The Best of Slim Gaillard: Laughin' in Rhythm

• Artist: Slim Gaillard
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1946 04 22-1954 01
• Total Time: 63:42
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

This CD has highlights from Slim Gaillard's 1946-1947 and 1951-1954 recordings for the Verve label. A fine Charlie Christian-inspired guitarist, an adequate pianist, and a unique jive singer, Gaillard was always in his own category. Some of the selections on this CD are hilarious, and highlights include the four-part "Opera in Vout," "Serenade to a Poodle" (which of course has plenty of barking), "Laughing in Rhythm," "Chicken Rhythm," "Potato Chips," and the previously unreleased (and modestly titled) "Genius," which features Gaillard overdubbing himself on trumpet, trombone, tenor, vibes, piano, organ, bass, drums, and tap dancing. Although Gaillard's heyday was really the mid-'40s, this CD is quite memorable. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Opera in Vout (Groove Juice Symphony): Introduzione Pianissimo (Softly,	Slim Gaillard, Duke Ellington, Skeets Tolbert, John Aiston	Slim Gaillard	(12:02)
Tip Light	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:50)
Arabian Boogie	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:45)
Boip! Boip!	Sammy Davis, Jr., Leonard Sues	Slim Gaillard	(2:47)
The Bartender's Just Like a Mother	Otis Spencer, Alan Clarke	Slim Gaillard	(2:47)
Serenade to a Poodle	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:16)
Soony Roony (Song of Yxabat)	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:02)
Laughin' in Rhythm	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:51)
Genius (aka Ride Slim Ride)	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:49)
Babalu (Orooney)	Margarita Lecuona	Slim Gaillard	(3:30)
Oh, Lady Be Good	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Slim Gaillard	(2:26)
Yo Yo Yo	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:41)
Federation Blues	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(3:40)
Chicken Rhythm	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:26)
Yip Roc Heresy	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:28)
Make It Do	Raymond Bloch, William Friedman	Slim Gaillard	(2:49)
You Goofed		Slim Gaillard	(2:42)
Gomen Nasai	Dr. Benedict Mayers	Slim Gaillard	(2:29)
Potato Chips		Slim Gaillard	(3:03)
Mishugana Mambo	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard	(2:19)

Credits

Dick Hyman (Piano), Milt Jackson (Clarinet), Milt Jackson (Drums), Buddy Tate (Sax (Tenor)), Ben Webster (Sax (Tenor)), Slim Gaillard (Guitar), Slim Gaillard (Vocals), Slim Gaillard (Main Performer), Cyril Haynes (Piano), Norman Granz (Producer), Ray Brown (Bass), Bam Brown (Bass), Bam Brown (Vocals), Tiny Brown (Bass), Tiny Brown (Vocals), Bennie Green (Trombone), Steve Lasker (?), Steve Lasker (Disc Dub), Clyde Lombardi (Bass), Herb Lovelle (Clarinet), Herb Lovelle (Drums), Dodo Marmarosa (Piano), Harry Meyerson (Producer), Aric Lach Morrison (Production Assistant), Phil Schaap (Restoration), Richard Seidel (Executive Producer), Ernie Sheppard (Bass), Ernie Sheppard (Vocals), Charlie Smith (Clarinet), Charlie Smith (Drums), Maceo Williams (Piano), Michael Lang (?), Jesse Kaye (Producer), Brian Priestley (Liner Notes), Brian Priestley (Sequencing), Andrew Nicholas (Mastering), Jeffrey Schulz (Art Direction), Jeffrey Schulz (Design), Pepe Benque (Bongos), Mark Gaillard (Photography), Kristy Eisele (Design Coordinator)