Jazz Articles about Lavay Smith

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 of brass players make “Miss Thing" a considerable contemporary jazz album -- regardless of the kitschy reputation that hangs over many of today's big ...