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Ernie Krivda, Fat Tuesday Big Band
Band That Swings
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. 'S Wonderful - Ernie Krivda, Gershwin, George
2. Under Paris Skies - Ernie Krivda, Brun, Jean Andre
3. One O'Clock Jump - Ernie Krivda, Basie, Count
4. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ernie Krivda, Fields, Dorothy
5. I Should Care - Ernie Krivda, Cahn, Sammy
6. Undecided - Ernie Krivda, Robin, Sydney
7. Boagie Blues - Ernie Krivda, Krupa, Gene
8. Watch What Happens - Ernie Krivda, Demy, Jacques
9. Irv's at Midnight - Ernie Krivda, Fat Tuesday Big Ban
10. Thou Swell - Ernie Krivda, Hart, Lorenz
11. Vine Street Rumble - Ernie Krivda, Carter, Benny [1]
12. Apple Honey - Ernie Krivda, Herman, Woody
13. Melancholy Serenade - Ernie Krivda, Enston, Duke

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CD Details

All Artists: Ernie Krivda, Fat Tuesday Big Band
Title: Band That Swings
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Koch Records
Original Release Date: 7/20/1999
Release Date: 7/20/1999
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Modern Postbebop, Swing Jazz, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 099923788027

Synopsis

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In popular-music history, Cleveland, Ohio, will go down as the birthplace of a particularly freaky strain in the punk rock quilt, evinced best by Pere Ubu. Cleveland should, however, also be hailed as the homeland for tenor saxophone virtuoso Ernie Krivda. His leadership of the Fat Tuesday Big Band is extraordinary, steering the assembly of local players along through standards that get added luster from both the band's charged power and Krivda's inventive take on his horn. He skis over the bumps and rough edges of virtuosity, finding shapely ways of conjuring phrases that others sound mechanical attempting. The band is energized with Count Basie's Kansas City-borne swing and infused with enough richness in orchestral construction to be simultaneously Ellingtonian. Krivda brought the Fat Tuesday crew with him on 1998's Perdido, and here he betters the earlier document by merely staying the colorful course. --Andrew Bartlett

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CD Reviews

Because Basie has been gone too long

12/01/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Good big band sounds are tough to find these days, considering that they defined jazz in its heyday. There's only so much Bob Mintzer you can listen to. That's why it was nice when Krivda and his Fat Tuesday Big Band came out with their first album, Perdido. That was a solid piece of work. "The Band That Swings" is a nice follow-up. As was the case in Perdido, Krivda's group succeeds at re-interpreting some big-bad charts without burying the tune in the overstylized technique of the musicians. At the same time, you can pick out the personality of individual soloists, so the album (and the group) still offers "art" and, more importantly, entertainment. (The Fat Tuesday Big Band reminds me more of the Basie bands than the Ellington groups. If you like Basie, you'll enjoy this.)I enjoyed Perdido more (and not simply because Krivda decided to sing on this one...a decision that I still can't decide if I agree with or not), but strongly recommend picking this album up if you're looking to expand your jazz library and dig a big band sound."