I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Dressed, from All Things Swamp and it's a blast. All Things Swamp is like a poker circle of pros from unrelated bands who get together on their days off to play funky jams on their days off. I think you'll be glad they do. Opening with Sidewalk Strut, Luke Kirley on tuba starts funky, Nawlins sound quickly joined by Brian Switser on trumpet, Tim Hockenberry on trombone, Dan Gordon on bass trombone, Dean Parks on tenor sax, Aaron Lington on bari sax, and Gary Novak on drums. Lington rips a great bari solo followed by Kirley on tuba and with a smart melody and a crisp drum snap, this is an excellent opener. Joe Zawinul's hip track, Mercy Mercy Mercy made popular by Mr Cannonball Adderley on the jazz scene and by the Buckinghams on the hit parade, gets a bigger band redo lead by Hockenberry with some real flash on trombone and a settled down organ groove by none other than Jim Pugh. The ever present tuba line by Kirley is great. You gotta check the trombone solo by Hockenberry on Blues For Ben. Switzer on trumpet digs in nicely with a solo of his own but it always comes back to Kirley on tuba who is killer. Very cool. Wrapping the release is Rebirth's Take It To The Street with it's punchy brass lead. Gordon, Switzer, Hockenberry, Parks and Lington really get it moving with the punchy tuba work of Novak, Novak on drums and Pugh turning up the heat on keys. Excellent closer.
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