2007-09-10
The lyrics on this recording are phenomenal, like when you have a really great novel that you can’t put down, you read a paragraph of prose and marvel at its perfection. It’s not the strange esoteric work of the past but a collection of accessible and interesting songwriting. You might read the liner notes about his home and state of mind, which is decidedly happy. Check out the musicians he employs. Bill Frisell and Loudon Wainwright III are two of them. - Teresa Jeanne
Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights
If Dreams Come True
Angie Wells & Raphael Lemonnier
Love And Mischief
VINCENT HERRING
The Uptown Shuffle
VARIOUS
Rumble In the Great Lakes (Best of the Detroit Jazz Fest 2007)
THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA
Rising Sun
Dr. John
Mercernary
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