| Hit That Jive, Jack! | ||||
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| Released | June 25, 1985 | |||
| Studio | Lobel Studios, West New York, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 30:51 | |||
| Label | Stash | |||
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Hit That Jive, Jack! is the second studio album led by jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli, released in 1985 with Stash Records. [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hit That Jive, Jack!" | John Alston, Skeets Tolbert | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Better Run Before It's Spring" | John Pizzarelli, Linda Rose | 4:10 |
| 3. | "The Frim-Fram Sauce" | Joe Ricardel, Redd Evans | 2:45 |
| 4. | "Davenport Blues" | John Pizzarelli | 3:02 |
| 5. | "Racing With The Moon" | Pauline Pope, Vaughn Monroe | 3:31 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nobody's Heart" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 3:37 |
| 2. | "This Will Make You Laugh" | Irene Higginbotham | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Haven't We Met" | Kenny Rankin | 2:21 |
| 4. | "Baby, Baby, All The Time" | Bobby Troup | 3:02 |
| 5. | "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" | Larry Stock, Russ Morgan | 2:18 |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Scott Yanow's review for AllMusic was mixed, commenting that "Pizzarelli's singing was already distinctive and his guitar playing quite swinging, but roughly half of the songs on this CD reissue use pop or funk rhythms" on account of him "not quite [finding] his niche yet". He concluded "the uneven material and arrangements make this a lightweight effort." [2]
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