“Tatum’s Swingin’ Session!!! is a special one, a grand showcase for the popular, retro-dynamic singer Tatum Langley, a member of the band for several years. Langley, who’s toured globally with Postmodern Jukebox, is the perfect, emotionally transcendent match for this incredible wealth of material, singing and scatting to her heart’s delight while leading a journey that mines the magic of Cole Porter, Peggy Lee, and Arnett Cobb.”

-JW Vibe by Jonathan Widran

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“On Tatum’s Swingin’ Session, vocalist Tatum Langley and the Shout Section Big Band, under the baton leadership of Brett T. Dean, deliver a spirited salute to the golden era of swing, threading fresh arrangements and vocal flair through a venerable repertoire. Langley’s agile, three-and-a-half-octave voice transitions from lyric intimacy to scatting bravura, while the big band responds with crisp ensemble punch, fantastic solos, and warm harmonies.”

-The Jazz Page by D. Glenn Daniels

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“Change the face (and figure) on the cover of Tatum's Swingin' Session!!!, the Chicago-based Shout Section Big Band's fifth recording, and what is left is an almost exact replica of an album cover released by Capitol Records in 1961, depicting a swingin' session led by another rather well-known interpreter of popular song by Frank Sinatra...down to and including the three exclamation marks.”

"…It should be noted that Tatum Langley (Sinatra's stand-in on the album cover) is a very good singer in her own right who lends every one of the fourteen songs on her Swingin' Session!!!  the best she has to offer. Her best includes a pleasing mid-range voice, superb diction, an engaging personality and an admirable sense of rhythm, timing and swing.

"… She even swings in a lower-key manner on ballads such as Ray Noble's "I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You" and Irving Berlin's "The Song Is Ended." In that way, she does Sinatra proud, as he never stopped swinging regardless of mood or tempo; the swing component was simply built in."

The wide-ranging Swingin' Session!!! opens with "Deedle's Blues" and includes, among other winners, "Ridin' High," "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis," "Sing," "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" and the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night." Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's "Pass Me By" is a pleasant surprise, and there is even a bonus track, Cole Porter's convivial "You're the Top." Langley nails every one of them, as she does "That's My Style," "All the Cats Join In" and "Swingin' on Nothing," even scatting her way through the groovy "Smooth Sailing."

Even though Langley is clearly the stellar attraction, the support given by the Shout Section band should not be underplayed, as it is essential to the album's success. The band is sharp and on its toes throughout, lending Langley all the reinforcement she needs while throwing in the occasional animated solo to help lighten the load and divert the listener."

“…It is a swingin' session!!! that lives up to the name, one that is well worth hearing and appreciating more than once.”

-All About Jazz By Jack Bowers

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