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The Fat Babies

Seven is as Seven Does

by Patrick Burnette
January 9, 2020

This episode is a seventh anniversary celebration featuring--you guessed it--septets. Also featuring copper, sheep, speculation about the role a great title has in creating a jazz classic, and all sorts of other goodies. Unwrap, enjoy, and stay tuned for pop matters where Mike strays productively off-course to give an in-depth review of an eye-opening David Binney ...

Worktime, One Step Beyond and Questions

by Marc Cohn
June 21, 2019

Charenee Wade starts us off offering wisdom, followed by questions posed by Jimmy Raney, Danny Grissett, Kenny Werner, John Ellis & Tal Farlow. Then, a major Sonny Rollins celebration with tracks from his monumental Worktime recording. We've also got a Jazz Times 'Top 50 of all time' alto sax session from Jackie McLean. More? Of course: ...

18th & Racine

By The Fat Babies

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Liza; Till Times Get Better; The Stampede; Mabel's Dream; Nobody's Sweetheart; I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants); 18th & Racine; King Kong Stomp; El Rado Scuffle; Oh Baby; Stardust; I'll Fly to Hawaii; Oh Me! Oh My!; The Chant; Blueberry Rhyme.

The Fat Babies: 18th & Racine

by Hrayr Attarian
February 23, 2014

Early jazz stylists The Fat Babies' second album 18th & Racine is bolder than their first in their choice of material and their delivery of the songs included. Encouraged by the successful execution of their debut Chicago Hot (Delmark 2012) the band presents 14 lesser-known gems and an original composition by their cornetist Andy Schumm. The ...

Chicago Hot

By The Fat Babies

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Snake Rag; London Cafe Blues; San; Alexander's Ragtime Band; I Surrender; Dardanella; Black Snake Blues; Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man; Froggie Moore; Willow Tree; Weary Blues; Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away); Please; Susie; Tight Like This; Stomp Off, Let's Go.

The Fat Babies: Chicago Hot

by Jerry D'Souza
March 4, 2013

What goes around comes around and time stands still in the future. The Fat Babies shows that, playing tunes from the '20s and '30s with exemplary flair. In this group, nostalgia turns out to be downright delicious.The septet is mellifluous as it unveils the heat and fervor of ragtime in a confluence that packs ...

Chicago Hot

By The Fat Babies

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Snake Rag; London Cafe Blues; San; Alexander's Ragtime Band; I Surrender; Dardanella; Black Snake Blues; Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man; Froggie Moore; Willow Tree; Weary Blues; Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away); Please; Susie; Tight Like This; Stomp Off, Let's Go.

The Fat Babies: Chicago Hot

by Jack Huntley
November 17, 2012

What 's old is new again--or maybe it's more accurate to say, what used to be hip is hot again. The Fat Babies' Chicago Hot harkens back to the early jazz-blues amalgamation of King Oliver, and is as vibrantly interpreted by this seven-piece ensemble as it was when the music was originally pressed onto 78 RPMs. ...