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Fat Babies - Chicago Hot [CD]

Fat Babies - Chicago Hot [CD]

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The debut release by Chicago's newest hot jazz group, The Fat Babies. The band was started two years ago by string bassist and band leader, Beau Sample, and has held down a Sunday residency at Chicago's Honky Tonk BBQ ever since. The Fat Babies consists of Sample, bass; Andy Schumm, cornet; John Otto, clarinet/saxophone; Dave Bock, trombone; Paul Asaro, piano; Jake Sanders, tenor banjo; and Alex Hall, drums. Chicago Hot is a collection of 20s and 30s tunes mostly from Chicago's south side. The band takes on recordings by King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Erskine Tate, Freddie Keppard, Jimmy Noone, Bix Beiderbecke which are infectiously danceable and endlessly engaging.

Tracklist:

  1. Snake Rag
  2. London Cafe Blues
  3. San
  4. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  5. I Surrender Dear
  6. Dardanella
  7. Black Snake Blues
  8. Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man
  9. Froggie Moore
  10. Willow Tree
  11. Weary Blues
  12. Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
  13. Please
  14. Susie
  15. Tight Like This
  16. Stomp Off, Let's Go

UPC: 038153025328
Label: Delmark
Release Date: 10.16.12
Format: CD

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