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Tight, Like a Tiger

Che | 12/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Salut!



This is the best produced of the Fanfare releases and the band is the tightest I've heard. They manage to incorporate their famous lightening fast um-pa sound with, dare I say, catchy licks that would put most American jazz musicians to shame. The album notes, by the way, hint at a Gypsy influence on American jazz and by the way Fanfare play, I would be willing to believe that Gypsies not only influenced jazz, but perfected it."