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Slim Gaillard - 1938-1946 (CD)

1938-1946
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Album Details: 1938-1946

Release Date:11/09/1999
Label:Best Of Jazz
UPC:330751840632

Track List: 1938-1946

  1. The Flat Foot Floogie
  2. Tutti Frutti
  3. Dopey Joe
  4. Sweet Safronia
  5. Chicken Rhythm
  6. Boot-Ta-La-Za
  7. Chittlin' Switch Blues
  8. Bingie-Bingie-Scottie
  9. B-19
  10. Groove Juice Special
  11. Vout Oreenee
  1. Harlem Hunch
  2. Ding Dong Oreeney
  3. Cement Mixer
  4. Yep-Roc-Heresay
  5. Drei Six Cents
  6. Minuet In Vout
  7. Dizzy Boogie
  8. Popity Pop
  9. Slim's Jam
  10. Mean Mama Blues
  11. Santa Monica Jump

Pro Reviews: 1938-1946

  • All Music Guide

    A true original, Slim Gaillard would have been a star only on his merits as a singer, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist specializing in guitar and vibes, but it was the addition of his one-of-a-kind invented language that made him a legend. It's unlikely that even Gaillard himself knew what he was going on about when he sang of "the flat-foot floogie with the floy-floy" or "cee-ment mixers putty putty," but the intoxicating mix of jive slang, foreign languages, and just plain inspired nonsense is habit-forming. This well-chosen set of 22 tracks covers Gaillard's most fruitful era, starting with his duet sides with Slam Stewart (including "The Flat Foot Floogie," natch) and continuing through to his small-combo era and his mid-'40s big band. All the most famous tunes are here, along with oddities like "B-19," a wartime tune with a bizarre spoken dialogue between Slim and Slam as a pilot and bombardier that shows just how weird popular culture got during World War II. The sound quality i...s oddly variable on this release; some of these songs sound notably better on other compilations, but this is probably the best single-disc introduction to Slim Gaillard's unique world. - Stewart Mason, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Biography

Slim Gaillard

One of the most eccentric vocalists ever to hit the jazz scene, Slim Gaillard became a legendary cult figure thanks to his own privately invented jive dialect "vout," a variation on hipster slang composed of imaginary nonsense words ("oreenie" and "oroonie" being two other examples). Gaillard's comic performances, laidback cool, and supremely silly songs made him a popu... Read more