The New Swing Sextet - Monkey See, Monkey Do

Combien de vieilles bandes magnétiques et de LP fabuleux sont encore menacés par les rongeurs, dans les coffres poussiéreux d'éditeurs aujourd'hui disparus ?. Si ce n'était l'excellent talent de dénicheur du label VampiSoul, ce serait le cas de ce combo new-yorkais de Latin jazz, formé à la moitié des années 60 et encore tout imprégné des vocalises swingantes des fifties. Cette compilation rassemble des titres perso et des interprétations de standard, gravés chez Cotique sur une vingtaine d'années et qui embrassent différents styles. Cela dit, tous les titres bénéficient d'un canevas de percus latines à faire flamber les dancefloors, qu'ils baignent dans un jus salsa (May Baby Couldnt Wait), un boogaloo rapide (Think Drink), des envolées vocales swingantes (Baby Get A Hold On My Heart) ou dans le jeu de vibraphone du leader Georges Rodriguez.

The New Swing Sextet are a Latin jazz combo from New York that formed in the mid 60s with members who still perform today. Monkey See, Monkey Do: Groovy Latin Swingers From Harlem's Best Combo - 1967 to 1971 is a Vampi Soul compilation which combines together recordings the group made in the late 60s/early 70s for the Cotique label.
They combine a Latin jazz feel like Cal Tjader with a vocal boogaloo sound that will have you shaking a tailfeather. As an added bonus, they are also joined on some numbers by the female singing trio called The Revue which fleshes out the vocal sound even more.
The group has a couple of originals which quote extensively from other songs but also has their own thing (lyrically and musically) added to the songs to make it their own. Up Tight quotes extensively from Stevie Wonder's song of the same name but also has an added New Swing Sextet section which really extends this song vocally and musically.