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Wild and Cool - Johnny Nocturne Band
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  1. Lemon Twist
  2. New Kind of Mambo
  3. Tu Ma Qui Te (Hey! Joli Blon)
  4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  5. Hey, Mister Jessie]
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  1. Lemon Twist
  2. New Kind of Mambo
  3. Tu Ma Qui Te (Hey! Joli Blon)
  4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  5. Hey, Mister Jessie]
  6. A Pound of Blues
  7. At My Front Door
  8. By the River Sainte Marie
  9. Chabootie
  10. After the Lights Go Down Low
  11. Little Slam
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With a solid four-horn frontline that reads and solo in the fine old-time tradition of the territory bands of yore, the Johnny Nocturne Band come to the plate with their third album full of jazz heavily laced with blues. Leader and saxophonist John Firmin keeps his troops swinging throughout this 11-song set, working like a fine, precise machine regardless of the musical setting. Swing, bop, and blues with strong attachments to melody are the signposts here, and the playing on Bobby Troup's "Lemon Twist," "Tu ma qui te (Hey ...

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Wild and Cool 1998, Rounder Select

UPC: 011661958623

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