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In Reply to: Any bands that you think the rest of us have not discovered posted by LWR on February 20, 2007 at 20:30:49:
By the time I first heard 8 1/2 Souvenirs, based in Austin, TX, they had already broken up. They had three great (IMHO) albums:
- Happy Feet (1995)
- Souvonica (1997)
- Twisted Desire (1999)I would describe their style as swing jazz with a European flavor. Fantastic guitar and piano. I haven't heard anything else like them.
All three albums are excellent. Over the years, Happy Feet was released three times - with vocals by each of their three female lead singers. Although their last vocalist Chrysta Bell was the best, I prefer the 2nd edition of Happy Feet. Souvonica is great! I heard a snippet of a song on KPFK in Los Angeles, which is what turned me on to them in the first place. Twisted Desire is probably their best album.
It's too bad they didn't stay together, especially with Chrysta Bell, who is now into other projects (with David Lynch, no less), and has a website at chrystabell.com.
If you like jazz, and you like swing, and you haven't heard 8 1/2 Souvenirs, do yourself a favor and track down their stuff.
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Follow Ups
- 8 1/2 Souvenirs - Twodawgzz 09:40:35 02/21/07 (2)
- Re: 8 1/2 Souvenirs - brianjones64 18:37:17 02/21/07 (1)
- Do you have Happy Feet "The Second Edition"? - Twodawgzz 08:45:47 02/22/07 (0)
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