Laughing in Rhythm [Box set]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
One of the most eccentric vocalists ever to hit the jazz scene, Gaillard became a legendary cult figure thanks to his own privately invented jive dialect, 'Vout'. These 103 jazzy expositions from 1937-1952 are a master class & include all his best loved numbers. Includes 44-page illustrated booklet with authoritative biography/musical critique & full discography details. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Proper. 2003.

Tracks:

There's No Two Ways About It
'Cause My Baby Says It's So
Flat Foot Floogie - Slim & Slam
Chinatown, My Chinatown - Slim & Slam
8, 9 and 10 - Slim & Slam
Ferdinand the Bull - Slim & Slam
Tutti Frutti - Slim & Slam
Look-A-There - Slim & Slam
Jump Session - Slim & Slam
Laughin' in Rhythm - Slim & Slam
Vol Vist du Gaily Star - Slim & Slam
Dopey Joe - Slim & Slam
Sweet Safronia - Slim & Slam
It's Gettin' Kinda Chilly - Slim & Slam
Buck Dance Rhythm - Slim & Slam
That's a Bringer
A-Well-A-Take-Em Joe (Crapshooter's Jive)
Chicken Rhythm
Swingin' in the Key of C
Boot-Ta-La-Za
It's You, Only You
Beatin' the Board
Look Out
Matzoh Balls
Early in the Morninig
Chittlin' Switch Blues
Huh!, Uh-Huh!

Tracks:

Windy City Hop
Baby Be Mine
Sploghm
Fitzwater Street
Don't Let Us Say Goodbye
Rhythm Mad
Bongo
Broadway Jump
Put Your Arms Around Me, Baby
Lookin' for a Place to Park
Hit That Mess
Hey! Chef
Ah Now
Tip on the Numbers
Slim Slam Boogie
Bassology
Bingie-Bingie-Scootie
B-19
African Jive
Palm Springs Jump
Ra-Da-Da-Da
Groove Juice Special
Vout Oreenee
Please Wait for Me
Sighing Boogie - Slim Gaillard Trio
Queen's Boogie - Slim Gaillard Trio
Vout Boogie - Slim Gaillard Trio

Tracks:

Slim Gaillard's Boogie
Harlem Hunch
Tutti Frutti
Travelin' Blues
Sightseeing Boogie
Central Avenue Boogie
Slim's Cement Boogie
Laguna - Slim Gaillard Quartet
Dunkin' Bagel - Slim Gaillard Quartet
Boogin' at Berg's - Slim Gaillard Quartet
Cement Mixer - Slim Gaillard Trio
Novachord Boogie
Tee Say Malee
Atomic Cocktail
Yep Roc Heresay
Jumpin' at the Record Shop
Drei Six Cents
Dizzy Boogie
Flat Foot Floogie
Popity Pop
Slim's Jam
Early Mornin' Boogie
Riff City
Mean Mama Blues
Chicken Rhythm
Santa Monica Jump

Tracks:

Mean Pretty Mama
Schoolkids Hop
Opera in Vout, Pt. 1: Introduction - Pianissimo (Softly, Most Softly)
Boip! Boip! - Slim Gaillard Trio
Bartender's Just Like a Mother - Slim Gaillard Trio
Arabian Boogie - Slim Gaillard Trio
Tip Light - Slim Gaillard Trio
Momma's in the Kitchen - Slim Gaillard Trio
Ghost of a Chance - Slim Gaillard Trio
Little Red Riding Woods - Slim Gaillard Trio
Puerto Vootie - Slim Gaillard Trio
Serenade to a Poodle - Slim Gaillard Trio
Down by the Station - Slim Gaillard Trio
When Banana Skins Are Falling - Slim Gaillard Sextet
Bongo City - Slim Gaillard Sextet
Sabroso
Taxpayers Blues
Eatin' With the Boogie
Make It Do
You Goofed
Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)
Potato Chips

Album Description

One of the most eccentric vocalists ever to hit the jazz scene, Gaillard became a legendary cult figure thanks to his own privately invented jive dialect, 'Vout'. These 103 jazzy expositions from 1937-1952 are a master class & include all his best loved numbers. Includes 44-page illustrated booklet with authoritative biography/musical critique & full discography details. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Proper. 2003.

Album Details

A Four CD Set with the Customary Exemplary Properbox Standard of Packaging and Presentation. Includes a 44 Page Illustrated Booklet with Authoritative Biography and Full Discographical Details. One of the Most Eccentric Vocalists Ever to Hit the Jazz Scene, Gaillard Became a Legendary Cult Figure Thanks to his Own Privately Invented Jive Dialect "Vout'.

Customer Reviews:

Jumpin'!.......2006-10-01

I'll confess to an ongoing amour with the proper box set. I can't believe something this cheap (let's face it...the price is incredible!) is consistently of such high quality. They look great, feel nice, are beautifully packaged, and include booklets (yes! tiny books) with great info on and pics of their subjects.

So what about Slim? Well this cat is jumpin'. He is high class and hilarious...what a great combination. And there's suprising variety through this invariably rhythmic set. Most tracks are upbeat and you could fill up the CD shuffler and dance to this all night. I just can't believe his name isn't as familiar to us as the likes of Louis Jordan.

I was a bit worried about all this vouting...this guy sounded like he could get really annoying...and he wouldn't be around so you could slap him in the face and tell him to snap out of it. But he only indulges in sporadic vouting binges and they are only occasionally obtrusive.

When I bought this I thought I'd probably select songs and boil it down in to one excellent CD I could love unconditionally. But this cat doesn't let you down...which has made for a least one very happy kitten.

Slim Gaillard is a musical genius.......2006-08-27

When you're young, it's quite fashionable to bemoan the lack of authentic individuals. When you grow older, you learn that you were correct. My Cherokee ancestors believe that adulthood begins at 51, and as I get closer to that age, I realize how right they are. Well, here's an individual for you. Slim Gaillard.

I have a four-CD set called LAUGHING IN RHYTHM. 1937 through 1952 from one of the great innovators in jazz. Musically creative, technically skillful, always soulful, lyrically hilarious, and perhaps an example of somebody under age 51 achieving adulthood. I can't stop listening to it. At home, in my MP3 player on the buses of China... Lemme get nuts here. If you ignore every other review I've ever written, note these three words. "Buy this one." It's like that, folks. Slim is da bomb.

The original witty Slim .......2005-07-25

It is incredible how much of his material would even for today be considered original and ahead of its time .
But yet at the same time having this childish and simple humor such as de-ranging known phrases and basically creating his own language out of it.
Slim is a one of a kind and should be remembered amongs the greats of jazz and witty music.

Three Stooges + Bebop = Slim Gaillard.......2004-08-02

Slim Gaillard is what you get when you combine slapstick humor with bebop jazz. Even Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie couldn't resist playing on his records-they appear on a few tracks on this great 4 CD box set.
Did I mention you get 30 tracks per disc making this the deal of the century? Such a deal! For the low price listed above you get at least 120 tracks of pure Slim brilliance. I have to warn you, though, his sense of humor is very non-PC but also not mean spirited, either. He lampoons every ethnic group under the sun including his own (in "African Jive" he runs down a soul food menu to a tribal African beat).
I also liked his enthusiasm for ethnic food, particularly Jewish delicacies:
Matzo Balls (sung Jimmy Durante style), Dunkin' Bagels ("splash! in the coffee"), and the classic Potato Chips ("crunch crunch I don't want no lunch").
Recommended tracks: Popity Pop, Atomic Cocktail, Dopey Joe, B-19, Palm Springs Jump, Little Red Riding Woods, Tee Say Malee, etc. I could go and on. Dunk some bagels and enjoy!

Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years

Average customer rating:

meet Mr McVouty O'Roony !!!
How Much You'll Laugh Depends on Your Taste
Great humor and great jumpin' jazz
A great portrait of Slim Gaillard's music

Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years
Slim Gaillard
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

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Jive Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

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Slim Gaillard Rides Again
Laughing in Rhythm
Complete Columbia Master Takes
Vout for Voutoreenees
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

ASIN: B0000046T6
Release Date: 1994-04-19

Tracks:

Opera In Vout (Groove Juice Symphony)
Tip Light
Arabian Boogie
Boip! Boip!
The Bartender's Just Like My Mother
Seranade To A Poodle
Soony Roony (Song Of Yxabat)
Laughing In Rhythm
Genius (aka 'Ride Slim Ride')
Babalu (Orooney)
Oh, Lady Be Good
Yo Yo Yo
Federation Blues
Chicken Rhythm
Yip Roc Heresy
Make It Do
You Goofed
Gomen Nasai
Potato Chips
Mishugana Mambo

Amazon.com

Gaillard was one of those utter vaudevillian types whose nonsense possessed an utter brilliancy. Creator of his own scat dialect of several languages, coining phrases in such hit songs as "Boip! Boip!" (often with his partner, bassist Slam Stewart), Gaillard was so silly that, like Louis Armstrong until recently, his infectious genius was occasionally overlooked. His work for Verve, spanning the turn of the 1950s, was mostly re-recordings of earlier hits, such as the title track and "Chicken Rhythm". They are better sounding than the originals, but perhaps a touch less necessary. Still, any Gaillard is like a good meal, and Gaillard was positively food-obsessed--other songs include "Potato Chips" and "Mazto Balls" (not included in this smaltz, alas). --D. Strauss

Customer Reviews:

meet Mr McVouty O'Roony !!!.......2001-09-23

If Slim Gaillard had been living in France in the early fifties,he would certainly have been sacred "master in Pataphysics" by french writer Boris Vian.Slim Gaillard (1911-1991) was one of the craziest guys in music with Spike Jones.Every tune by Slim is completely delirious, but here we have "la creme de la creme": the "Groove juice symphony",recorded at LA's Embassy Theater,on April 22,1946; this curious symphony includes "the flat foot floogee" and Duke's "C-jam blues".Slim Gaillard plays guitar,piano and drums, and is associated to "Bam" Brown on bass and piano.The result is twelve minutes of absolute madness and swing.The remaining nineteen tracks includes many great musicians: Dodo Marmarosa,Herbie Lovelle,Buddy Tate,Taft Jordan,Bennie Green,Ray Brown,Ben Webster and Milt Jackson on drums ! Swing is everywhere: just try "Arabian boogie","boip boip","laughin' in rhythm"yip roc heresy" or "gomen nasai" (with a rocking solo by Mr Webster).The version of "Lady be good" is another great moment of swing,very reminiscent of Dizzy's efforts on his "school days" LP.The material included here was recorded between 1946 and 1954 for Clef,MGM,Norgran and Verve.You'll sure tap your feet for hours listening to it.

How Much You'll Laugh Depends on Your Taste.......2001-07-04

For fans of Slim Gaillard's special style of music, you'll love this CD. For others, it's an acquired taste.

While this CD arguably doesn't contain any of his best known songs (arguably because the "Groove Juice Symphony" includes a reworking of "Flat Foot Floogie"), it's filled with many delights.

In "Groove Juice Symphony" (Gaillard says, "Groove Juice Special" on the recording), goes through a series of humorous impressions of his work and others. Humor runs throughout the rest of the CD with the exception of "Tip Light," "Oh Lady Be Good," and the instrumental, "Genius." All three are just three cool jazz numbers.

The remaining tracks tend to be on the silly side. This is particularly true of "Seranade to a Poodle" where he barks throughout the record. "Boip! Boip!" with it's simple chorus would be great as a children's record.

Other intriguing tracks on the CD include "Federation Blues" (which makes fun of musician union officials), "Arabian Boogie" (which really rocks!) and "Yip Roc Heresy."

The uninitiated may be put off by his extensive use of "vocal approximations" of various languages. In plain English that means that Gaillard makes up words to "sound" like he's speaking a foreign language. People of various cultures might find this to be offensive. In "Gomen Nasai" for example, Gaillard tries to imitate Chinese, much in the same way that non-Chinese children would do on the school yard.

Overall, this is a very entertaining CD, both musically and lyrically. It's also v-e-r-y silly. If you don't like silly or if his gibberish-sounding lyrics bother you, stay away. Otherwise, enjoy the groove and the sense of light-hearted fun that this CD possesses.

Great humor and great jumpin' jazz.......2000-09-12

A stellar 20-track collection of some of Gaillard's greatest jive and jazz. Includes his signature "Lauging in Rhythm" and 19 more gassers from the late 40s and early 50s. Mastered from a variety of sources including 10" and 12" LPs as well as 78s. The sound quality varies, but the energy and humor never wanes.

If you liked Joe Jackson's excursion into jump music on "Jumpin' Jive", you'll love the originals.

A great portrait of Slim Gaillard's music.......2000-06-13

This disk contains a great crossection of Slim Gaillard's hilarious music. The first track is three "movements" from the Groove Juice Symphony: a live rendition of Flat Foot Floogie, Hit That Jive Jack and Duke's Place.

For the Lindy Hoppers out there, this is a great one to dance to, Potato Chips, Chicken Rhythm, Serenade to a Poodle, Tip Light, Boip! Boip! and a few others are great.

Die Laughing
Average customer rating:

Solid, Dark hip hop album

Die Laughing
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Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hyenas in the Desert are a rather obscure group associated with Chuck D's slam jamz label. However, this album is more similar to Mobb Deep or Jedi Mind Tricks's earlier albums. its dark, huanting, and nicely menacing. The emcees are all very capable, and overall this is an enjoyable, if not highly innovative album.
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