OUT NOW! New album perfect for jive dancers!
It’s been a long time since our last album, “One Foot in the Groove”. Thankyou for waiting! This one is aimed primarily at peoples’ feet with plenty of steady grooves at various tempos which we hope will inspire them to get up and dance. As usual it’s a mix of covers (some of which I’ve messed around a bit) and my own songs. If you don’t want to dance to them, I hope that some of them will at least raise a smile. While some of the recordings were made earlier this year, some were originally recorded in 2017 and others way back in 2009. Consequently, there’s quite a variety of personnel involved, especially in the rhythm section. Kenrick Rowe plays drums on most of these tracks but Derek Gayle takes over on a few. Nick Tomalin is on piano for all the most recent material but Perry White is on the 2009 tracks. Similarly, Alex Keen is the double-bassist on the newer songs with Olly Blanchflower in that role for the earlier items. Simon Da Silva is our trumpeter throughout the album and Tracey Mendham plays tenor sax on most tracks and clarinet on a couple. Guitar is mostly by Steve Knight but John O’Reilly also contributed a couple of tasty solos on the more recent tracks. I sing all the lead vocals and play alto sax with some added baritone or tenor sax on several numbers.
– Kit Packham
The running order is as follows:
Everybody Loves a Boogie 3:21 by Kit Packham
Don’t Clap on the First Beat of the Bar 3:38 by Kit Packham
Old Rock’n’Roll Songs Never Die 4:19 by Kit Packham
Don’t Get Around Much Any More 3:44 by Bob Russell & Duke Ellington
Love Me Love My Saxophone 2:36 by Kit Packham
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby 3:05 by Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
Route 66 2:51 by Bobby Troup
Alley Club Blues 2:52 by Kit Packham
As Time Goes By 3:25 by Herman Hupfeld
Alright, Okay, You Win 3:11 by Sid Wyche & Mayme Watts
Lockdown Chase 2:36 by Kit Packham
My Funny Valentine 3:41 by Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers
I Dig Potatoes 3:24 by Kit Packham
Basingstoke 2:24 by Harry Akst & Benny Davis
Buy a CD 3:21 by Gilles Thibaud, Claude Francois, Paul Anka & Jacques Revaux
We Had a Real Good Time / We’ll Meet Again (medley) 4:48 We Had a Real Good Time by Kit Packham. We’ll Meet Again by Hughie Charles & Ross Parker