Harry Reser
The Six Jumping Jacks 1926-1930
- Type CD
- Label Retrieval
- UPC 0608917904826
- Catalog number RTR 79048
- Release date 05 June 2006
About the album
Artist: Harry Reser, Tom Stacks, Tommy Gott, Earl Oliver
If you're looking for deep, meaningful music this is not for you. If, on the other hand, you're looking for light-hearted fun music this could be just what you need. Led by virtuoso tenor-banjoist Harry Reser, this group of studio musicians recorded under a variety of names for a variety of labels, but their Brunswick moniker is the one most people know them by. Peppy 'hot dance music' with a comic touch - this is what the general public thought of as jazz in the 1920's. But such musicians as trumpeter Tommy Gott and drummer/ vocalist Tom Stacks generate quite a drive and Reser's own work is always worth a listen. There are sounds that formed the background to short skirts, cloche hats, rouged knees, bathtub gin, the Charleston, Model T Ford cars - in short this is The Roaring Twenties presented in music.
What in my youth we called good-time jazz - Tommy Gott plays fine, driving solos - the rhythm section is as good as they got among the white dance bands. Transfers as good as it's possible to get - remarkable clarity.
- VJM
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11Chareston Ball02:54
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12Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister?02:44
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13Sittin' Around02:51
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14Lo-do-de-o02:45
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15'Cock-a-doodle, I'm Off My Noodle, My Baby's Back'02:53
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16I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep02:25
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17Just The Same03:14
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18There's A Trick In Pickin' A Chick-chick-chicken02:49
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19Positively-absolutely03:25
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110'She's Got ''It'''02:31
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111Gonna Get A Girl03:12
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112I'm Gonna Dance Wit De Guy Wot Brung Me02:51
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113Fair Co-ed02:46
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114Hey! Hey! Hazel02:43
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115Etiquette Blues02:58
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116When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin' By02:58
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117Nagasaki02:58
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118The Prune Song03:13
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119I Never Kissed A Baby Like You03:01
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120She's Got Great Ideas02:54
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121'Oh! Baby, What A Night'03:03
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122Piccolo Pete02:58
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123He's A Big Man From The South02:53
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124Twenty Swedes Ran Through the Weeds02:46