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 RuthJAMES BOOKER
CLASSIFIED REMIXED AND EXPANDED
THE RICK HOLLAND-EVAN DOBBINS LITTLE BIG BAND
Trilby
DUKE ROBILLARD & SUNNY CROWNOVER
TALES FROM THE TIKI LOUNGE
SHUFFLE DEMONS
ClusterFunk
Bob Merrill and Roswell Rudd
Cheerin' Up The Universe
DR. LONNIE SMITH
SPIRAL
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