01. Dinah
02. Oh, Marie
03. Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby
04. Jack, You're Dead
05. Whistle Stop
06. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
07. Basin Street Blues
08. Jump, Jive An' Wail
09. Knock Me A Kiss
10. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
11. Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days
12. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
13. When The Saints Go Marching In

Scotty Morris - vocals, guitar
Kurt Sodergren - drums
Dirk Shumaker - bass, vocals
Andy Rowley - baritone saxophone, vocals
Glen «The Kid» Marhevka - trumpet
Karl Hunter - saxophone, clarinet
Joshua Levy - piano
Tony Bonsera - trumpet
Alex «Crazy Legs» Henderson - trombone

Although still largely associated with the '90s neo-swing movement, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have long outrun that moment's MTV zeitgeist and spent the 2010s deepening their jazz roots. The past decade-and-a-half have found them branching out, exploring New Orleans blues, Cajun, and second-line traditions on 2003's Save My Soul, and paying tribute to legendary Harlem bandleader Cab Calloway on 2009's How Big Can You Get? In this spirit of reinvestigating their influences, the band's 11th studio album, 2017's urbane and upbeat Louie Louie Louie, finds them celebrating three of their biggest musical heroes: Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima. and Louis Jordan. Here, the band round up a nicely curated set of tunes popularized by the three "Louies" and inject them with their own zesty brand of jump blues. Some of the song choices are deliciously on the nose with cuts like Jordan's "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," Prima's "Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days," and Jordan's "Jack, You're Dead!," feeling like well-loved road covers the band have played hundreds of times. Others, especially Armstrong's Herculean "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" and the suavely refined "Basin Street Blues," with their nuanced harmonies and tricky horn lines, vibrate with a sense of danger and ambition as if the band had dared themselves to make them their own. Thankfully, they do. Elsewhere, we get equally compelling takes on "Dinah," "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie," "Knock Me a Kiss," and more. It's also fun to hear the band put their own stamp on one of the biggest anthems of the neo-swing movement, Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail," popularized in 1998 by the Brian Seltzer Orchestra. Still centered on lead singer/guitarist Scotty Morris, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have settled into a warm, crisply delivered style of swing that's studio savvy and precise while also full of in-the-moment improvisation and an overall live-sounding aesthetic. Helping to achieve this aesthetic is longtime pianist Joshua Levy, who supplied all the arrangements on Louie Louie Louie. Also impressive are bandmembers trumpeter Glen "The Kid" Marhevka, alto and tenor saxophonist Karl Hunter, and baritone saxophonist Andy Rowley, who all get plenty of room to solo. The result is an album that strikes a balance between Jazz at Lincoln Center-style adherence to tradition and dynamic, pop-informed bravura showmanship. ---Matt Collar, AllMusic Review

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01. The Adventures Of..... (0:35)
02. Diga Diga Doo (4:15)
03. The Jitters (3:14)
04. Let It Roll Again (3:20)
05. It Only Took A Kiss (4:08)
06. She's Always Right (I'm Never Wrong) (3:26)
07. Why Me? (3:34)
08. Devil's Dance (4:33)
09. It's Lonely At The Top (3:22)
10. Still In The Mood (5:09)
11. Gimme That Wine (2:55)
12. 5-10-15 Times (5:18)

Acoustic Bass [Upright], Vocals – Dirk Shumaker
Banjo, Guitar, Vocals – Scotty Morris
Baritone Saxophone, Vocals – Andy Rowley
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Karl Hunter
Drums – Kurt Sodergren
Piano – Joshua Levy
Trumpet – Glen "The Kid" Marhevka
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Alex Henderson, Amanda Zidow, Anthony Bonsera Jr., Bernie Dresel, Connie Kupka,
 David Speltz, Florence Titmus, Ira Nepus, Jacques Voyemant, Jane Levy, Jim Fox,
  Kelly Corbin, Lee Thornburg, Margaret Wooten, Rebecca Dulatre, Robbie Hioki,
   Scheila Gonzalez, Steven Hubert, Tom Peterson 

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 group’s 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, AllMusic Review

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01 - Come On With The 'Come On'
02 - Calloway Boogie
03 - The Call Of The Jitterbug
04 - Hey Now, Hey Now
05 - The Jumpin' Jive
06 - How Big Can You Get
07 - The Old Man Of The Mountain
08 - The Ghost Of Smokey Joe
09 - Reefer Man
10 - Minnie The Moocher
11 - Tarzan Of Harlem

Acoustic Bass – Dirk Shumaker
Alto Saxophone – Karl Hunter
Baritone Saxophone – Andy Rowley
Clarinet – Karl Hunter
Drums – Kurt Sodergren
Guitar – Scotty Morris
Piano – Joshua Levy
Tenor Saxophone – Karl Hunter
Trumpet – Glen "The Kid" Marhevka
Vocals – Andy Rowley, Dirk Shumaker, Scotty Morris 

When swing music made its pop cultural comeback in the 1990s, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was at the forefront of the radio waves, winning over listeners with songs like “You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby),” “Mr. Pinstripe Suit” and “Go Daddy-O,” some of which were featured in the 1996 hit film Swingers. The popularity of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy soared to such heights that they even performed during the halftime of the Super Bowl in 1999. Centering their sound on the swing style that remains synonymous with the American big band era of the 1940s and 1950s, the talented members of BBVD get the crowd dancing at every concert. Whether you want to call it new-swing, jump blues or lounge music, one things is for sure: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s music isn’t going away anytime soon. ---goldstar.com

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