Swingsation

Swingsation Artist: Sam "The Man" Taylor
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731454787727
EAN: 0731454787727
ASIN: B00002MYXS


Release Date: 1999-11-09

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Tracks:

  1. Cloudburst
  2. The Big Beat
  3. Let's Ball
  4. Oo Wee
  5. Fish Roll
  6. Look Out
  7. Sam's Blues
  8. High Winds
  9. The Boss Is Home
  10. Ride, Sammy, Ride
  11. Real Gone
  12. Do-A-Lu
  13. Taylor Made
  14. Road Runner

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Honkin' Good Stuff.......2005-02-27

Aside from the first cut, which is "Cloudburst," made famous by the later vocal version by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, this is the MGM "Big Beat" record made under the aegis of Alan Freed, when Taylor was the mainstay of the Alan Freed Rock n' Roll Band that played the Bklyn Paramount shows. And it is superb. Heavy back beat, pretty good section work---and you can even hear Freed yelling "Go, man, go" on several of the cuts to raise the excitement level. A great souvenir of very special moment in musical (and social) history---when, for the first time, black and white kids liked the same music. A great record.

4 out of 5 stars Good in His Own Way.......2003-08-22

References to Taylor's ranking "way up there with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and the like" and having "a sound that would echo in Birdland NYC" might be somewhat of a reach.

I loved Sam (The Man). Each school night, I'd listen to the Alan Freed Rock 'n Roll show on my old Philco and hang in there through all the vocals, doo wop and novelty numbers til the top of the hour when Freed would play an instrumental - usually by Taylor, Red Prysock, Rusty Bryant, Gator Jackson, Bill Doggett, Al Sears, Mickey Guitar Baker or maybe Hal "Cornbread" Singer.

Taylor's signature tune was "Cloudburst" - he was featured tenor player for a group John Hendricks claims was led by Leroy Kirkland under the pseudonym, Claude Cloud (& the Thunderclaps). Name of the LP was "Let's Get Cat-Static." Lambert Hendricks and Ross did the cover and made Cloudburst a popular hit.

I loved Sam (The Man) for his energy, drive, lyricism and ability to hit high notes on his axe with ease - without squeaking or squealing.

But creatively note for note - he wasn't in the same league musically as Miles or Bird.

And the closest Sam (The Man)might have gotten musically to Birdland might have been when I saw Jimmy Forrest play there (with Red Garland, Lee Morgan, Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe) and - much to his embarrassment - they made him play "Night Train." No, it's highly unlikely that you'd hear Oo Wee, High Winds or even Cloudburst played at Birdland (unless LHR was the headliner. Then you might get Cloudburst by default). But I loved them all, and I loved Sam (The Man).

5 out of 5 stars Smooth.......2000-06-20

Sam "The Man" Taylor is an artist who ranks way up there with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and the like. His smooth melodies and beats will transcend you to a sound that would echo in Birdland NYC. He surely was "The Man"

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