Solomon Douglas
Ain’t No School Like the Old School by the Solomon Douglas Swingtet
The long-awaited new release by the Solomon Douglas Swingtet
The Solomon Douglas Swingtet has three CDs available. The exciting third CD by the Solomon Douglas Swingtet, titled Ain’t No School Like the Old School, will be released on April 1st, 2011. Scroll down to listen to clips from the new album.
The first and second CDs, Swingmatism and Live at the Legion, can be purchased from CD Baby, or by selecting the appropriate option below: buy two or three albums together for one great low price!
The beautiful cover artwork is by the Canadian comic-book creator Max Douglas (a.k.a Salgood Sam), and depicts Solomon Douglas in front of his old Toronto high-school, UTS.
Ain’t No School Like the Old School only
| $15
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Ain’t No School Like the Old School together with Swingmatism
| $25
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Ain’t No School Like the Old School together with Live at the Legion
| $25
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Ain’t No School Like the Old School together with Swingmatism and Live at the Legion
| $35
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All prices are in US dollars. Shipping and handling is a flat $5.00 to anywhere in the world.
Ain't No School Like the Old School is a brand-new studio recording by the Solomon Douglas Swingtet, featuring thrilling new performances of great swinging instrumental music from the period 1928-1942, a time when popular music, dance music, and jazz were nearly synonymous. You can listen to all the tracks here, and read testimonials and reviews below.
This is the third album by the Solomon Douglas Swingtet. It was recorded at the end of a three-week tour of the eastern states and provinces during which the band played 16 gigs in 20 days. The results of that intense touring experience can be heard in these recordings.
We have not attempted to replicate the original versions of these songs precisely (what would be the point in that?); rather than a blind devotion to historical re-enactment, our intent is a reverent re-embodiment of the spirit of this great repertoire.
The passion and the joy that pervade this music were felt and shared by all the players in the band, and it is now our pleasure to share these feelings with you.
Reviews of Ain't No School Like the Old School
The critics have spoken (some of them quite verbosely indeed), and here's what they've said: