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- Date Released: June 26, 2001
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Omac / IODA
Texas swing mated with jazz improv and Euro-classical scholarship.
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We Say...
Hot Swing! indeed. Mark O’Connor straddles the unnecessarily fat line between fiddler and violinist with down-home but virtuosic derring-do — Texas swing mated with jazz improv and Euro-classical scholarship. Having played with the legendarily elegant violinist/fiddler Stephane Grappelli when he was still a teenager, O’Connor pays homage to Grappelli’s Hot Club of France glide from the 1930s by recruiting longtime Grappelli bassist Jon Burr and, as a Django Reinhardt doppelganger, kindred kinetic-swing guitarist Frank Vignola. There are some direct Grappelli-Reinhardt covers such as a weepy “Nuages” (with a wistful, unaccompanied O’Connor solo near the end) and a “Minor Swing,” featuring classically a classically dense but rarely overlapping tapestry of strings. Even so, the glorious Hot Club spirit is best evoked on O’Connor’s own “Sweet Suzanne,” a fireworks of dovetailing rhythmic explosions. And down the home stretch, Hot Swing! changes the pace with O’Connor’s “In The Custer Blues,” in which Burr and especially Vignola take the tune east of Texas into the delta blues; Burr’s aptly-named “Lament,” and O’Connor’s campy but crisply performed “Pickles On the Elbow.”
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They Say...
Violinist Mark O'Connor joined forces with bassist Jon Burr and guitarist Frank Vignola for this sensational concert in tribute to Stephane Grappelli, the grand old man of jazz violin until his death just shy of 90 in 1997. O'Connor was captivated by the Frenchman's playing at an early age and played along side him on several occasions, while Burr was Grappelli's regular bassist during the final decade of his career. O'Connor salutes his mentor without emulating his style directly; in fact, only three of the songs are associated with Grappelli: the lovely ballad "Nuages," composed by Grappelli's partner, Django Reinhardt; a wild reworking of "Minor Swing" (a Grappelli-Reinhardt collaboration); and an easygoing stroll through Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll," a song which Grappelli played often on stage. But it is O'Connor's swinging originals that command the most attention. "Swingin' on the 'Ville" is a lively opener that features blistering solos by all three men, while the complex swinger "Sweet Suzanne" seems to be inspired by the chord changes to a mix of different standards (including "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" and "Limehouse Blues"), and "In the Cluster Blues" is a subtle but soulful blues. Burr's emotional ballad "Lament" is another memorable highlight. The finale is "O'Connor"'s amusing "Pickles on the Elbow." The playing by all three musicians is at a consistently high level throughout the concert. This should be considered an essential CD for swing fans.
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Swingin' On The 'Ville
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5:11 |  |
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Nuages
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5:31 | |
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Sweet Suzanne
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6:36 | |
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Satin Doll
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4:48 | |
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Minor Swing
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6:25 | |
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In The Cluster Blues
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8:24 | |
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Lament
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5:12 | |
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Pickles On The Elbow
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7:56 | |
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Credits
- Jon Burr - Bass // Mark O'Connor - Violin // Mark O'Connor - Violin // Mark O'Connor - Violin // Mark O'Connor - Producer // Mark O'Connor - Producer // Mark O'Connor - Producer // Mark O'Connor - Main Performer // Mark O'Connor - Main Performer // Mark O'Connor - Main Performer // Mark O'Connor - Photography // Mark O'Connor - Photography // Mark O'Connor - Photography // Frank Vignola - Guitar // Frank Vignola - Guitar // Arnold Steinhardt - Liner Notes
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