Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Miss Thing! explained

Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!
Type:studio
Artist:Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Cover:Lavay Smith - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing.jpg
Released:March 21, 2000[1]
Recorded:April 7, 1999 (tracks 4, 11, 12, 15)
May 27, 1999 (tracks 5, 6, 13, 14, 16)
August 12, 1999 (tracks 1, 9, 10)
August 25, 1999 (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8)
Genre:Bebop, swing, salsa, jump blues, New Orleans R&B[2]
Length:1:08:16
Label:Fat Note Records
Producer:Lavay Smith, Chris Siebert[3]
Prev Title:One Hour Mama
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Miss Smith to You!
Next Year:2009

Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! is the second album by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers.

Development

The band worked with David Berger (former director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) on the new album. The album differed from One Hour Mama with the addition of six additional horns, and included six original tunes along with the ten covers.[4]

Reception

JazzTimes reported the album to be hot, with all-attitude Smith never failing when working with her backing band. "The Busy Woman's Blues" is reviewed as a mid-tempo smolder-fest.[5] Roberta on the Arts reviewed the album as red hot, visiting the jazz and blues of San Francisco, Kansas City, New York, and New Orleans. Lavay Smith is the vocalist star and is ably backed by her thirteen piece band to create versatile and melodic tunes.[6] The Los Angeles Times reports that Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are not just another swing revival band, but a band making real swing music, jump blues, bebop, New Orleans R&B, and classic jazz. Smith's style harks back to Dinah Washington, using a smoky contralto to dig into the music's timeless essence.[7]

The album is reported to have reached at number 10 on the Billboards Top Jazz Albums chart,[7] and can be shown to have reached at least number 11 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart, on July 1 and July 8, 2000,[8] and number 24 on Billboard's combined Jazz Albums chart on July 1, 2000.[9] Billboard ranked the album as the 25th top jazz album of the year for 2000.[10]

Personnel

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers[11]

Production[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r467055|pure_url=yes}} Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers ]. AllMusic . October 31, 2011.
  2. Web site: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers -- New Album on September 8, 2009 . No Depression . August 28, 2009 . April 13, 2017 . Perrine, Amos.
  3. Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Miss Thing! . Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers . 2000 . CD cardboard liner . Fat Note Records . FN0002 . San Francisco, California.
  4. Web site: The Divine Miss Thing . Atomic . 2000 . April 12, 2017 . Kincaid, Chad.
  5. Web site: Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! . JazzTimes . September 1, 2000 . April 12, 2017 . Daly, Sean.
  6. Web site: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! . Roberta on the Arts . July 21, 2007 . April 12, 2017 . Zlokower, Dr. Roberta E..
  7. Web site: In the Swing and Definitely in Control . Los Angeles Times . November 1, 2000 . April 12, 2017 . Roos, John.
  8. Top Jazz Albums . 38 . Billboard . July 8, 2000 . April 12, 2017.
  9. Jazz Albums . Billboard . July 1, 2000 . April 12, 2017.
  10. The Year in Music 2000 . 85 . Billboard . December 30, 2000 . April 12, 2017.
  11. Web site: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Credits . AllMusic . April 12, 2017.

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