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I started a quest to find terrific blues music and incredible musicianship when I was just a little kid. I also have a tremendous appreciation of fine musical instruments and equipment. One of my greatest joys all of my life was sharing my finds with my friends. I'm now publishing my journey. I hope that you come along!
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Giants, from Barry Greene and it's killer. Opening with Lonnie Smith's, Backtrack, Barry Greene really picked a smart track with a solid blues base. Excellent guitar work by Greene illustrates the body of the composition with a smart B3 solo by Pat Bianchi and hot and heavy drum work by Ulysses Owens Jr. Excellent opener. Grant Green's Green Street is up next with Bianchi setting the background on B3 and Owens Jr on drums. Greene on guitar really has a nice hand trading lead phrases with Bianchi on this Latin infused number. Wes Montgomery's fleet footed, SOS really hums along with Green taking the lead on guitar and David Kikoski really chasing on piano. Owens Jr. drum work is light and tight with Marco Panascia on bass and Steve Nelson on vibes is spot on with Kikoski really working the 88's over. Wow! Greene original, In Her Room, is a solid blues opening with duet with Nelson on vibes. Kikoski's piano is always at the ready for elegant punctuation on piano and Panascia on bass contributes nicely. Strolling nicely on solo guitar, Greene really squeezes the blues out of the strings with beautiful spiritual like chords for the piano by Kikoski and perfect punctuation by Owens Jr. on drums. Very very nice. Wrapping the release is Pat Martino's El Hombre. Greene takes the master's wrk and illustrates it like it's his own. With light Latin flavor by Owens Jr. on drums, and warm punctuation by Bianchi on B3 Greene literally sails. An energetic, Latin salted B3 solo by Bianchi really hits the spot but it's the crisp articulation of Greene that floats this boat. Masterful!
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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live, from Zac Harmon & The Drive and it's super! Opening with soulful, NTRO, Nate Robinson on bass and Gino Iglehart on drums set a solid foundation, with Corey Lacy building on keys and lush guitar work by Zac Harmon and Kingston Livingston really setting the bar. Terrific opener. Blue Pill Thrill has super movement and soulful vocals by Harmon. Lacy on keys works the rhythm with Robinson and Iglehart and Livingston and and Harmon play stinging riffs on guitar really giving this track some kick. Deep blues track, Feet Back On The Ground features Albert King like stinging riffs and super soulful vocals by Harmon. Keeping the music floor low allows Harmon plenty of space to go dynamically from soft to wow quickly adding real emotion to the track. Excellent! Boogie Down is a strong jam with a firm piano base by Lacy giving Harmon plenty of headroom for vocal corralling. Lacy lays in some real tasty keyboard work before Harmon rolls the party James Brown style. Another slow blues, Little Blue Bird, really has some hot guitar work punched up by Lio Saenz Jr on horns and super drumming by Iglehart. Smoking. Wrapping the release is R&B style, Slide, with a real radio feel. Fluid guitar lead by Livingston and Saenz Jr.'s horn work under the silky smooth vocals of Harmon make this a super closer.
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