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Album Review

H.B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers: Live!

Read "Live!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This is hardly Jazz, but like much of the neo­swing music being heard these days, it’s a lot of fun. The album cover says Live!, so we’ll have to concede the point, even though it’s hard to tell whether the “audience” is real or electronically created. Whichever the case, the applause is well­earned, as H.B. Radke and the Jet City Swingers orchestrate an entertaining show and garnish every number with liberal slices of energy and enthusiasm. Radke’s no Louis Prima ...

158
Album Review

H.B. Radke and the Jet City Swingers: Live!

Read "Live!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This is hardly Jazz, but like much of the neo–swing music being heard these days, it’s a lot of fun. The album cover says Live!, so we’ll have to concede the point, even though it’s hard to tell whether the “audience” is real or electronically created. Whichever the case, the applause is well–earned, as H.B. Radke and the Jet City Swingers orchestrate an entertaining show and garnish every number with liberal slices of energy and enthusiasm. Radke’s no Louis Prima ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Live!

Pony Boy Records
2002

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