[Dixielandjazz] Chubby Checker was It's Trad, Dad.

[Marek Boym]

Th Carpetbaggers - perhaps (neve heard of them and, with that name,
probably would have discarded them as a rock band), but the Ray Bryant
record is really good, except for some of the singing, of which
there's only little.

On 13/04/2008, David Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com> wrote:
> There were quite a few "[OKOM] with a Twist" records made to cash in on that
> dance craze - I have several and have seen a few more. Probably the
> strangest one was by The Carpetbaggers: "Dixieland ... with a Twist" that
> had real printed burlap cloth on the jacket cover. Copies show up on eBay
> every once in a while. Musically, it was more for novelty than anything
> else, IMO ;-)  http://tinyurl.com/4xdzdg
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Marek Boym wrote:
>
> > During the twist craze, Ray Bryant issued an excellent - swinging -
> > record "Dancing the Big Twist," with Joe Newman and Pat Jenkins (tpt),
> > Buddy Tate (ten), Matthew Gee (tbn), bryant on piano, Jimmy Rowser
> > (bass) and Mickey Roker (dms) on seven of the eight tracks; the other
> > track - "Fast Twist," had Harry Edison on trumpet, Ben Richardson
> > (bar), Bryant, Bill Lee (bass), Gus Johnson (dms) and Ray Barretto
> > (percussion and scraper, whatever the latter means).
> > Cheers
> >
> > On 12/04/2008, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Poor Chubby Checker is taking a beating on the DJML. What's wrong with
> dance
> > > music? <grin>
> > >
> > > Our bass player Ace Tesone was on Chubby's record of Let's Twist Again.
> He
> > > earned a fair piece of change playing with Checker when jazz work
> slowed.
> > > Every once in a while Ace gets a residual check because of that record.
> When
> > > he does, he asks us to do a Dixieland version.
> > >
> > > And why not?  It can be swung.
> > >
> > > Chubby Checker is a Philadelphia area guy and we all love him here.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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