Various Artists

Slow Grind Fever Volume 11

(Stag-O-Lee)

Douse the lamp - there'll be belly-rubbin' in the house, tonight. 

Predominantly pre-Rock'n'Roll Jazz and Blues orchestra passages unroll with assurance, their advances persuading nocturnal intimacies. Yearning hands know instinctively their destinations. 

Presented are musicians of top-drawer caliber whose grand toils once painted glories. All the sensual while, distinctive vocalists croon and purr provocatively. Suggestively. Even tales of loves astray and independence are rendered in smoldering tones.

This is where we came from. 

Recommended: "The Good Book" (Joe and Ursala with Joe Morris and his orchestra), "Losing Hand" (Harry Belafonte), "I Left My Baby" (Count Basie and his All-Stars feat. Jimmy Rushing), "I'm Cuttin' Out" (Ivory Joe Hunter), "Caravan" (Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and his orchestra), "In My Black Lace" (Jeri Simpson feat. Barney Kessel), "Ooh Midnight" (Pete "Guitar" Lewis), "Gee Gee Baby" (Lenny Johnson) "Going Back Where I Belong" (Sugar Pie Desanto), "Eighteen" (Connie Francis), "Hurricane" (The Southcoasters), "Tough Chick" (The Rockbusters), "Rags and Old Iron" (Tennessee Ernie Ford), "Autumn Leaves" (The Everly Brothers)

Video: "In My Black Lace" (Jeri Simpson with Barney Kessel)

Stag-O-Lee

Bandcamp

                              Quincy Jones and His Orchestra