Our third album, featuring only the most danceable small group swing tunes, ala the Benny Goodman sextet, Basie Kansas city 6 or 7, or Artie Shaw's Gramercy five.

21 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Swing/Big Band, JAZZ: Retro Swing

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The Campus Five's latest recording!

Another platter of superbly danceable, rare and unique small group swing gems. Starting again with the classic small group sounds of the Benny Goodman Sextet, the album begins with âWholly Catsâ and also features the Basie-Goodman composition âGone with âWhatâ Wind.â The album also features tunes from lesser-known small groups of the 30âs and 40âs â Lionel Hamptonâs âRoyal Familyâ, Charlie Venturaâs âC.V. Jamâ, and Sir Charles Thompsonâs âRhythm Itch.â Hilary sings on Peggy Leeâs "I Donât Know Enough About You" and Anita O'Dayâs "As Long As I Live" and âJust a Little Bit South of North Carolinaâ, as well as our versions of âOn the Sunny Side of the Streetâ and âSwing, Brother, Swing.â Jim Ziegler lends his voice to Lionel Hamptonâs "Judy". The title track, Fats Wallerâs 1943 classic âMoppinâ and Boppinââ features vintage drumming master Josh Collazo. The Campus Five goes to town on our versions of "It Donât Mean a Thing" (a one-take jam session) and "Bugle Call Rag" (inspired by the 1944 Jazz at the Philharmonic Version).

As on our previous records, the album was recorded by vintage-jazz extraordinaire Dick Hamilton at his studio, the Doing, using vintage RCA 44 microphones to capture the traditional sound of classic small group swing. "Moppinâ and Boppinâ" features Los Angeles' best swing musicians, including Tenor Saxophonist and Clarinetist Albert Alva, Trumpeter and Vocalist Jim Ziegler, Pianist Christopher Dawson, Bassist Wally Hersom, and Vintage-Jazz drumming phoneme Josh Collazo.