SHUFFLE DEMONS

ClusterFunk

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

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Jazz

  • reviewed 05/2009

    NOMO
    Invisible Cities

  • reviewed 11/2006

    NOMO
    Newtones

  • reviewed 11/2016

    The Hot Club of San Francisco
    John Paul George & Django

  • reviewed 12/2008

    MARY RADEMACHER & RICK REUTHER
    Two of a Kind

  • reviewed 03/2008

    CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON
    The New Crystal Silence

  • reviewed 08/2007

    AVISHAI COHEN
    After The Big Rain

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.