Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rattle Them Bones - Music & Performance - CD

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, longtime purveyors, custodians, and distillers of the modern big band swing sound are back and newly signed with Savoy Jazz. In celebration of twenty years bringing an irrepressible groove to the adoring masses, the band has recorded RATTLE THEM BONES, their eighth studio album. Produced by lead singer, Scotty Morris and Joshua Levy with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the band has honed their musicality between the sounds of prohibition era BOARDWALK EMPIRE to the swinging of 60's MAD MEN.

Since hitting it big in the '90s during the swing revival, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have stuck to their retro-guns while finding ways to explore new ground. To these ends, 2003's Save My Soul found the band delving into New Orleans rhythms and R&B, while 2009's How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway featured the music of the legendary Hi-De-Ho man. That album brought them deeper into a hardcore jazz sound and most likely helped them in signing with the Savoy Jazz label for 2012's similarly jazz-inflected Rattle Them Bones. Once again centered around the sweet and lyrical lead vocals of guitarist/songwriter Scotty Morris, the album features a mix of new material, jazz covers, and even an unexpected take on Randy Newman's "It's Lonely at the Top." These are crisply produced, urbane, and always swinging tunes that often have an old-school big-band sound. This impressive large ensemble sound comes via the longtime core rhythm section of pianist Joshua Levy, bassist Dirk Shumaker, and drummer Kurt Sodergren, as well as such featured players as trumpeter Glen "The Kid" Marhevka, and saxophonists Karl Hunter and Andy Rowley. With all arrangements by Levy, the band is also complemented by a bevy of stellar studio musicians who round out several cuts here. Also featured here is vocalist Meaghan Smith, who duets with Morris on the romantic midtempo ballad "It Only Took a Kiss." Longtime fans of the groupￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾄﾢs neo-crooner jazz sound, as well as anybody who digs solidly crafted and always swinging traditional jazz and pop, should find much to enjoy here. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi

Performer	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Music genre	Big Band / Swing
Music subgenre	POP JAZZ
Media format	CD
Original release date	2012
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	The Adventures of, Diga Diga Do, The Jitters, Let It Roll Again, It Only Took a Kiss, She's Always Right (I'm Never Wrong), Why Me?, Devil's Dance, It's Lonely at the Top, Still in the Mood, Gimme That Wine, 5-10-15 Times
Record label	Savoy Jazz
Target audience	General/trade
Songwriter	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Number in series	8
Track name	The Adventures Of...., Diga Diga Do, The Jitters, Let It Roll Again, It Only Took A Kiss, She's Always Right (I'm Never Wrong), Why Me?, Devil's Dance, It's Lonely At The Top, Still In The Mood, Gimme That Wine, 5-10-15 Times
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N