Slim & Slam - The Groove Juice Special

Title: The Groove Juice Special Artist: Slim & Slam Release Date: 11/5/1996 Label: Columbia, Sony Music Distribution Duration: 50:49 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 074646489826, 5099748510020 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Swing, Jive, Vocal Jazz Moods: Boisterous, Carefree, Cheerful, Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Fun, Gleeful, Happy, Humorous, Party/Celebratory, Playful, Rollicking, Amiable/Good-Natured, Campy, Irreverent, Witty Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Flat Foot Floogie
2. Chinatown, My Chinatown
3. Oh, Lady Be Good [#]
4. Ti-Pi-Tin
5. Vol Vist du Gaily Star
6. Dopey Joe
7. Sweet Safronia
8. Chicken Rhythm
9. Matzoh Balls
10. Chittlin' Switch Blues
11. Swingin' in the Key of C
12. Boot-Ta-La-Za
13. Bongo
14. Lookin' for a Place to Park
15. A Tip on the Numbers
16. B-19 [#]
17. African Jive [#]
18. Palm Springs Jump
19. Ra-Da-Da-Da
20. Groove Juice Special

Year Type Label Catalog # 1996 CD Columbia 64898 1996 CD Sony Music Distribution 4851002

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Singer/guitarist Slim Gaillard and bassist Slam Stewart made for a frequently hilarious and outrageous team. Gaillard's jive talk and the basic but memorable originals (best-known of which is "The Flat Foot Floogie") made Slim & Slam a popular group in the late '30s. All of their joint recordings were reissued in a perfectly done box set for Affinity a few years ago, so this single disc pales in comparison. and since eight of the 20 numbers that are included here are alternate takes (including "Floogie"), this is not quite a definitive introductory or greatest-hits set either, although beginners should be delighted by the music. The performances (which sometimes includes such guests as trumpeter Al Killian, clarinetist Garvin Bushell, drummers Kenny Clarke and Chico Hamilton and tenor great Ben Webster) are quite fun, but a bit more planning should have gone into the programming. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Killian Trumpet Ben Webster Sax (Tenor) Cyril Newman Trumpet Forrest "Chico" Hamilton Drums Garvin Bushell Clarinet Harry Coster Restoration, ? Herman Flintall Sax (Alto) Hubert Pettaway Drums Jimmy Rowles Piano Julian Allen Illustrations Kenneth Hollon Sax (Tenor) Kenny Clarke Drums Kevin Gore Reissue Series, ? Larry Keyes Mapping Engineer, ? Leo Watson Vocals, Drums Loumell Morgan Piano Michael Brooks Compilation Producer Nick Fenton String Bass Pompey Dobson Drums Randall Martin Design Sam Allen Piano Seth Rothstein Project Director Slam Stewart String Bass, Vocals Slim & Slam Performer Slim Gaillard Guitar, Leader, Vibraphone, Guitar (Electric), Vocals Steven Berkowitz ?, Reissue Series Tommy Fulford Piano Tony Sellari Art Direction William Oscar Smith String Bass