''Jumpin' East of Java'' is the first live album from the
American swing revival
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band
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes known by its initials BSO) is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. In 1998, for their breakout album ''The Dirty Boogie'', the group covered Louis Prima's " Jump ...
, released on 2001 in
Japan only.
This recording was also issued as the second disc of ''
The Ultimate Collection''. It was recorded at Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Brian Seltzer; except where indicated
# "
Hawaii Five-O" (Mort Stevens)
# "This Cat's On a Hot Tin Roof"
# "The Dirty Boogie"
# "Jumpin' East of Java"
# "The Footloose Doll"
# "Gloria" (Esther Navarro)
# "Drive Like Lightning (Crash Like Thunder)"
# "
Caravan
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Transport and travel
*Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
**Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop
*Camel train, a convoy using camels as pack animals
*Convoy, a group of veh ...
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was ba ...
,
Irving Mills
Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.
Personal
Mills was ...
,
Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol Martínez (22 January 1900 – 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican jazz trombonist and composer. He is best known as a member of Duke Ellington's big band, and as the writer of the jazz standards " Caravan", "Pyramid", and " Perdid ...
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# "Americano" (Renato Carosone, Brian Setzer)
# "Sleepwalk"
# "
Stray Cat Strut
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"
# "
Jump, Jive an' Wail" (
Louis Prima
Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he for ...
)
# "
Pennsylvania 6-5000
PEnnsylvania 6-5000 is a telephone number in New York City, written in the 2L+5N (two letters, five numbers) format that was common from about 1930 into the 1960s. The number is best known from the 1940 hit song " Pennsylvania 6-5000", a swing ...
" (Dave Bassett, Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray, Mike Himelstein, Brian Setzer, Carl Sigman)
# "Gettin' in the Mood"
# "
Get Me to the Church on Time
"Get Me to the Church on Time" is a song composed by Frederick Loewe, with lyrics written by Alan Jay Lerner
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Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatr ...
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Frederick Loewe
Frederick Loewe (, originally German Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988) was an Austrian- American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including '' Brigadoon'', ...
)
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Rock This Town
"Rock This Town" is the second single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released January 30, 1981 by Arista Records in the UK, where it peaked at No. 9 on the Singles Chart. It was taken from the band's 1981 debut album, ''Stray Cats''.
It ...
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Dave Edmunds
David William Edmunds (born 15 April 1944) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. Although he is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave, having many hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has alway ...
, Brian Setzer)
References
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2001 live albums
Albums recorded at Akasaka Blitz
The Brian Setzer Orchestra albums