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lgm088: Glam Sam And His Combo - "The Riviera Sessions" (January 13th 2012)
Glam Sam And His Combo - "The Riviera Sessions"
Yes, it’s time so start the happy party
again! The mysterious Swedish groove man Mr Glam Sam has been cooling things
down in his shining Riviera studio, and now it’s time to return to the world.
Get ready for the new cool’n’jazzy
offering from the man, the 6-track EP named The Riviera Sessions.
The music is heavily inspired by the sunny
glamorous days of Côte d'Azur, when Brigitte Bardot and Audrey Hepburn were the
top ladies and Miles Davies knocked everybody on stage in the Gould Pine Grove
in Juan-les-Pins.
The opening track “Brigitte” has an
overwhelmingly charming vibe to it, with funny time-typical samples and an
intense jazzy rhythm section. And then the flute man comes along! Oh man, does
he blow his lungs out, or what?
“Intermezzo” is Glam Sam’s funky ode to
the spy movie music of the 60’s, presenting the theme of the coolest and most
stylish spy movie never made.
When listening to “The Riviera Stroll” you
find yourself cheerful, smiling and just totally relaxed, singing along and
snapping fingers to a fine jazz guitar and a pumping horn section. Yes, jazz
music can be this fun!
Then the sun sets and the night gets
sweet, oh, so sweet and funny. What else could be the case when you’re
celebrating the golden age with the best of friends? The jazz ballad “Those
Sweet And Funny Nights” captures this mood – and on top you get a sax and even
a trombone solo that makes you shout: “This is the new birth of the Cool!”
But even a charming Riviera man gets the
blues every now and then, as can be heard on the heart-felt Blues du Soleil.
The nostalgic piano ballad “Charmy” ends
the show for this time, making this set the most solid and jazzy Glam Sam
selection so far.
Glam Sam will return in the spring of 2012
in “The Brooklyn Sessions”.
Tracks:
1. Brigitte 2. Intermezzo 3. The Riviera Stroll 4. Blues Du Soleil 5. Charmy 6. Those Sweet And Funny Nights
Digital Release Date: January 13th 2012 Catalogue number: LGM 088-8 Label: Lemongrassmusic - LC 12644