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Everybody's Talkin Bout Miss Thing
Lavay Smith
Everybody's Talkin Bout Miss Thing
Genres: Alternative Rock, Jazz, Rock
 
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And just like that, the "swing thing" disappeared. Of course, San Francisco's Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers were at it years before the revival took hold and were always a cut above the rest of the pack anywa...  more »

     
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All Artists: Lavay Smith
Title: Everybody's Talkin Bout Miss Thing
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tokuma
Release Date: 5/22/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Jazz, Rock
Styles: Swing Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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And just like that, the "swing thing" disappeared. Of course, San Francisco's Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers were at it years before the revival took hold and were always a cut above the rest of the pack anyway. That's because Smith and her pianist and musical director Chris Siebert have such a deep wealth of musical knowledge to draw on, the courage and good taste to recruit world-class veteran players from across the jazz world, and a passion and respect for the style of music they play. Boasting a buoyant mix of boogie-woogie, jump blues, sophisticated swing, and even bebop, 2000's Everybody's Talkin' follows up their enormously successful indie debut, One Hour Mama, which sold nearly 40,000 copies in the 3 years after its release on their own Fat Note label. The crafty arrangements, courtesy of Siebert and big-time Ellington expert David Berger, never get in the way of momentum or mood. It all revolves around Smith's versatile voice, which can convey strength and vulnerability, innocence and smut, sweetness and wickedness--often all at once. --Marc Greilsamer

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CD Reviews

Still Swinging
A. Herrmann | New Jersey, USA | 08/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Caught Lavay and the boys at their recurring gig at the Top of the Mark in San Francisco this Summer and was so impressed I ordered up this, her more recent CD, as soon as I got home. A great live act and an excellent recording --time to get back in the studio, Skillet Lickers! Seeing Lavay at the Top of the Mark is a wonderful San Francisco experience. Despite Armistead Maupin's dissing of the club in Tales of the City, the views of the town are amazing and the cover charge is reasonable ($10 when I was there, and they forgot to add it to the bill). Add Lavy Smith to the mix, and it was like riding a time machine back to a more elegant time. Not a lot of performers putting out big band swing these days (a few do western swing nicely, such as Asleep at the Wheel). Lavay and her group play their music in a way that is respectful of the past but not cloyingly imitative (don't always feel that way about that Setzer dude). It's hard to distinguish their originals from their covers from the 40s. A great group that deserves even more recognition outside of their home town."