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Petersen, Pete & The Porkpie Septet, Keep Your Hat On

Old-school high energy swing-hop with great solos. A hit with the lindy-hoppers and jazzers alike. Big raucous tight sound. "Pete’s affinity with the Pork Pie Hat led me to think that Lester Young was a big influence on Pete’s playing and composing. Absolutely! ...after going in to the libraries of Coltrane, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon and Johnny Hodges... he developed his own incomparable style. Smoky, swinging music that swung like a gate... this is the music for all generations, this is Jazz." - Janie Harris, wife of the late great Jazz pianist Gene Harris