Night Out
''Wolfgang's Big Night Out'' is the seventh studio album from the American swing revival band The Brian Setzer Orchestra, released on September 25, 2007, on Surfdog Records. It is a collection of swing versions of classical compositions. The album is 'largely instrumental', with only two songs ("One More Night With You" and "Honey Man") containing lyrics. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Classical Crossover Album category. Track listing On July 18, 2007, the track listing was released on Brian Setzer's official website. # "Take The 5th" (based on Beethoven's 5th symphony) # "One More Night With You" (based on Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King") # "Wolfgang's Big Night Out" (based on Mozart's " Eine kleine Nachtmusik") # "Honey Man" (based on Rimsky-Korsakov’s " Flight of the Bumblebee") # "Yes We Can Can" (based on the "can-can" (Infernal Galop) from Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld") # "Swingin' Willie" (based on Rossini's "William Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dig That Crazy Christmas
''Dig That Crazy Christmas'' is the second Christmas album by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Released in 2005 on Surfdog Records, it is a collection of holiday songs performed in big band swing style. Although most of the songs have been previously recorded by other artists, it includes two originals written by Setzer. This album follows up his 2002 Christmas release, '' Boogie Woogie Christmas''. Track listing # "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus" – 2:14 (Albert Johnston Jr., Leon René, Rafael René) # "Angels We Have Heard on High" – 4:21 (traditional) # "Gettin' in the Mood (For Christmas)" – 3:34 ( Joseph C. Garland, Michael Himmelstein, Brian Setzer) # " White Christmas" – 5:22 (Irving Berlin) # "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" – 2:08 (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) # "'Zat You Santa Claus?" – 3:13 (Jack Fox) # "Hey Santa!" – 4:08 (Setzer) # " My Favorite Things" – 3:59 ( Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) # "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" – 2:38 (Theodor Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Woogie Christmas
''Boogie Woogie Christmas'' is a 2002 Christmas album recorded by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. Track listing Original #"Jingle Bells" - 2:22 #"Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" - 3:02 #"Winter Wonderland" - 2:40 #" Blue Christmas" - 2:48 #"Santa Claus Is Back in Town" - 3:48 #"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (duet with Ann-Margret) - 3:43 #" The Nutcracker Suite" - 7:13 #"(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag" - 2:48 #"Sleigh Ride" - 2:40 #"So They Say It's Christmas" - 4:46 #"O Holy Night" - 4:49 #"The Amens" - 0:59 Bonus Tracks 2003 Re-Release *"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" (Target Exclusive) - 2:09 *"Run Rudolph Run" (K-Mart Exclusive) - 3:31 *" What Are You Doin' New Year's Eve" (Wal-Mart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ... Exclusive) - 3:34 *"Cactus Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar Slinger (The Brian Setzer Orchestra Album)
''Guitar Slinger'' is The Brian Setzer Orchestra's second album. Track listing # "The House Is Rockin'" (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan; arranged by Bob Sandman and Brian Setzer) – 3:02 # "Hoodoo Voodoo Doll" (Setzer; arranged by Michael Acosta and Setzer) – 3:39 # "Town Without Pity" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington; arranged by Patrick Williams) – 4:04 # "Rumble in Brighton" (Slim Jim Phantom, Setzer; arranged by Michael Acosta and Setzer) – 3:35 # "The Man with the Magic Touch" (Setzer; arranged by Michael Acosta and Setzer) – 3:24 # "(The Legend of) Johnny Kool" (Setzer; arranged by Bennett Salvay) – 4:09 # "Ghost Radio" (Setzer, Joe Strummer; arranged by Michael Acosta and Setzer) – 3:40 # "(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone" (Bumps Blackwell, John Marascalco, Roy Montrell; arranged by Michael Acosta) – 3:29 # "Buzz Buzz" (Setzer; arranged by Michael Acosta and Setzer) – 3:31 # "My Baby Only Cares for Me" (Setzer; arranged by Michael Acosta and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brian Setzer Orchestra (album)
''The Brian Setzer Orchestra'' is the first studio album from the American swing revival band The Brian Setzer Orchestra, released in 1994. Track listing # "Lady Luck" (Brian Setzer) # "Ball and Chain" (Brian Setzer) # "Sittin' On It All the Time" (Henry Bernard, Sydney Mann) # "Good Rockin' Daddy" (Richard Berry, Joe Josea) # "September Skies" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth Carter, Christine Schmidt, Brian Setzer) # "Brand New Cadillac" (Vince Taylor) # "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) # " Route 66" (Bobby Troup) # " Your True Love" ( Carl Lee Perkins) # "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" ( Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) # "Straight Up" ( Dave Lambert, O. O. Merritt, Brian Setzer) # "Drink That Bottle Down" ( Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker, Brian Setzer) "Sittin' On It All the Time" includes re-recorded elements from "Monk's Dream" (Thelonious Monk) and "Take the "A" Train" ( Billy Strayhorn) "Brand New Cadillac" includes re-recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a large complex consisting of 19 commerce, commercial buildings covering between 48th Street (Manhattan), 48th Street and 51st Street (Manhattan), 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 14 original Art Deco buildings, commissioned by the Rockefeller family, span the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Sixth Avenue, split by a large sunken square and a private street called Rockefeller Plaza. Later additions include 75 Rockefeller Plaza across 51st Street at the north end of Rockefeller Plaza, and four International Style (architecture), International Style buildings on the west side of Sixth Avenue. In 1928, the site's then-owner, Columbia University, leased the land to John D. Rockefeller Jr., who was the main person behind the complex's construction. Originally envisioned as the site for a new Metropolitan Opera building, the current Rockefeller Center came about after the Met could not afford to move to the proposed new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stray Cats
Stray Cats are an American rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist and vocalist Brian Setzer, double bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group had numerous hit singles in the UK, Australia, Canada, and the U.S. including "Stray Cat Strut", " (She's) Sexy + 17", "Look at That Cadillac", "I Won't Stand in Your Way", "Bring It Back Again", and "Rock This Town", which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has listed as one of the songs that shaped rock and roll. History Formation and move to UK The group, whose style was based upon the sounds of Sun Records artists and other artists from the 1950s, were heavily influenced by Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, and Bill Haley & His Comets. The Stray Cats quickly developed a large following in the New York music scene playing at CBGB and Max's Kansas City as well as venues on Long Island. When the Cats heard a rumor that there was a revival of the 1950s Teddy Boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, beginning in 1954. Among his best-known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Honey Don't", "Matchbox (song), Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby". According to fellow musician Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed."#legends, Naylor, p. 118. Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton, which further established his prominent place in the history of popular music. Paul McCartney said "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles." Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Vincent
Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rockabilly and rock and roll. His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band the Blue Caps, " Be-Bop-a-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly. His chart career was brief, especially in his home country of the US, where he notched three top 40 hits in 1956 and '57, and never charted in the top 100 again. In the UK, he was a somewhat bigger star, racking up eight top 40 hits from 1956 to 1961. Vincent was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. He is sometimes referred to by his somewhat unusual nickname/moniker the "Screaming End". Biography Early life Craddock was born February 11, 1935, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Mary Louise and Ezekiah Jackson Craddock. His musical influences included country, rhythm and blues, and gospel. His favorite composition was Beethoven's Egmont overtur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
