The Enric Peidro - Jonathan Stout Quintet - Live at Big Mama Ballroom

Styles: Saxophone And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:37
Size: 104,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:26) 1. Sugar (That Baby Sugar of Mine)
(3:11) 2. Mill House Stomp
(3:12) 3. Hal's Hop
(5:12) 4. I Can't Believe That You´re in Love With Me
(4:08) 5. Cherry
(3:19) 6. Cookin' with Gas
(5:51) 7. After Hours at Big Mama
(4:21) 8. A Porter's Love Song
(3:14) 9. Jumpin' with M.G.
(3:19) 10. Crazy 'bout My Baby
(4:19) 11. Love Me or Leave Me

Third album by the quintet co-lead by spanish saxman Enric Peidro and American guitar player Jonathan Stout.This time, recorded live at one of the most popular venues for swing lovers in Spain: Big Mama Ballroom.As in their previous albums, the sparks fly in between the two leaders and his respective tones and improvisatory approaches match like bread and butter and proves that to make good music, no fireworks are needed, but just talent, good taste and love for the music.

With these simple (but hard to get these days) ingredients, the success of the recipe is guaranteed and good musicians like the ones involved in this recording can cook such a delicious meal (read "album" here) with is as unpretentious as brilliant, as any great music should be. A must have for swinging jazz adepts, dancers and in general for good music lovers, labels aside.

Personnel: Enric Peidro : Tenor Sax; Jonahan Stout: acoustic and electric guitars; Richard Busiakiewicz Piano; Michael Keul: drum; Andreas Lion: bass

Live at Big Mama Ballroom

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Enric Peidro & Jonathan Stout - Sweet as Bear Meat

Styles: Saxophone And Guitar Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:49
Size: 121,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:39) 1. It shouldn't happen to a dream
(2:52) 2. Exactly Like You
(4:12) 3. My Heart Stood Still
(5:21) 4. Sweet As Bear Meat
(4:16) 5. Black Velvet
(3:31) 6. Johnny Come Lately
(3:28) 7. Memories Of You
(3:39) 8. Frisky
(3:10) 9. Let The Zoomers Drool
(3:51) 10. Taps Miller
(3:04) 11. Once In a While
(4:00) 12. Surf Board
(3:41) 13. When You're Smiling
(2:58) 14. I Never Knew

In today's world of barnstorming Big Band dance groups and conservatory modern jazz ensembles, it can be easy to forget the laid-back side of Swing. The breathy, reedy, after-hours lilting of sax greats like Prez, Hodges, and Webster. The intimate musical conversations of virtuosos chilling like close friends, like family. The rhythm section sitting so far in the pocket you either want to get up and dance, or just lean back, sip a cocktail, and float in it. Enric Peidro and Jonathan Stout have clearly not forgotten. Peidro, as usual, plays the "plumbing" like butter, and Stout, unsurprisingly, turns his guitar into the perfect companion. They lilt, they swing, they chill like family. This album is 14 beautiful, living, small-group swing songs, with all the glory of modern fidelity, and the passion of new voices honoring their pioneers. It's not just music for dancing it's music for dancing effortlessly. https://enricpeidro.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-bear-meat

Personnel: Enric Peidro: Tenor sax; Jonathan Stout : Acoustic and electric guitar; Richard Busiakiewicz: Piano; Andrés Lizón: Bass; Simone Zaniol: Drums

Sweet as Bear Meat

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Enric Peidro & Jonathan Stout - Groove at First Sight

Styles: Saxophone,Guitar Jazz, Swing
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:39
Size: 99,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:29) 1. Shivers
(4:14) 2. Surrender Dear
(3:38) 3. Soft Winds
(3:36) 4. Squatty Roo
(3:45) 5. Six Appeal
(3:05) 6. Sunday
(3:49) 7. El Salon de Gutbucket
(4:05) 8. On the Sunny Side of the Street
(3:07) 9. Jacquet in the Box
(4:28) 10. If I Had You
(2:51) 11. Coquette
(2:26) 12. Esquire Jump

The names of Jonathan Stout and Enric Peidro sure sound very familiar to the swing fans all over the world: Both are not only well-known musicians, highly respected players on their respective instruments, but also experienced bandleaders in their own right: Stout, based in California leads the Campus Five, one of the most in-demand bands at Lindy Hop and dance Festivals all over the world. From his headquarters in the east coast of Spain, Peidro also travels internationally very often, either as a soloist or bringing his high voltage swing combo, the "Swingtet" to all kind of audiences.

In late autumnn 2019 Stout, responding to Peidro's invitation, came to Spain in between two Campus Five European gigs and joined Peidro's band for a string of gigs on a two-week tour over Spain. From their very first gig together, and never having met before, the sparks flew in between Stout and Peidro.The rapport and understanding they developed all over the tour, both in and out of the stage was really "Groove at first sight" as they have appropriately titled this Cd The album was recorded, -"In the old-fashioned way we'd like, in Peidro's words"- over a 5-hour recording session, with all the band "cookin'" together in one room, and with no edits at all.

In fact, most of the takes chosen for the album were first takes, for a solid reason: there were no second takes on half of the selections!!! The recording session was also taped on video.You can check the videos by clicking in the "video" link beside the title of each tune When listening to the Cd the understanding and rapport in between the two musicians as well as with Peidro's regular -and hard -swinging'!- rhythm section is more than obvious. Not in vain Stout and Peidro share a deep love, passion and respect for the very same musical language: the swing, classic jazz of the 30's and 40s. Consecuently, a good-natured, friendly vibe of mutual respect and relaxation, all wrapped up in a extremely laid-back atmosphere spices all the Cd from beginning to end, and for sure its a welcome addition to contemporary swing collections. https://enricpeidro.bandcamp.com/album/groove-at-first-sight

Personnel: Enric Peidro Tenor sax; Jonathan Stout Guitar; Richard Busiakiewicz Piano; Andrés Lizón Bass; Simone Zaniol Drums

Groove at First Sight

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Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five - Moppin' And Boppin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:30
Size: 154.6 MB
Styles: Swing, Big band
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Wholly Cats
[3:11] 2. Royal Family
[2:48] 3. As Long As I Live
[3:16] 4. C.V. Jam
[2:29] 5. I Don't Know Enough About You
[3:54] 6. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
[3:10] 7. Judy
[4:11] 8. Moppin' And Boppin'
[2:41] 9. Bli-Blip
[2:36] 10. 9:20 Special
[3:09] 11. Gone With 'what' Wind
[2:44] 12. Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina
[2:49] 13. S'wonderful
[2:57] 14. Swing Brother Swing
[4:03] 15. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[3:24] 16. Illinois Goes To Chicago
[2:42] 17. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[3:46] 18. I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me
[2:57] 19. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[3:09] 20. Rhythm Itch
[3:57] 21. Bugle Call Rag

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 “Wholly Cats” and also features the Basie-Goodman composition “Gone with ‘What’ Wind.” The album also features tunes from lesser-known small groups of the 30’s and 40’s – Lionel Hampton’s “Royal Family”, Charlie Ventura’s “C.V. Jam”, and Sir Charles Thompson’s “Rhythm Itch.” Hilary sings on Peggy Lee’s "I Don’t Know Enough About You" and Anita O'Day’s "As Long As I Live" and “Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina”, as well as our versions of “On the Sunny Side of the Street” and “Swing, Brother, Swing.” Jim Ziegler lends his voice to Lionel Hampton’s "Judy". The title track, Fats Waller’s 1943 classic “Moppin’ and Boppin’” features vintage drumming master Josh Collazo. The Campus Five goes to town on our versions of "It Don’t 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. "Moppin’ and Boppin’" 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.

Moppin'And Boppin 

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Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five - Crazy Rhythm

Styles: Jazz, Swing, Big Band
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:58
Size: 168,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:32)  1. Boff Boff (Mop Mop)
(3:07)  2. Jacquet in the Box
(3:15)  3. Honeysuckle Rose
(2:55)  4. Somebody Loves Me
(3:17)  5. Drum Boogie
(2:48)  6. Hop, Skip and Jump
(5:10)  7. Comes Love
(3:28)  8. Boog-It
(3:22)  9. Dark Eyes
(4:46) 10. Goody Goody
(4:10) 11. Gotta Do Some War Work
(4:59) 12. Why Don't You Do Right?
(2:56) 13. Savoy Blip
(3:00) 14. Doin' at the Doing
(3:48) 15. Massachusetts
(3:30) 16. Six Appeal
(2:48) 17. Bloodhound
(3:21) 18. There'll Be Some Changes Made
(3:55) 19. You Talk a Little Trash
(3:33) 20. Sir Charles Boogie
(2:10) 21. Crazy Rhythm

The Campus Five's second recording! Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander are Los Angeles' finest in small group swing and one of the most danceable swing bands in the world. We have traveled to London, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Cleveland, San Diego, Denver to play for Jitterbugs of all stripes, Lindy Hop, Balboa or Shag. Don't dance? That's ok, although you'll probably want to after hearing this record.

The band delivers again with a whole new album of rare and unqiue tunes, and always danceable. Starting with the classic small group sounds of the Benny Goodman Sextet's "Six Appeal" and the Artie Shaw Gramercy Five's "Hop, Skip and Jump," the album also features some of the lesser-known small groups of Harlem in the 40's - the Cootie Williams Sextet "Honeysuckle Rose", Illinois Jacquet's "Jacquet in the Box" and Hot Lips Page's "Bloodhound". Hilary swings Peggy Lee tunes "Somebody Loves Me" and "Why Don't You Do Right", and Anita O'Day/Gene Krupa tunes "Massachusetts", "Boog It" and "Drum Boogie", the latter featuring vintage drummer extraordinare Josh Collazo. Jim Ziegler lends his voice to Cootie Williams "Gotta Do Some War Work". The Campus Five really rips it out on our versions of "Crazy Rhythm" (inspired by tap dancer Gregory Hines) and "Dark Eyes."

The album was recorded by vintage audiophile Dick Hamilton at his studio, the Doing, using vintage RCA 44 microphones to capture the traditional sound of classic small group swing. "Jammin' the Blues" features Los Angeles' best swing musicians, including Tenor Saxophonist and Clarinetist Albert Alva, Trumpeter and Vocalist Jim Ziegler, Pianist Christopher Dawson, Bassist Jim Garafolo, and drumming phoneme Josh Collazo. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/campusfive2

Crazy Rhythm

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Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five - Jammin' The Blues (feat. Hilary Alexander)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 67:54

Size: 155.5 MB

Styles: Swing

Year: 2003

Art: Front

[2:46] 1. Seven Come Eleven

[3:29] 2. Oomph Fa Fa

[3:40] 3. Getting Dizzy

[3:01] 4. Mister 5x5

[3:03] 5. Lester's Bebop Boogie

[2:36] 6. Lester Leaps In

[3:40] 7. Stuffy

[3:50] 8. Cow Cow

[3:21] 9. Flying Home

[2:32] 10. Down The Road A Piece

[3:18] 11. Minor Swing

[3:25] 12. Benny's Bugle

[2:40] 13. I'll See You In My Dreams

[3:02] 14. Diga Diga Doo

[3:39] 15. Swingin' On Nothin'

[3:03] 16. Cottontail

[3:19] 17. Grand Slam

[3:36] 18. Squatty Roo

[2:59] 19. Shoo Fly Pie

[3:07] 20. Half Tight Boogie

[3:39] 21. Jammin' The Blues

The band covers several nonstandard swing tunes, such as Coleman Hawkins' "Stuffy", and the 1945 Benny Goodman Sextet Tune "Oomph Fa Fa," as well as several better known tunes like "Cottontail", "Flying Home", and "Lester Leaps In". Vocalist and Co-leader Hilary Alexander shines on 40's gems such as "Shoo Fly Pie," "Mister 5x5," and "Down the Road a Piece," while Leader and Guitarist Jonathan Stout burns on tracks such as Django Reinhardt's "Minor Swing," and Charlie Christian's "Seven Come Eleven." Jim Ziegler adds his vocals to a rippin' version of "Diga Diga Doo" and joins Hilary on "Swingin' on Nothin'".Of course, the peak of album is reached with the title track, "Jammin' the Blues," which finds the band hitting on all cylinders.

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. "Jammin' the Blues" features Los Angeles' best swing musicians, including Tenor Saxophonist and Clarinetist Albert Alva, Trumpeter and Vocalist Jim Ziegler, Pianist Christopher Dawson, Bassist Jim Garafolo, and Vintage-Jazz drumming phoneme Josh Collazo

Jammin' The Blues

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