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Zac Harmon & The Drive - Live - New Release Review

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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 keyboar...
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Gettin' Ready Blues - Paul Howard Quality Serenaders

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Although not a major soloist himself, Paul Howard has a certain amount of fame among vintage jazz collectors because his Quality Serenaders was an exciting band in the late 1920s; among his sidemen were Lionel Hampton (on drums) and trombonist Lawrence Brown. Howard, who came from a musical family, started on cornet, switched to alto, and also had training on clarinet, oboe, bassoon, flute and piano before settling on tenor. He moved to Los Angeles in 1911 and started working professionally in 1916 with Wood Wilson's Syncopators and Satchel McVea's Howdy band. Howard played for a time with Harry Southard's Black and Tan Band. In the early '20s when King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton were briefly based in California, Howard spent time in both of their bands. He played with the Quality Four during 1922-1923 (making his recording debut with that group), worked with Sonny Clay in 1925, and then put together the Quality Serenaders in 1925; the exciting unit was based at Sebas...
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