12.11.07

We are currently in post production on our thrid Campus Five album, tenatively titled "Moppin' and Boppin'." So here's what we got in the can. Click the underlined titles for a preview.

Moppin' and Boppin' CV Jam Wholly Cats Gone with "What" Wind Swing, Brother, Swing Bei Mir Bist Du Schon A Smo-o-oth One Royal Family I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me As Long As I Live

Judy I'm Beginning to See the Light Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina 920 Special Bli-Blip On the Sunny Side of the Street S' Wonderful I Don't Know Enough About You Rhythm Itch Bugle Call Rag / Blues for Greasy

We'll see what fits the album, along with the other tracks from last time:

Illinois Goes to Chicago Jacquet Bounce

Sweets It Don't Mean a Thing

The players:
Jim Ziegler - trumpet and vocal on "Judy"
Albert Alva - tenor sax and clarinet
Chris Dawson - piano
Wally Hersom - bass
Josh Collazo - drums
Jonathan Stout - leader, acoustic and electric guitars
Hilary Alexander - vocals

Produced by Jonathan Stout and Hilary Alexander \\ Arrangements and Transcriptions by Jonathan Stout, except "Judy" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light", by Jim Ziegler, "A Smo-o-oth One" by Albert Alva, and "Bugle Call Rag . Blues for Greasy" by Albert Alva and Jonathan Stout \\ Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Dick Hamilton \\ Recorded at the Doing, Hollywood, CA

For the gear geeks among us, we recorded in the same studio we used previously, meaning we used a bunch of vintage RCA 44 microphones. Also, we used the new Campus Five drum kit which is a 1941 Leedy with huge 28" bass drum - it really lays down the thump. As far as guitars went, I used my Eastman guitars, but with a 1947 DeArmond guitar pickup through my 1940 Gibson EH-160 amp (the very, very rare AC/DC version of the EH-150 amp used by Charlie Christian). Wally's bass is a 1940's Epiphone.

Here's where you can catch our band this month:

Wed.Feb.14th - Tia Juana Lindy
14988 Sand Canyon, Irvine CA
Band starts 9:00pm, $10
Check http://www.ocswing.com/pages/wednesday.php for more info.

Fri.Feb.16th - Carillo Rec Center
100 E. Carillo St. - Santa Barbara
Band starts at 8:30pm - $10
Check www.jonathanandsylvia.com for more info.

Sat.Feb.24th - The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942
Fort MacArthur Museum - San Pedro
Band starts 6:00 - 10:00 pm, $20
Check http://www.maxwelldemille.com/air-raid.asp for more info

ALSO - Check our friend Russ Reinberg's new FREE LIVE SWING PODCAST at Westlake Records. Jonathan is featured on two of the broadcasts, as our Campus Five and Jonathan Stout Orchestra regulars Jim Zeigler and Dan Weinstein.

You can hear audio clips & purchase our CDs, "Jammin' the Blues" and "Crazy Rhythm" at www.campusfive.com - also, look for our *NEW* CD coming out this spring!