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 The best Banu Gibson and New Orleans Hot Jazz album I heard yet.
The band is absolutely on fire and every note is in place. You will
love this one, if you already don't love Banu!
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Record Label: Swing Out SO107
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Tracks on
'Love Is Good for Anything that Ails You'
| 1. Love Is Good for Anything that Ails You -- |  Preview | | 2. Junk Man -- | | | 3. My Melancholy Baby -- | | | 4. Eeny Meeny Miney Mo -- | | | 5. Louisiana Fairy Tale -- | | | 6. S'posin' -- | | | 7. As Time Goes By -- | | | 8. 'long About Midnight -- | | | 9. How's About Tomorrow Night? -- | | | 10. Downhearted Blues -- | | | 11. Me Minus You -- | Preview | | 12. Because of Once Upon a Time -- | | | 13. My Ideal -- | | | 14. Wrap Your Cares in Rhythm and Dance -- | | | 15. The Very Thought of You -- | | | 16. Dinah -- | |
Reviews:
Banu Gibson, arguably the top singer in the trad jazz field of the
'90s, not only understands the idiom but has a strong and versatile
voice. Gibson is a well-rounded and good-humored entertainer, has very
good taste in picking out material and leads one of the hottest bands
in classic jazz. For this CD, Banu uses her regular group (trumpeter
Duke Heitger, Tom Fischer on clarinet and tenor, trombonist David
Sager, pianist-arranger David Boeddinghaus, bassist Mike Karoub and
drummer Jeff Hamilton) plus rhythm guitarist Hank Mackie. The band
often sounds like Fats Waller's rhythm; Heitger brings back the
chancetaking excitement of Bunny Berigan, and Sager at one point goes
quickly from Jack Teagarden to a close imitation of Tricky Sam Nanton.
Banu, whose roots are in the '20s, actually looks more toward the music
of the mid-to-late '30s this time around. A few of the numbers
(particularly "As Time Goes By" and "The Very Thought of You") probably
did not need to be performed again, but they are more than compensated
for by such obscurities as "Junk Man," "S'posin'," "How About Tomorrow
Night" and "Wrap Your Cares in Rhythm and Dance; " on the latter, Banu
not only sings but tap dances a bit. Another highlight is "Me Minus
You," which has Banu overdubbing her voice to bring back the three-part
harmony of the Boswell Sisters. Highly recommended to classic jazz fans
as are all of Banu Gibson's Swing Out releases.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Off Beat Magazine, December 1998, Tom McDermott:
Swing music is back, as anyone who follows the music industry
knows. Unfortunately most of the neo-swingsters seem to pursue a
narrow segment of that idiom, concentrating primarily on the
Louis Jordan-style jump band music that began rock and roll.
At the other end of the swing spectrum, both chronologically and
stylistically, are people like Banu Gibson. A singer who began
her career as a l920s New Orleans hot jazz performer, Gibson has
segued naturally into a fine interpreter of 1930s swing material.
The band she's assembled over the last 15 years is a splendid
group of musical archivists who have probably listened to
and analyzed every significant jazz recording between l917
and 1935. Pianist David Boeddinghaus, trumpeter Duke Heitger
and reedman Tom Fischer deserve special mention for
capturing the spirit of brilliant improvisers like Satchmo,
Teddy Wilson and Lester Young.
Love is Good for Anything That Ails You is representative of
Banu's last few CDs: a handful of standards, with verses ("As
Time Goes By", "My Ideal"), and quite a few tunes you've never
heard and probably won't ever hear again. The tunes are tasty,
the band executes the arrangements smartly, and Banu soars above
it all. She's a natural singer.
Gibson hasn't had a home base in town for a few years, but that
will change in late December with the opening in the French
Quarter of Levon Helm's Classic American Cafe. It will be great
to hear her around these parts again on a regular basis.
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