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Here's what the Critics have to say about
us! |
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| "One of the best bands in Swing & Blues period!" |
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| Lee
Moore |
Flying
Lindy Hoppers Dance Team |
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"Flattop is a true original! A Pioneer of the hot modern jump swing
sound" |
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| Michael
Moss |
Swingtime
Magazine |
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| "Flattop and his dance
partner Pinki - Jump Dance - up a storm during many
of the bands songs to make a good thing, well, great!" |
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| Doug
Deutsch |
Happening
Magazine |
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| "This band has all the elements to hypnotize fans of West Coast Swing,
boogie, woogie piano, jazzy harp, steam rolling horn arrangements, hip guitar playing and
a rhythm section that pushes fingersnappin to the limit!" |
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| Art
Tipaldi |
Blues
Revue Magazine |
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| "If you dance to any form of the Blues, you'd better have a fire
extinguisher or high heels after attending a Flattop Tom & His Jump Cats
performance." |
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| John
Abram |
Swingtime
Magazine |
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| "The Bands strong tie-in with swing dance (see them live to fully appreciate
what I mean) is no mere gimmick, it correctly serves to emphasize the essential connection
between dancing and music in the development of swing, blues, and rock and roll." |
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| Martin
Gonzales |
Southlands
Blues Magazine |
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| "Flattop Tom & His Jump Cats also emphasized showmanship, their swinging
up-tempo blues were tightly played, but the big treat was watching the leader Tom
Hall" and a dance partner do a flashy jitterbug." |
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| Mike
Boehm |
Los
Angeles Times,
8th Annual Harmonica Magazine |
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"Hall knows what swing dancers like because he's one of 'em.
A professional dancer who has appeared in films and commercials, Hall has been known to
hit the dance floor and shake a leg along with the paying customers when his band gets
into an instrumental groove." |
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| Bill
Locey |
Los
Angeles Times
Ventura Edition |
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"Swing music is finding pockets of newfound popularity in places like
The
Derby in Los Angeles, and in Long Beach, The Blue Cafe,
which swings every Sunday with such bands as The Royal Crown Revue,
Jimmy
& The Gigilos, Flattop Tom & His Jump Cat's,
and
the Eddie Reed Swing Band providing the blaring sounds of the post dubya-dubya II
era." |
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| Tim
Grobaty |
Long Beach
Press Telegram |
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| "Swing Dance Party (Palamar) is their third release of tunes in the
up-tempo, finger-popping style defined by steady comping piano, hopping horn charts and
jazzy instrumentals passages. |
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Art
Tipaldi |
Blues
Revue Magazine |
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| Gutsy Swing! Serious for all Dancers! |
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| Michael
Moss |
Swingtime
Magazine |
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| This isn't any old swing dance party! This one's happenin' down south where
two steppers and swing heads dance side by side! |
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| Doug
Deutsch |
Happening
Magazine |
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| This band would make Louis Jordon proud! |
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| Left
Coast Carl |
Southland
Bules Magazine |
