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
THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND
THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND
RASHIED ALI QUINTET
Judgment Day
KEITH MARKS
Foreign Funk
BLUE NEBULA
Relative Dimensions
CATHERINE RUSSELL
STRICTLY ROMANCIN'
The U.S. Army Blues
Live At The Blues Alley
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