CD OUT OF STOCK - Vavavoom's follow up CD to their "Melomania" gem is the 2007 release, "Swingphonicity". The light yet musically compelling humor comes through from the opening track, "Minor Blues". Electric guitar, clean with a throwback to swinging Cochrane Setzer guitar style and all hell breaks loose at 2 minutes in. Double time chord progression supports the lightning demanded solo lines from all - until the chill takes over a minute later. The 16-track record is peppered with a half-dozen Django Reinhardt tunes including the opener. Track 2, "The Man Who Could Not Dream", is an original tune that lyrically describes the poor dreamless state, 'romance, came with a price, he didn't mind, what does it mean, for the man who could not dream'. Track 3, "Django's Tiger", enters with a screaming harmonica intro. The 2-step mover gives guitarist, Pierre Pichon, a chance to shine with his masterful right hand and upbeat technique. Track 4, "New Orleans", is as the city itself, musically, is - the Big Easy groove that is best experienced with a smooth brandied mind and gently closed eyes. In track 7, their original "Drunkard's Tango", we half expected a musical stumbling - instead, the tango here is sober and any inebriated reflection is in the phrasing of the solo passages which are loose, edgey, and colorful by both guitar, accordion, fiddle, and the particularly drunk soprano sax played by Aurora Nealand. The band takes a more somber and reflective turn in track 8, "Anouman", and the diversion from the upbeat energy is a welcome change. It's a tremendous interpreation of the Django piece. Track 9, appropriately, takes off like a jet with the upbeat, "I Found a New Baby". Track 11, "When I Get Low I Get High", is the most original vocal track as background vocals are eerily ominous and lead vocals penetrate surrounded by Andrew Sister-like close interval harmonies - great and our favorite track. As with Vavavoom's first CD, "Swingphonicity" again leaves the listener with musical fun in "Do What Ory Say" - and, again, Vaan bows the violin in the upper sliding registers with energy. Guitar, sax, and accordion all say their goodbyes in the tune and you half expect the vocal to enter with a 'we're Vavavoom, thanks for listening and please visit again soon'. The final 30 seconds is an unleashed band - with multiple solo lines going on simultaneously until one final note ends it. Another gem of a record from the New Orleans artists.