Slap That Bass

by Juliet Wood

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£1 GBP or more

about

Slap That Bass - by George and Ira Gershwin
This tune was introduced by Fred Astaire and Dudley Dickerson in the 1937 movie 'Shall We Dance'. The lyrics of Ira’s introduction seem newly relevant in our uncertain times:

“The world is in a mess - with politics and taxes and people grinding axes…” 

Of course, George & Ira's light-hearted solution to this gloom is to listen to more jazz: “the happiest men, all got rhythm!"

lyrics

Zoom zoom, zoom zoom
The world is in a mess
With politics and taxes
And people grinding axes
There's no happiness

Zoom zoom, zoom zoom
Rhythm, lead your ace
The future doesn't fret me
If I can only get me
Someone to slap that bass

Happiness is not a riddle
When I'm listening to that
Big bass fiddle

Slap that bass, Slap it till it's dizzy
Slap that bass, Keep the rhythm busy
Zoom zoom zoom
Misery, you've got to go

Slap that bass, Use it like a tonic
Slap that bass, Keep your Philharmonic
Zoom zoom zoom
And the milk and honey'll flow

Dictators would be better off
If they zoom zoom now and then
Today, you can see that the happiest men
All got rhythm

In which case, If you want to bubble
Slap that bass, Slap away your trouble
Learn to zoom zoom zoom
Slap that bass
Slap that bass!

credits

released November 28, 2022
Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Vocal: Juliet Wood
Bass: Julie Walkington
Guitar: Dominic Ashworth

Recording and Mixing: Greg Dowling
Photograph: Juliet Wood

license

about

Juliet Wood London, UK

"Exquisite singing ... the best vocal album I have heard this year" - Nick Lea - Jazz Views

For her debut album Sconsolato, Juliet has brought together a collection of tunes chosen for, and connected by, their shimmering harmonies and beautiful melody lines. Juliet has imbued these songs with her own palette of vocal colours that range from dark and smoky to crystalline and transparent. ... more

music.julietwood.com

contact / help

Contact Juliet Wood

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Juliet Wood, you may also like:

Land forms - Live on Bebop Artist Project
by YenTing Lo

Backed by a trio of jazz musicians, the Taiwanese singer-songwriter develops physical landscapes as a vehicle for stunning sound poetry. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 3, 2024
go to album
The Light and the Dark
by Kristin Berardi

This atypical vocal jazz album allows the backing band to shine. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2022
go to album
Reflections
by Jukka Haavisto

Solo debut from Finnish bassist Jukka Haavisto, a master of electric jazz fusion and fretless techniques. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 7, 2022
go to album
Ism
by Junius Paul

featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 22, 2019
go to album
Infection In The Sentence
by Sarah Tandy

featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 12, 2019
go to album
Penelope (in support of World Child Cancer)
by Billy Marrows

All proceeds from this gorgeous chamber jazz LP go to support UK organization World Child Cancer. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 31, 2024
go to album
April
by Ideophone

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 9, 2024
go to album