How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway is the sixth studio album released by the American musical group Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The album features songs written or performed by bandleader Cab Calloway during his heyday of the 1930s to '50s.[2]
How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway | ||||
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Studio album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | ||||
Released | April 21, 2009 | |||
Genre | Swing revival | |||
Length | 44:36 | |||
Label | Vanguard | |||
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Track listing
edit- "Come On with the "Come On"" (Cab Calloway, Andy Gibson) – 3:22
- "Calloway Boogie" (Calloway, Allen Leroy Gibson) – 4:02
- "The Call of the Jitterbug" (Calloway, Irving Mills, Ed Swayze) – 3:29
- "Hey Now, Hey Now" (Calloway, Elton Hill) – 4:34
- "The Jumpin' Jive" (Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer) – 4:01
- "How Big Can You Get?" (Calloway, Buck Ram) – 4:05
- "The Old Man of the Mountain" (George Brown, Victor Young) – 4:15
- "The Ghost of Smokey Joe" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 5:28
- "Reefer Man" (J. Russel Robinson, Andy Razaf) – 2:54
- "Minnie the Moocher" (Calloway, Mills) – 4:59
- "Tarzan of Harlem" (Lupin Fein, Mills, Henry Nemo, Ram) – 3:24
Personnel
edit- Scotty Morris – vocals, guitar, producer, mixer
- Joshua Levy – piano, arranger, producer
- Kurt Sodergen – drums
- Dirk Shumaker – acoustic bass guitar, vocals
- Glen "The Kid" Marhevka – trumpet
- Karl Hunter – alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Andy Rowley – baritone saxophone, vocals
Additional musicians
edit- Alex "Crazy Legs" Henderson
- Anthony Bonsera Jr.
- Ira Nepus
- Tom Peterson
- Lee Thornburg
- Bernie Dresel
- Nick Lane
- Robbie Hioki
- Brian Swartz
- Scheila Gonzalez
- Lee Callet
- Jim Fox
References
edit- ^ Nastos, Michael. How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ Portridge, Kenneth (May 29, 2018). "In Defense of the Swing Revival: Why America Flipped for '40s Sounds in 1998". Billboard.