Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Miss Thing!

Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! is the second album by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers.

Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!
Studio album by
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
ReleasedMarch 21, 2000[1]
RecordedApril 7, 1999 (tracks 4, 11, 12, 15)
May 27, 1999 (tracks 5, 6, 13, 14, 16)
August 12, 1999 (tracks 1, 9, 10)
August 25, 1999 (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8)[2]
GenreBebop, swing, salsa, jump blues, New Orleans R&B[3]
Length1:08:16
LabelFat Note Records
ProducerLavay Smith, Chris Siebert[2]
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers chronology
One Hour Mama
(1996)		 Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!
(2000)		 Miss Smith to You!
(2009)

Development

The band worked with David Berger (former director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) on the new album. The album differed from One Hour Mama with the addition of six additional horns, and included six original tunes along with the ten covers.[4]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Busy Woman's Blues"David Berger, Chris Seibert, Lavay Smith, Bill Stewart[2]6:12
2."Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing"D. Berger, C. Seibert, L. Smith3:11
3."Big Fine Daddy"Bill Elliot, C. Seibert, L. Smith4:06
4."Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?"Don Redman, Andy Razaf5:06
5."Now or Never"Billie Holiday, Curtis R. Lewis3:46
6."I've Got a Feelin'"Sid Wyche3:41
7."Roll the Boogie"C. Seibert, L. Smith3:59
8."Honey Pie"C. Seibert, Allen Smith, L. Smith4:10
9."I Want a Little Boy"Billy Moll, Murray Mencher6:10
10."Blow Me a Fat Note"C. Seibert, L. Smith3:25
11."Voo-It"Ulysses Banks, William "Frosty" Pyles5:06
12."He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped"Dizzy Gillespie3:32
13."Hootie Blues"Jay McShann, George Brown4:06
14."Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?"Lou Alter, Eddie DeLange5:15
15."Sent for You Yesterday"Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing4:11
16."Winter Wonderland"Richard Smith, Felix Bernard2:20
Total length:1:08:16[1]

Reception

JazzTimes reported the album to be hot, with all-attitude Smith never failing when working with her backing band. "The Busy Woman's Blues" is reviewed as a mid-tempo smolder-fest.[5] Roberta on the Arts reviewed the album as red hot, visiting the jazz and blues of San Francisco, Kansas City, New York, and New Orleans. Lavay Smith is the vocalist star and is ably backed by her thirteen piece band to create versatile and melodic tunes.[6] The Los Angeles Times reports that Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are not just another swing revival band, but a band making real swing music, jump blues, bebop, New Orleans R&B, and classic jazz. Smith's style harks back to Dinah Washington, using a smoky contralto to dig into the music's timeless essence.[7]

The album is reported to have reached at number 10 on the Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart,[7] and can be shown to have reached at least number 11 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart, on July 1 and July 8, 2000,[8] and number 24 on Billboard's combined Jazz Albums chart on July 1, 2000.[9] Billboard ranked the album as the 25th top jazz album of the year for 2000.[10]

Personnel

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers[2][11]

  • Lavay Smith – vocals
  • Chris Seibert – piano
  • Charlie Seibert – guitar
  • Bing Nathan – string bass
  • Bill Ortiz – trumpets
  • Allen Smith – trumpets (except tracks 5 & 13)
  • Danny Armstrong – trombone (except tracks 2, 3, 7, 8)
  • Marty Wehner – trombone (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8)
  • Jules Broussard - alto saxophone (tracks 2 - 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15), tenor saxophone (1, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16)
  • Bill Stewart – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16)
  • Herman Riley – tenor saxophone (tracks 4, 11, 12, 15)
  • Ron Stallings – tenor saxophone (track 5), baritone saxophone (except track 5)
  • Harvey Robb – tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8)
  • Sly Randolph – drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15)
  • Mark Lee – drums (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16)
  • Jesús Diaz – bongos (tracks 6, 16)
  • Michael Spiro – congas (tracks 6, 16)

Production[2][11]

  • Lavay Smith - producer
  • Chris Seibert – producer, mixing
  • Mike Cogan – recorded at Bay Records
  • Dug Nichols, Daryn Roven - recorded at Russian Hill Recording and Different Fur Recording, mixing
  • Jeremy Goody - assistant engineer
  • Justin Lieberman - assistant engineer, mixing
  • Paul Stubblebine - mastering
  • Kathrin Miller – cover photography
  • John Borruso – design and artwork

References
  1. "Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  2. Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Miss Thing! (CD cardboard liner). Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. San Francisco, California: Fat Note Records. 2000. FN0002.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Perrine, Amos (August 28, 2009). "Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers -- New Album on September 8, 2009". No Depression. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  4. Kincaid, Chad (2000). "The Divine Miss Thing". Atomic. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  5. Daly, Sean (September 1, 2000). "Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!". JazzTimes. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  6. Zlokower, Dr. Roberta E. (July 21, 2007). "Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!". Roberta on the Arts. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  7. Roos, John (November 1, 2000). "In the Swing and Definitely in Control". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  8. "Top Jazz Albums". Billboard. July 8, 2000. p. 38. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  9. "Jazz Albums". Billboard. July 1, 2000. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  10. "The Year in Music 2000". Billboard. December 30, 2000. p. 85. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  11. "Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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