Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: The Hot Club Of Cowtown Title: Four Dead Batteries Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Hightone Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2005 Re-Release Date: 11/22/2005 Album Type: Soundtrack Genres: Country, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks Styles: Western Swing, Swing Jazz, Comedy & Spoken Word Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 012928818827, 012922878827 |
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Four Dead Batteries, a romantic comedy from the male perspective, is a spectacular first-effort indie film from writer/director Hiram Martinez. It is the tale of four members of a New York improv comedy troupe and the tria... more » |
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Album Description Four Dead Batteries, a romantic comedy from the male perspective, is a spectacular first-effort indie film from writer/director Hiram Martinez. It is the tale of four members of a New York improv comedy troupe and the trials and tribulations of their relationships with women in their lives. Four Dead Batteries features music exclusively by jazz and western swing virtuosos The Hot Club of Cowtown. The soundtrack CD features five additional, newly recorded tracks by Hot Club guitarist Whit Smith and his new group The Hot Jazz Caravan. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsCinematic swing Dave R. Hoon | Madison, WI | 01/16/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "The Reinhardt influence is definitely here, but with that western swing. HCOC are always a treat and this soundtrack fits the film just fine." Western Swing & Gypsy Jazz with HCOC and Whit Smith hyperbolium | Earth, USA | 12/24/2005 (4 out of 5 stars) "The soundtrack to this indie film features ten songs from Austin, TX's Hot Club of Cowtown, along with five new sides by ex-HCOC guitarist Whit Smith. Smith formed his new combo, Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan, after the 2004 dissolution of HCOC, and presents their first recordings here. Both bands pair the sounds of Gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt and Western Swing pioneer Bob Wills.
Where the core of HCOC was a trio, Smith has expanded his new group to a quintet, retaining HCOC bassist Jake Erwin, and adding second guitarist JD Pendley, clarinet/saxophone player Jon Doyle, and violinist Mike Montgomery. The result is a bit fuller than some of the Cowtown recordings, but given that his former group occasionally added players on, the difference hinges more on the presence of Pendley's clarinet, which adds a flavor of trad jazz to the group's arrangements. The Caravan's five sides include chestnuts from Irving Berlin ("I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket") and Johnny Mercer ("I'm an Old Cowhand"), as well as Reinhardt and Grappelli's "Douce Ambiance." The vocal numbers are a particular treat, with Smith's singing with a swinging nonchalance. A departure and a new beginning for Smith add up to a refined album of Western gypsy swing country jazz! [©2005 hyperbolium dot com]" |
