The February show of the podcast Hey Mister Jesse has just been released.
Hey Mr Jesse is a great monthly podcast where the swing djs Jesse Miner and Manu 'Spuds' Smith talk about swingin' music that matters to dancers.
Download the February 2009 episode of Hey Mister Jesse. (~50 MB, mp3)
As usual I wrote in to the show with some music tips, I wrote:
My favorite local jump blues and rhythm 'n' blues band, Sweet Emma & The Mood Swingers, has just released their second album called "Turn it up".Mr Jesse played their version of "April in Arkansas" and also talked about their video for the song Chicago Boogie.
I like that Sweet Emma & The Mood Swingers have written some more songs of their own, like the title track "Turn it Up". My favorite track is their version of "April in Arkansas".
I just love that call and response between singer Anders Söderberg and the guest artists on that track, the sisters Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson. They have their own group called Baskery.
My other music tip (that didn't make it to the show):
I'd like to recommend the album "The Jive Is Jumpin': RCA and Bluebird Vocal Groups 1939-1952" (which I got to know about thanks to my friend, the fabulous Miss V.)
This is a great album for anyone who likes vocal groups that swing.
The album has groups as Cats and the Fiddle, The Four Clefs and The Delta Rhythm Boys.
The Four Clefs do a great song called "I Like Pie, I Like Cake" and I like all the Delta Rhythm Boys' songs: One O'clock Jump, I Never Get Out of This World Alive and Take The A-Train.
That version of Take The A-Train was used in a tv documentary about The Herräng Dance Camp called "Swingen anfaller" ("The swing is attacking").
Spuds has for a long time promised to make "theme music" for my contributions to the show, and in this episode it happend. Jesse commented that he thought Spuds must have worn Lederhosen and had a beer in his hand while composing it. I agree with Jesse, this what I call oompa-oompa-music. Thank you Spuds!
Take a look at what else is in the show: read the show notes for Hey Mister Jesse February 2009.
What do you think of the Hey Mr Jesse podcast February 2009? Please comment.
Miss V blushes and says thank you.
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe there was a tune you hadn't heard already .)