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COLIN JAMES AND THE LITTLE BIG BAND is a collection of jump swing classics and blues covers from the '40s and '50s.
A tasty hybrid of rock & roll, jive, and blues, James' eponymous recording -- a collection of standards from the late '40s-early '50s recorded live from the floor -- takes a swingin' jump approach with horns and organ given equal billing to smooth, hollow-body guitar tones. Highlights: the finger-snapping, fedora-over-one-eye cool of "Evening" and a bopping, knockout version of "Train Kept A-Rollin'." ~ Roch Parisien
Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada.
Personnel includes: Colin James (vocals, guitar); Rich Lataille (alto saxophone); John Ferreira, Greg Piccolo (tenor saxophone); Doug James (baritone saxophone); Bob Enos (trumpet); Carl Querfurth (trombone); Chuck Leavell (piano, organ); Reese Wynans (piano); Norm Fisher (acoustic & electric basses); John (The Fly) Rossi (drums).Rolling Stone (4/7/94, p.74) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[The] rumble from the days before Elvis exploded. The music is swinging stuff, too rarely heard...reactivating this particular jukebox is one cool move...."
Entertainment Weekly (4/8/94, p.57) - "...rocker James takes a side trip into pre-rock blues and jump tunes. But this is no poseur's record; he's obviously having a ball...this album is an uninhibited love letter to an era when music was for dancing, not thinking..." - Rating: A- Colin James And The Little Big Band Music Colin James And The Little Big Band Songs Colin James And The Little Big Band Review
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