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Lavay Smith

Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive Bill Milkowski ISBN: 0823076717 Billboard Books2001 The history of jazz music is rich with characters, “scenes,” stages in music development and musical progress—all peppered with its own mythology.One feature of the jazz world over the years is ...

Everybody's Talking 'Bout Miss Thing!

By Lavay Smith

Label: Fat Note Records
Released: 2000

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Everybody's Talking 'Bout Miss Thing!

by Todd R. Brown
June 1, 2000

The follow-up to Lavay Smith's 1996 album “One Hot Mama" surely has been long anticipated by Bay area fans of the retro-lounge scene. But “Miss Thing" is much more than just another neo-swing blast of recycled past.Smith and the Skillet Lickers really turn up the soul on this album, and the litany ...