Svend Asmussen: Makin' Whoopee!...and Music!

Svend Asmussen-violin
Richard Drexler-bass, piano, organ
Tony Martin-drums (except track 4), shakers (track 4)
Tom Carabasi-drums

Svend Asmussen, the 93-year-old elder statesman of violin jazz, who performed with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Hoagy Carmichael and Fats Waller, still makes whoopee and great music at an age when people are either retired or no longer with us.

Selections:

Makin' Whoopee!
Trubbel
There Will Never Be Another You
Singin' In the Rain
Fiddler in Rio
Sermon for Stuff
Nuages
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
Danny Boy
Gypsy
The Nearness of You
Things Ain«t What They Used to Be
Skylark
Banjo
Just a Gigolo
Copacabana