Some Changes Made - Ken Colyer New Orleans Jazz Band

Advantages: It comes with a comic book
Disadvantages: Its odd, very odd

.... With a upbeat drum section to it and this time, scratched piano replaces a horn. Scratched samples also feature on this track. Its very funky but keeps the american deep south feel of it. This could be DJed right out of the 1940's. STOMPIN' AT LE SAVOI (2:04) Sexy drumming on this one. For fans of Jazz or Blues but want to stay within the DJing fold Kid Koala should appeal. The main instrument of choice for this scratch up is the mouth organ. The heavy snare and bass is slow but can't help you tap those feet and the mouth organ wants me to be at a block party eating shrimp in New Orleans. This tune is what sexy blues is about. Alas, a tad short. SPACE CADET 2 (3:22) Opens on a sample, I'm guessing from the 60's or 70's I'm not sure. Then into a strummed double bass with extra noise thrown in there from something I'm unsure off. The gentle... Read review

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Advantages: Great jazz tunes from the Golden Age
Disadvantages: None

...than people like Charlie Parker. Doggin' Around, is another By Royal Appointment tune, this time from the orchestra of Count Basie. A rather lush, full sound, perhaps a little less avant-garde than Duke Ellington? Out of Nowhere by Coleman Hawkins makes use of jazz guitar (many of the jazz bands didn't) but this, combined with the other "traditional" instruments make for a satisfying jazz classic. Eventually Jango Rhinehart, the Gypsy/Roma jazz guitarist would change all that… Lester Young's Sad Eyes, is a no-nonsense jazz piece, with more than a nod to the Blues. Moving, firm piano, which moves round a central theme, soon joined by the other instruments to show how to make Sad Eyes glad again. Whose Honey Are You, by Fats Waller and his Rhythm starts with a smattering of scat singing, and then uses piano, rhythm, and jazz... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic range of great tunes and songs
Disadvantages: None

...on the alto saxophone. I know that Lester young was a great musician, and hat his band was made up of first-rate technically brilliant jazz musicians, but somehow, compared to Jack Teagarden and the early Louis Armstrong stuff on this CD, Lester Young just doesn't do it for me. If their music tells me anything, it tells me: "Hey. We are so hip and cool, that we know it!" Then we change pace and step over to Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. Aha! Although these guys are just as sophisticated as Lester Young, somehow they're much more up-tempo and vibrant playing does do it for me. The CD has Artie Shaw's Begin the Beguine, Donkey Serenade (cool name, huh?) and Let's Walk. If there's a difference is it because Artie Shaw and his Orchestra played for their audience, whilst Lester Young and his band played for themselves? The sleeve notes for the CD... Read review

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