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 RuthLUCIANA SOUZA
The New Bossa Nova
Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer
Music for Two
WYNTON MARSALIS & MARCUS ROBERTS
TOGETHER AGAIN
INARA GEORGE WITH VAN DYKE PARKS
An Invitation
THE GODFATHERS OF GROOVE FEATURING REUBEN WILSON, BERNARD “PRETTY” PURDIE, AND GRANT GREEN JR.
The Godfathers of Groove
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Buena Vista Social Club presents...
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