JITTERBUG VIPERS
''PHOEBE'S DREAM''
JUNE 4 2013
39:02
1. Phoebe’s Dream/Sarah Sharp & Kristopher Lee Wade/4:14
2. A Viper Just The Same/Sarah Sharp & Kristopher Lee Wade/4:20
3. Stuff It/Sarah Sharp & Elizabeth McQueen/2:03
4. Undecided/Sid Robin & Charlie Shavers/3:25
5. When You’re High/Sarah Sharp & Kristopher Lee Wade/4:32
6. Dangerous/Sarah Sharp & Katie Holmes/3:12)
7. That Was Just The Sauce Talking/Sarah Sharp & Jacob Jaeger/3:29
8. Billie’s Blues/Billie Holiday/5:57
9. Viper Moon/Sarah Sharp & Slim Richey/3:16
10. Trouble/Sarah Sharp & Buffalo Speedway/3:14
11. Django’s Birthday/Slim Richey/1:08
Slim Richey – Guitar
Sarah Sharp – Vocals
Francie Meaux Jeaux – Bass
Masumi Jones – Drums
Special Guests:
Elizabeth McQueen, Katie Holmes, Jacob Jaeger, Allison Scharf
DownBeat Magazine – The BIBLE of Jazz Since 1934
DownBeat Magazine - September 2013
Jitterbug Vipers: Phoebe’s Dream
By Michael Point
“No Musical act embodies the “Keep Austin Weird” civic mantra with more style and class than the “swingadelic” quartet Jitterbug Vipers. The band’s witty updating of classic 1930s reefer jive music, featuring septuagenarian guitar genius Slim Richey front and center, is sly, sophisticated and more than a little habit-forming. The inherent humor of the material disguises serious musicianship from not only Richey- who sparkles on the disc’s denouement, the closing “Django’s Birthday”-but also from bassist Francie Meaux Jeaux and drummer Masumi Jones. Sarah Sharp, who serves as the primary songwriter, sweetly sails through a selection of originals in the tradition with seductive nonchalance but also digs down deep for an exquisite rendition of “Billie’s Blues.”"
''PHOEBE'S DREAM''
JUNE 4 2013
39:02
1. Phoebe’s Dream/Sarah Sharp & Kristopher Lee Wade/4:14
2. A Viper Just The Same/Sarah Sharp & Kristopher Lee Wade/4:20
3. Stuff It/Sarah Sharp & Elizabeth McQueen/2:03
4. Undecided/Sid Robin & Charlie Shavers/3:25
5. When You’re High/Sarah Sharp & Kristopher Lee Wade/4:32
6. Dangerous/Sarah Sharp & Katie Holmes/3:12)
7. That Was Just The Sauce Talking/Sarah Sharp & Jacob Jaeger/3:29
8. Billie’s Blues/Billie Holiday/5:57
9. Viper Moon/Sarah Sharp & Slim Richey/3:16
10. Trouble/Sarah Sharp & Buffalo Speedway/3:14
11. Django’s Birthday/Slim Richey/1:08
Slim Richey – Guitar
Sarah Sharp – Vocals
Francie Meaux Jeaux – Bass
Masumi Jones – Drums
Special Guests:
Elizabeth McQueen, Katie Holmes, Jacob Jaeger, Allison Scharf
DownBeat Magazine – The BIBLE of Jazz Since 1934
DownBeat Magazine - September 2013
Jitterbug Vipers: Phoebe’s Dream
By Michael Point
“No Musical act embodies the “Keep Austin Weird” civic mantra with more style and class than the “swingadelic” quartet Jitterbug Vipers. The band’s witty updating of classic 1930s reefer jive music, featuring septuagenarian guitar genius Slim Richey front and center, is sly, sophisticated and more than a little habit-forming. The inherent humor of the material disguises serious musicianship from not only Richey- who sparkles on the disc’s denouement, the closing “Django’s Birthday”-but also from bassist Francie Meaux Jeaux and drummer Masumi Jones. Sarah Sharp, who serves as the primary songwriter, sweetly sails through a selection of originals in the tradition with seductive nonchalance but also digs down deep for an exquisite rendition of “Billie’s Blues.”"
