Name: Ska-Ba
Brand: Rykodisc
SKU: 51957
Price: 36.95 SGD
Availability: InStock

Ska-Ba

By Jump with Joey

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Format

CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

1 July 1997

Album: Ska-Ba
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Storm Warning
2)	Calling Dr. Greenbud
3)	Ton Tok
4)	Artibella
5)	I Want You to Be My Baby
6)	Whitey Palmer
7)	Shuffle This
8)	Diablo Ska, El
9)	Hippie Crash Pad
10)	Pearl High
11)	Ska Ba
12)	Green Acres

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EAN

0014431037429

Writer

Jump with Joey

Producer

Joey Altruda

Country

Netherlands

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

Rykodisc

Dimensions

14 x 12.5 x 1.1 centimeters (0.10 kg)

Performer Notes

Jump With Joey: Joey Altruda (bass, vocals); A.J. Barish (guitar); Elliot Caine (trumpet); Mike Boito (piano); Willie McNeil (drums); Robert Melendez (congas, bongos, vocals).
Personnel: Bill Ungerman (saxophone); Elliot Caine (trumpet); David Ralicke, John McKnight (trombone); Mike Boito (piano); Joey Altruda (upright bass); Willie McNeil (drums).
Liner Note Author: Jason Mayall.
Photographer: Mike Miller .
For a seven-piece band, Jump With Joey make a lot of music, a cross between Skatalites-style ska and big band jazz. Recorded in '89, but not released in the U.S. until '97 (the original album was for Japan), this was definitely a record ahead of its time, coming out of the punk jazz band Tupelo Chain Sex. But there's nothing punk about these perfectly formed pieces, with pianist Mike Boito an absolute standout, taking some daring solos on the right hand while his left keeps up a strong rhythm, and drummer Willie McNeil not only able to swing hard in the Philly Joe Jones style, but also hit a perfect traditional ska groove, as on the title track, a cover of a piece by the late Jamaican trombonist Don Drummond. To be fair, it all gets silly at the end with "Green Acres," but by that time they've already made and won their case with some outstanding musicianship that crosses as freely between jazz and ska as did the originators of the genre. In fact, to simply call them a ska band really doesn't do leader "Tupelo" Joe Altruda and his crew justice; they're able to leap tall genres in a single bound and land on their feet, never missing a beat as they play. And because of that, their music can stand the test of time, after so many of the Third Wave ska bands have been found wanting. ~ Chris Nickson