| A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard captures | | | | muted horn before Duke explodes in with his signature |
| different genres and eras of American music from | | | | guitar and vocals. Them That Got is an overlooked |
| jump blues, big band, jazz, and more. | | | | Ray Charles track that Duke covers with a brilliant |
| A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard: Deed I Do, The | | | | blues and R&B mix. |
| Lonesome Road, Them That Got, Just Because, Meet | | | | Pulling from the jump-blues genre he covers the track |
| Me At No Special Place, Red Dog, They Raided The | | | | Just Because, and if any genre and song was meant |
| Joint, When Your Lover Has Gone, The Song Is | | | | to be played by Duke it would be jump-blues and Just |
| Ended, Swinging With Lucy Mae | | | | Because. The cover of Nat King Cole's Meet Me At |
| Personnel: Duke Robillard: Vocals, Electric and Acoustic | | | | No Special Place is projected in that same fun, |
| Archtop Guitar; Bruce Katz: Piano, Organ; Doug James: | | | | frolicking pace and format that would have Nat King |
| Baritone and Tenor Saxophone; "Sax" Gordon Beadle: | | | | Cole smiling, sauntering, and laughing. Digging into the |
| Tenor and Baritone Saxophone; Scott Hamilton: Tenor | | | | Duke Robillard bag of tricks is the original track Red |
| Saxophone; Carl Querfurth: Trombone; Dave Ballou: | | | | Dog that meshes many of the different genres from |
| Trumpet; Al Basile: Cornet; Mark Teixeira: Drums; Marty | | | | the release including jazzy overtones, blues chords, |
| Ballou: Acoustic Bass; Jessie Williams: Acoustic Bass; | | | | and a scintillating snare and cymbal brush stroke |
| John Packer: Acoustic Bass; Paul Kolesnikow: | | | | backbeat. |
| Acoustic Archtop Guitar | | | | The cover of Oran "Hot Lips" Page's They Raided |
| A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard marks the 12th | | | | The Joint will transport you back to the gin joints of the |
| recording on the Stony Plain Records label and more | | | | mid 40s with a hopping jump-blues interpretation. |
| than two-dozen solo releases in total. Duke is a | | | | Selecting one of my favorite songs Duke pulled out |
| musician whose fingers and musical mind never stops; | | | | the classic When Your Lover Has Gone, which was |
| he has been a consummate performer touring all over | | | | originally sung by Gene Austin and covered by a |
| the world while he continues to explore new and old | | | | Who's Who such as Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters, |
| styles and formats of American music. A Swingin | | | | Maxine Sullivan, Billy Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Benny |
| Session with Duke Robillard is a listen through | | | | Goodman and his Orchestra. Duke's version does not |
| American music from big band, swing, Rhythm & | | | | tarnish the sound or the emotional elements, and his |
| Blues, jump blues, and jazz. A selection of classic | | | | personal instrument of choice is his voice while letting |
| tracks mixed in with some Duke originals makes for a | | | | the saxophone, piano, and solid baseline carry the tune. |
| heart pounding, foot stomping, and finger strumming | | | | The release closes out with the tracks The Song Is |
| release. | | | | Ended from Irving Berlin (1927) with touching vocals |
| A master guitar player, singer, songwriter, and | | | | and guitar work from Duke, and a Duke original |
| performer who knows how to get the most from his | | | | instrumental track Swinging With Lucy Mae that |
| instruments, he opens the release with the well | | | | switches with a slight of hand between swing and |
| recorded track Deed I Do, but this arrangement carries | | | | big-band with a sprinkle of Duke magic tossed in. |
| a few twists by Duke along with some stylish guitar | | | | Websites where you can procure A Swingin Session |
| work. The track The Lonesome Road is performed in | | | | with Duke Robillard are Stony Plain Records, eMusic, |
| a traditional rendering that starts off with a slow | | | | Artist Direct, MSN Music, Amazon, Tower Records, |
| rocking tempo from a duet of the snare drum and | | | | and CD Universe. |