New Year, New Music

I've mentioned Sao Paulo Ska Jazz here and elsewhere before but never received any feedback.  Gottatellya, I think 'Gringo' is very good, but their self titled debut album is the better record so you might want to give it a shot also!

Hey chazro - found (I think) the S/T debut on Spotify...a 2009 release.  Track 1 is called, Sao Paulo.  Got it playing now.  Very good recording.  SQ is excellent.  Superb musicianship.    Will have to see how SPSJ holds up for me.  Do they draw me back for repeat listening.  Regardless, I bet they would be a ton of fun to see live.

http://www.dcbebop.com/dcbmusic-6_SaoPauloSkaJazz.asp

Some fun live clips here. All is not perfect. On the one with the Studio No.7 banner seems to me like they are not always quite in time with one another...maybe an artifact of how things were recorded?? In the 5:08 min long vid, sounds like someone forgot to turn on the trumpet player’s mic when he goes to solo. STILL - gives a good sense of the energy these guys can generate. Fun stuff.

If you haven’t already, you ought to drop a link to this stuff on that Jazz Aficionado crowd. Wake up those stiffs!
:-) Just kidding. Some of ’em will dig it.

Thanks for the recommendation.

Another good clip here (great resolution and sound quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBNg5QSLXMA

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"If you haven’t already, you ought to drop a link to this stuff on that Jazz Aficionado crowd. Wake up those stiffs! 
:-) Just kidding. Some of ’em will dig it."

Lol!!!  I hear ya!  Gotta say, while they (sometimes) post some great stuff, the overall feel of the thread seems more like geriatric aficionados, I've always imagined the main players over there to be somewhere between 70-80 yrs old as it explains some of the perpetual state of crankiness they seem to be in (and the period of music they seem locked into).  I sometimes drop in there and it's always the SOS, grumpy old Walter Matthau-ish men regurgitating the same tired arguments over and over ad nauseum.  I wonder how many music-lovers follow that thread for the blow-ups more than the music?  It feels like you're watching a Real Housewives Of Audiogon episode!;)