Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska

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Editorial reviews

Product Description
Jools Holland and magic piano return for Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska, a load of great new songs featuring top artists such as Sam Brown, Solomon Burke, Ruby Turner and Beverly Knight.

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Description
Collection of blues and ska classics from Jools Holland andhis rhythm 'n' blues orchestra. The album offers an insightinto what has inspired the king of boogie-woogie over the years. A cover version of Fats Domino's 'Be My Guest' is certainly a highlight and there are many guest vocalists too - Solomon Burke and Beverley Knight to name but two. A rendition of The Blues Brothers' anthem 'Everybody Needs Somebody ToLove' is also included.

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-07-31 rating:
With Friends Less can be More.
After the trilogy of Friends albums Jools returned with an album where the style and tone of the music was more suited to the big band sound of his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. I was hoping he reverted to being the main singer but he shares the vocal duties with his regular female vocalists Sam Brown and Ruby Turner with a star turn by Beverly Turner and two with Solomon Burke including his greatest creation `Everybody Needs Somebody to Love'.

I think the album works best with the arrangement of the instrumental numbers and the songs which Jools sings but some of the guest vocalists are given sympathetic arrangements particularly Ruby Turners ambitious take on Dylan's `Blowin' in the Wind'.
Not a total return to form but still a worthwhile entry in the Holland cannon which was beginning to appear tired with the Friends albums coming out with seemingly the only reason to pay to keep an eighteen piece big band on the road.

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review by: Buffy Shaw date: 2008-01-21 rating:
Great......just great
I have been a great fan of Jools Holland for a long time, and brought this album without any need to look at reviews, and I wasn't disappointed, great piano led Blues and Jazz, along side fantastic vocals.

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review by: date: 2007-02-24 rating:
Magnificent
I have had this disc for 6 months or so. I have never written a review before but this disc demands it. I have a huge music collection and this energetic album is a real outstanding jewel. Every track is bursting with energy & tempo, huge big-band sounds and well mastered. For any fan of piano led blues and jazz this album is an absolute peach.

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review by: date: 2006-08-30 rating:
Cracking disc
Another winner from Jools and the gang. A great combination of foot-tapping tracks.


review by: fuzzymuppet2002 date: 2006-05-17 rating:
Great
This is an amazing album, one of Holland's best so far; every song is a gem; not to be missed by any fan of jazz or blues.

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