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Recorded in Los Angeles, California and New York, New York between 1946 & 1954. Includes liner notes by Brian Priestley.
Slim Gaillard was a willful absurdist who took the swinging, light-hearted jump blues of Louis Jordan and injected a healthy dose of goofy surrealism. On LAUGHING IN RHYTHM, the definitive Gaillard collection, the singer/multi-instrumentalist leads his large band through one humorous romp after another, approximating the language of other cultures ("Arabian Boogie," "Gomen Nasai"), cross-pollinating ethnic traditions ("Mishugana Mambo"), and celebrating the glory of America's favorite snack food ("Potato Chips.") While these tracks, all culled from Gaillard's classic Verve sessions, are full of Gaillard's unique Cab Calloway-via-Lord Buckley humor, he and his band are jazzmen first and humorists second. Consequently, LAUGHING IN RHYTHM is as pleasing to the ear as it is to the funny bone.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Compilation producer: Michael Lang.
Personnel: Slim Gaillard (vocals, guitar); Ernie Sheppard, Tiny Brown, Bam Brown (vocals); Milt Jackson, Herb Lovelle, Charlie Smith (clarinet, drums); Ben Webster, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Bennie Green (trombone); Dick Hyman, Dodo Marmarosa, Maceo Williams, Cyril Haynes (piano); Pepe Benque (bongos).
Liner Note Author: Brian Priestley.
Recording information: Embassy Theater, Los Angeles, CA (04/22/1946-01/??/1954); New York, NY (04/22/1946-01/??/1954).
Photographer: Mark Gaillard.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Michael Lang ; Steve Lasker.
Personnel includes: Slim Gaillard (vocals, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, piano, organ, guitar, bass, drums); Tiny "Bam" Brown (vocals, piano, bass); Ernie Sheppard (vocals, bass); Buddy Tate, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Taft Jordan (trumpet); Bennie Green (trombone); Dick Hyman, Maceo Williams, Cyril Haynes, Dodo Marmarosa (piano); Pepe Benque (banjo); Clyde Lombardi, Ray Brown (bass); Herbie Lovelle, Charlie Smith, Milt Jackson (drums).
Producers: Norman Granz, Harry A. Meyerson, Jesse Kaye.
Q (8/94, p.124) - 3 Stars - Good - "...as strong an introduction to a multi-faceted nutcase as you could want..."
JazzTimes (12/94, p.128) - "...To write of Slim Gaillard's legacy is immediately to take oneself too serio-rootie-oreenie. Dig? But here's a challenge....Try not to smile...laugh out loud, during any one of these selections....has more fun with language...awright-oreetie?..."
Best Of Slim Gaillard: Laughin' In Rhythm Music
Best Of Slim Gaillard: Laughin' In Rhythm Songs
| 1 | Medley: Opera In Vout (Groove Juice Symphony) | 12:02 | | |
| 2 | Tip Light | 2:50 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Arabian Boogie | 2:45 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Boip Boip | 2:47 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Bartender's Just Like a Mother | 2:47 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Serenade To a Poodle | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Soony Roony (Song of Yxabat) | 2:02 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Laughing In Rhythm | 2:51 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Genius (Aka "Ride Slim Ride") | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | Babalu (Orooney) | 3:30 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | Oh Lady Be Good | 2:26 | $0.99 | |
| 12 | Yo Yo Yo | 2:41 | $0.99 | |
| 13 | Federation Blues | 3:40 | $0.99 | |
| 14 | Chicken Rhythm | 2:26 | $0.99 | |
| 15 | Yip Roc Heresy
His Orchestra, Slim Gaillard And His Orchestra | 2:28 | $0.99 | |
| 16 | Make It Do | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
| 17 | You Goofed | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
| 18 | Gomen Nasai | 2:29 | $0.99 | |
| 19 | Potato Chips | 3:03 | $0.99 | |
| 20 | Mishugana Mambo | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
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