Hawaiian Swing (1999)

About this title: "You gotta have a gimmick," said a wise old stage mother -- and Matt Catingub (aka Big Kahuna and youngest son of the late singer Mavis Rivers) has chosen his home-state Hawaii as the calling card for yet another new swing band. If you close your eyes, though, Hawaii is hardly in evidence on this rather ordinary recording where the jackhammer new swing/rockabilly beat is juxtaposed with more or less traditional big-band and combo numbers. Occasionally, a Hawaii-related tune like "Pearly Shells," "Blue Hawaii," or the concluding "Hawaiian War Chant" (which Tommy Dorsey beat the Kahuna to by ... read more

Tracks:

1. Come On-A My House [Bagdasarian/Bagdasa]
2. A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Alexander/Fitzgeral]
3. Medley: Don't Be That Way/Stompin' at the Savoy [Goodman/Sampson/Par]
4. The Hukilau Song [Owens]
5. Pearly Shells [Edwards/Pober]
6. In the Copa Room [Catingub]
7. Every Day I Have the Blues [Memphis Slim]
8. A Night in Tunisia [Gillespie/Paparelli]
9. After Hours [Catingub]
10. Blue Hawaii [Rainger/Robin]
11. Love You Madly [Ellington]
12. Them There Eyes [Tracey/Tauber/Pinka]
13. Medley: Smiles/When You're Smilin' [Roberts/Goodwin/Sha]
14. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad [Mundy/Stillman]
15. I'll Remember You [Mercer/Schertzinger]
16. Come On-A My House [Instrumental Reprise] [Bagdasarian/Bagdasa]
17. Hawaiian War Chant [Noble/Freed]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.