Are You Hep to the Jive

Cab Calloway - Are You Hep to the Jive

Are You Hep to the Jive
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Artist: Cab Calloway
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
  1. Boo-Wah Boo-Wah
  2. Are You All Reet?
  3. Hey Now, Hey Now
  4. Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
  5. Are You Hep to the Jive?
  6. The Calloway Boogie
  7. Hep Cat's Love Song
  8. Papa's in Bed with His Britches On
  9. What's Buzzin' Cousin? [#]
  10. Twee-Twee-Tweet
  11. Come on with the "Come On"
  12. Chant of the Jungle [#]
  13. I Want to Rock
  14. Oh! Gram'Pa
  15. The Jungle King (You Ain't Done a Doggone Thing)
  16. Don't Falter at the Alter [#]
  17. Who's Yehoodi?
  18. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
  19. Tarzan of Harlem
  20. Minnie the Moocher
  21. Boog It
  22. Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

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Music Review: Wonderful high precision band music terrific sections!
Rating: 5 Stars

As a long time total devotee of Basie, admirer of Ellington, and enthusiast for Lunsford, I had always Pooh Poohed Calloway as an "act" fronting a jivey entertainer, rather than a contributor to the history of big bands, an attitude other big band swing fans I know share.

This CD completely blew me away with the total precision and swing of this band. While the band has few explosive solos--Calloway was said to eschew solo performances by the band because he demanded the spotlight--there is utter precision, total swing, and awsome power in the way the sections, particularly the brass section execute their parts here. At times, I have been simply stunned by the way the brass section will come in with a soli or battle over the reeds. It is an education in music to hear this.

Listening this morning to my beloved Basie--late 30s Columbia tracks from a Lester Young Box--while the outstanding solos of Prez, Clayton, Tate, Edison and the underrated and the underrated and underappreciated Jack Washington are astounding at times, the band sounds week and reedy after listening to these Calloway sides. Of course, much of the music on this Calloway record is post-war with much better recording than anyone could have recorded in the 1930s, but the precision and perfect unity of Calloway's sections in time and intonation remain vastly superior to Basie's.

Of course, the band itself might be a marvel to a student of the big band, but anyone who cannot get into the great jivey singing Callow does needs mental health care. His clear diction and magnificent tenor, sometimes half-talking, half singing, and the swing that he advances the lyrics filled with Harlem slang of the time is a great pleasure. His approach prefigures rap music with both rhythm and words.

This is one of those CDs that once you put it in the machine, it becomes a struggle to get it out.

It belongs in every home
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The influence of Cab Calloway simply cannot be understated. He was present at the genesis of R&B, rock, hip-hop, swing, and jazz, and his contributions shaped the way the world hears pop music. Thankfully, this task fell upon the zoot-suited shoulders of an artist of wit, intelligence, energy, and the ability to connect one-on-one with his audience. This collection includes tracks from the late '30s up to the late '40s and offers listeners a taste of all Calloway's incredible talents. From his hepster raps like "Are You All Reet?" to his hits like "Minnie the Moocher," Calloway's performances are carefully orchestrated yet loose-limbed and sparkling with humor, and for recordings in mono, the sound is surprisingly good. Highly recommended. --S. Duda

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