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Blues Jumpers -
Jump, swing, blues, all the cool daddies, zippers
and setzers of the late 90's should have hired a singer with the talent
of veteran Savannah, Georgia, jump-blues expert Haywood Gregory.
Gregory, who replaced the Jumpers' Eldridge Taylor, has great lung
power, chooses his shrieking spots carefully and is funny and
enthusiastic, battling with saxophonists Mike Hashim and Dan Alvero for
control of the party song "Sinner." Perhaps owing to bandleader Jospeh
Geary's presence on the drums, the Blues Jumpers build effectively from
the rhythm section up, with the pianists and guitarists jumping in
rather than piling on.

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