The Jive Aces
Keeping the Show on the Road
(Golden Age Recordings)
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"100% 'Yes!,'" enthused Simon Cowell, a 2023 Britain's Got Talent judge, at the conclusion of the ensemble's performance. Granted, that television venue is a family entertainment one, and unlikely to draw seriously hep hoppers. But the Jive Aces harbor the quality of appealing to both sedate toe-tappers and ballroom whirlygigs. (And, as Stan Getz once warbled, the piano player is "swingin' like a gate, doin' Liberace on the 88s!") Whether raising big and bracing Swing stompers or purring passion intimations (and with muscle swelled by vibrant brass), the nattily clad Jive Aces acquit themselves as mongers of tip-top cruisers not heard since our boys in uniform bird dogged Victory Rolled-tomatoes down at the USO Canteen.
Recommended: "Rockin' is Our Bizness," "Clementine," "It Don't Mean a Thing," "La Vie En Rose," "St. James Infirmary," "Baby You've Got What it Takes," "That's Amore," "Bumble Boogie," "Dark Eyes," "Keeping the Show on the Road," "Big Noise from Winnetka"
Videos: "Rockin' is Our Bizness" (live) "La Vie En Rose" "Bumble Boogie" (live at Viva Las Vegas, 2024)
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