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| 1. | Always
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| 2. | Ballad in Blue
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| 3. | You Turned the Tables on Me
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| 4. | You're a Heavenly Thing
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| 5. | Did You Mean It?
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| 6. | Sometimes I'm Happy
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| 7. | Keep Me in Mind
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| 8. | Behave Yourself
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| 9. | Shirley Steps Out
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| 10. | Don't Be That Way
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| 11. | Take Another Guess
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| 12. | I Had to Do It
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| 13. | These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
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| 14. | Gotta Be This or That
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| 15. | Goodnight, My Love
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Jazz
John Sheridan - Arranger, Leader, Liner Notes, Piano, Producer, Vocals
Dan Barrett Quintet - Cornet, Trombone
Daniel Block - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Eddie Erickson - Guitar
Jake Hanna - Drums
Phil Flanigan - Bass
Randy Reinhart - Cornet
Rebecca Kilgore - Vocals
Ron Hockett - Clarinet
Russ Phillips - Trombone
* Cindy Mayes - Copyist
* Jim Czak - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
* Luke Melton - Cover Design
* Mat Domber - Executive Producer
* Rachel Domber - Executive Producer
Pianist John Sheridan has worked hard to keep the spirit of swing alive, both in other bands and as a leader. On Swing Is Still the King, he furthers his effort with the support of singer Rebecca Kilgore and an ensemble of nine other players, including guitarist Eddie Erickson, cornetist Randy Reinhart, and saxophonist Dan Block. Sheridan has named this combo His Dream Band, and the players are given a chance to strut their stuff on the first three instrumentals, including a nice take of Irving Berlin's "Always" and a six-and-half-minute version of "You Turned the Tables on Me." Although the ensemble is fairly large, the arrangements are spare and flexible. Kilgore joins the band on the fourth cut, "You're a Heavenly Thing," and her vocals play a large role on Swing Is Still the King, fronting the band on ten of the 15 tracks. Kilgore has good tone and works well within the classic medium of swing, and it's nice that she has chosen songs that are not overly familiar. She delivers a fine version of Mel Powell's "Shirley Steps Out," and is equally at home with ballads and uptempo numbers. With sympathetic vocals, a solid band, and good songs, Sheridan will easily convince listeners that Swing Is Still the King.
---Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide
John Sheridan
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1946 in Columbus, Ohio
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Stride, Swing
Stride and swing pianist John Sheridan was born in 1946 in Columbus, OH. He caught the jazz bug early, at the age of eight, when he first heard a recording of Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. By the time he was 13 he was already working professional piano gigs. Sheridan attended Capital University in Columbus following high school, earning a bachelor's degree in piano, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1968 and served with the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C., until his discharge in 1972. Sheridan enrolled in North Texas State University and graduated in 1977 with a master's in music. He joined Jim Cullum's Jazz Band in 1979 and remained with the group until 2002, when he left to freelance on his own. Over the years Sheridan has worked with Scott Hamilton, Wycliffe Gordon, Jake Hanna, Ralph Sutton, Yank Lawson, Dick Hyman, and many others. Among his many recordings (all on Arbors Records, owned and run by Rachel and Mat Domber) are Something Tells Me (1997), Dream Band, Make Me Dream Some More (1999), They Can't Take That Away from Me (1999), Get Rhythm in Your Feet (2002), Artistry 3 (2004), and Easy as It Gets (2005).
---Steve Leggett, All Music Guide |
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