VA - All That Jive (Savoy Jazz)

"All That Jive" (Savoy Jazz) compiles such iconic jive- and scat-oriented recordings as Dizzy Gillespie's "Oop Bop Sh'bam" and Slim Gaillard's "Flat Foot Floogie."

This is legendary stuff off the Savoy label and while it is available elsewhere, this is nonetheless a superb introduction to some classic jazz humor of the late '40s.

From the linernotes:"We hope this album brings back some of what´s often been missing in jazz for the past few decades - that sense of humor and lightheartedness which was there before the egg headed intellectuals discovered the music and started taking it - and themselves - way too seriously. Just have a ball and, while you´re at it, check out what´s being played, too. It´ll get you either way."

VA - All That Jive (Savoy Jazz)
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