How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway
Appearance
How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway | ||||
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Studio album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | ||||
Released | April 21, 2009 | |||
Genre | Swing revival | |||
Length | 44:36 | |||
Label | Vanguard | |||
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway is the sixth studio album released by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. It features covers of songs by Cab Calloway.[2]
Track listing
- "Come On with the "Come On"" (Cab Calloway, Andy Gibson) – 3:22
- "Calloway Boogie" (Calloway, Allen Leroy Gibson) – 4:02
- "The Call of the Jitterbug" (Calloway, Irving Mills, Ed Swayze) – 3:29
- "Hey Now, Hey Now" (Calloway, Elton Hill) – 4:34
- "The Jumpin' Jive" (Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer) – 4:01
- "How Big Can You Get?" (Calloway, Buck Ram) – 4:05
- "The Old Man of the Mountain" (George Brown, Victor Young) – 4:15
- "The Ghost of Smokey Joe" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 5:28
- "Reefer Man" (J. Russel Robinson, Andy Razaf) – 2:54
- "Minnie the Moocher" (Calloway, Mills) – 4:59
- "Tarzan of Harlem" (Lupin Fein, Mills, Henry Nemo, Ram) – 3:24
Personnel
- Scotty Morris – vocals, guitar, producer, mixer
- Joshua Levy – piano, arranger, producer
- Kurt Sodergen – drums
- Dirk Shumaker – acoustic bass guitar, vocals
- Glen "The Kid" Marhevka – trumpet
- Karl Hunter – alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Andy Rowley – baritone saxophone, vocals
Additional musicians
- Alex "Crazy Legs" Henderson
- Anthony Bonsera Jr.
- Ira Nepus
- Tom Peterson
- Lee Thornburg
- Bernie Dresel
- Nick Lane
- Robbie Hioki
- Brian Swartz
- Scheila Gonzalez
- Lee Callet
- Jim Fox
References
- ^ Nastos, Michael. How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ Portridge, Kenneth (May 29, 2018). "In Defense of the Swing Revival: Why America Flipped for '40s Sounds in 1998". Billboard.