Al Copley - Jump On It

Album: Jump On It
Size: 72,5 MB
Time: 31:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Piano blues, R&B
Art: Full

1. Last Thing I Needed (3:16)
2. Hoy Hoy Hoy (2:27)
3. The Big Ten Inch Record (2:37)
4. Louie Louie (3:05)
5. Great Balls Of Fire (1:51)
6. Stranger In My Hometown (2:55)
7. Please Send Me Someone To Love (5:54)
8. Someday (3:17)
9. How Sweet It Is (3:12)
10. I Ain't Gonna Do It (2:33)

There's nothing particularly blue about Al Copley's blues - not that there's anything wrong with that. The point of Jump On It is to party, no matter what the tempo. A snappy horn section jabs the rhythm players on classic jump tunes like "Hoy Hoy Hoy" and "I Ain't Gonna Do It," a re-creation of Jerry Lee Lewis's manic crash through "Great Balls of Fire," a medium-tempo sashay over Fats Domino piano triplets on "Someday," a smoky Mose Allison groove on "Stranger in My Hometown," a sly, risqué reading of "The Big Ten Inch Record," and a fresh arrangement of the ultimate good-time track, "Louie Louie."

On each cut, Copley sings with a smile on his face, his voice husky and warm, his phrasing impeccably idiomatic. His piano never misses the mark either, from rumbling two-fisted tremolos to last-call, upper-register tinkles. None of it breaks new ground, nor is it deep emotionally; aside from one brief reflection on hate during a pause toward the end of "Send Me Someone to Love," he pretty much keeps his entertainer hat on throughout the whole album. It is, luckily, a perfect and satisfying fit. /Robert L. Doerschuk, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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