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Overton Music artist: Russ Green - Stone Cold - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Stone Cold , from Russ Green , and it's a driving blues rocker. Opening with Lint Redux , you are immediately in the middle of a swampy blues with modern effects. With a firm foot stomp by Felix Pollard on drums and Vic Jackson on bass Russ Green on harmonica and vocals really has the earthy feel. Giles Corey on slide gives the track great grease and Green's harp work is strong. Excellent opener. 12 Feet of Water opens with a terrific harmonica aria before grinding into a super drum driven romp. With the feel that I can only describe as Hill Country , Green delivers such soulful vocals, comforted by Joe Monroe on keys, this track just grabs you. Green's harmonica is like a shuddering wind blowing through you with the thumping bass of Vic Jackson and Vince Agwada on guitar. Excellent! Easy going shuffle, Nobody Knows has a smooth, supple melody with backing acoustic guitar, minimal drum work and melodic ha...
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SOPRANO BOOGIE - Herbie Fields Quintet

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A solid exponent of the swing-to-bop approach, Herbie Fields came up in bands led by Hot Lips Page and Raymond Scott, replaced Earl Bostic in Lionel Hampton's orchestra, and led a series of small and large groups throughout the second half of the 1940s. One enduring claim to fame is the fact that he also made records with Miles Davis. Released by Vintage Music Productions in 2001, His Orchestra and Quintet combines selected vocal and instrumental cuts dating from August 1946 through November 1947. Fields studied at Juilliard and was exceptionally adept with soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones as well as the clarinet, on which he sounded a lot like Artie Shaw. The lineups in this portion of his discography include trumpeter Benny Harris, trombonist Eddie Bert, and saxophonists Joe Garland and Serge Chaloff. In addition to assorted pop vocals (including "A-Huggin' and A-Chalkin'," a crude musical joke fixated upon the circumference of an obese woman), there are seve...
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