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Extinct Possibilities

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Sabertooth Swing

Label: Slammin Media
Released: 2018
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Tracks

1 - Alcohol
2 - Je m'suis fait tout petit/Back to Black
3 - Family Guy
4 - I Get Ideas
5 - After You've Gone
6 - Mean and Evil Blues
7 - Wings of a Dove
8 - Black Trombone
9 - Mack the Knife

Personnel

Sabertooth Swing

band / ensemble / orchestra

Additional Personnel / Information

Dan Ruch - Trumpet, Vocals
Alex Canales - Saxophones, Clarinet
Chris Butcher - Trombone
Romain Beauxis - Guitar
Spike Perkins - Bass
Robert Montgomery - Drums

Special guests:
Clara Sinou - Violin, track 2
Katarina Boudreaux - Piano, tracks 4 & 6
Maggie Belle - Vocals, track 6
Coyah Gamble - Vocals, track 8

Album Description

New Orleans-based jazz band ​Sabertooth Swing just released their debut album ​Extinct Possibilities pack-full of lively swing music with crossover appeal and a breath of fresh air in an otherwise venerable genre.

Any random Sunday in the city, after dark on a hot summer night, one can wander into a world where young and old people gather to listen to Jazz and dance frantically all night long, seemingly immune to the moist, thick atmosphere, tapping, shouting, laughing and, always, responding to the musicians' frenzy.

Sabertooth Swing was born of this cradle, emerging from various formations who had played at different dance events over the years. With their first album ​"Extinct Possibilities," they are now intent to bring their music to new places. Opening with a cover of the English rock band The Kinks (​"Alcohol"​), the album immediately sets a fun tone that does not shy from eclectic influences and borrowed styles. The Sabertooth cats aim to reconnect jazz to its original party- filled spirit, intended for long nights of dancing and popular gathering in small rooms. After all, wasn't it Buddy Bolden himself who asked to open up the windows and let the air out?

Not that one necessarily has to stick to the traditional repertoire. "Extinct Possibilities" has, of course, a couple of homages to the roots of this culture, such as a version of Louis Armstrong's ​"I Get Ideas" or ​"Mean and Evil Blues." But it also wanders into a world of varied influences, adding a reggae intro here (​"Mack the Knife"​), re-interpreting a popular television show's soundtrack there (​"Family Guy"​), rearranging a Jamaican ska tune a-la New Orleans marching style (​ "Wings of a Dove"​), mixing the legendary French songwriter Georges Brassens with Amy Winehouse (​"Je m'suis Fait Tout Petit/Back to Black"​), or simply distilling the blasé style of the great Serge Gainsbourg (​"Black Trombone"​).

In the spirit of a music made with and for people, with an organic connection between music, dance and fun, we sure hope that you'll enjoy the ​Sabertooth Swing​'s debut album and, who knows, might find yourself irresistibly tapping a toe or shuffling a foot while you listen.

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