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New York City bandleader George Gee (he is not listed as playing an instrument) and the Jump Jivin' Wailers little big band are into the swing thing, and re-create a dozen-plus-one classics and slightly obscure tunes from the golden era of jazz. Arranger and trumpeter Walt Szymanski contributes nine of the 13 charts done with a flair that emphasizes group interplay and slightly bolder accents than the originals. Clarinetist Daniel Block takes the lion's share of soloing, with tenor saxoph...   [ read more ]

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If Joe Grushecky had a quarter for every time someone called him a "local hero," he could probably quit his day job as a schoolteacher and finance a new album out of pocket money. In his native Pittsburgh, PA, Grushecky is revered as a rock & roll hero, while nearly anywhere else his name earns the reaction "Who?" Which is a real shame -- as a songwriter of the "heartland rock" school, his best work is every bit as strong as anything Bruce Springsteen or John Mellencamp has to offer, and ...   [ read more ]

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