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Two intimate concerts jam-packed with enthusiastic fans: frontrow seats for two powerful, very different blues legends. more... |
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In Frank’s words, “This is something quite different…I’m
not trying to revolutionize the big band, I’m just telling
it the way I hear it with thirteen horns and a rhythm section.”
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They created a historic first and they made fun music: their infectious
Afro-Caribbean-Celtic grooves will have you popping your fingers
and step-dancing, whether you’re a jazzer or a Gael.
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I cut my eyeteeth on this kind of gospel—the sweet, pure, close
harmony of a Southern a capella choir. When I heard about South
Carolina’s finest, the Angels, I took a chance and went all
the way to Charleston to record them.
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If you like your jazz uptempo and overflowing with vitality, look
no farther. Patience is a cooking, muscular-toned tenorman somewhere
between Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Rollins—a musician great
enough to have toured with Ellington, David Murray and Stevie Wonder.
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Clifford’s big band wasn’t a machine of stunning precision
like the Basie Band. It was a warm and swinging group with great
jazz soloists, akin to Dizzy’s big band from the late ’40s.
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These guys take a gritty approach to that magic moment when the
blues turned into rock ’n‘ roll. Whop Frazier sings Motown-steeped,
bluesy vocals on classics from Wilson Pickett, Buddy Guy, Jimmy
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Hailing from Bishopville, South Carolina, Drink Small has the biggest,
deepest bass voice in the blues. His amazingly expressive sound
falls right in between B.B. King and Bo Diddley. But Drink’s
got a little something extra.
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Fans of Coltrane’s Giant Steps will especially dig Ted’s
powerful tenor sound. This burning set of modern jazz is one of
my very best live recordings.
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Nothing I’ve recorded is closer to my heart than this, my first
collaboration with Clifford. We recorded live at a posh jazz club
in Baltimore for three great nights. Fresh off the New York jazz
circuit, Clifford’s quartet was locked-in, relaxed and happily
inspired by a house full of enthusiastic fans.
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