2012-08-13
Canadian band, Shuffle Demons, has been around for over twenty-five years. The band consists of bass, drums and three (count 'em...three) sax players. Ninth release, ClusterFunk, is funky, blues-based jazz, offering seven vocal and five instrumental songs. The instrumentals here are pretty much straight-up jazz, while the vocal pieces all lie more in the blues arena. Highlights include "Strollin'" with drummer Stich Wynston playing the rims and "Way After Midnight". "Way After Midnight" shows how tight these guys can be when they play some serious bebop. Rebecca Ruth
BELA FLECK AND CHICK COREA
The Enchantment
Alice Coltrane
Translinear Light
Michelle Coltrane
Awakening
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Friday the 13th The Micros Play Monk
Ted Nash & Still Evolved
– In The Loop
FRANK ROSALY
Cicada Music
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