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Well, I have to admit, I had never heard of the Squirrel Nut Zippers before you brought them up. I did, however, check them out on Spotify. I listened to everything that they offered on the site.
If I had to categorize their style of "jazz," I’d put them somewhere in the Traditional Jazz camp, ala Louis Armstrong and his "Hot Five", with some Django Reinhart thrown in, spiced up for a little humor with the old Spike Jones band.
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I got this CD in the mail today:
A 1959 stereo recording of Mel Torme’ and the Meltones, "Back in Town."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOpcJEfkQc&list=RDVaOpcJEfkQc&start_radio=1&t=32 The recording features Jack Sheldon - trumpet. Art Pepper - alto. Victor Feldman - vibes. Tommy Tedesco, Tony Rizzi, Barney Kessel - guitars. Joe Mondragon - bass. Mel Lewis - drums.
The CD sounds way better than the YouTube video.
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And as long as we’re on the subject of jazz "For Someone Who Doesn’t Like Jazz," how about we check out some "jazz" done with the feet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBteauWsHA And then later in their career with the Cab Calloway band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8 And finally, there is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzc7vY9VTnk
Okay, is there anyone left around here who still doesn't like jazz? :-)
Frank