Bman's Blues Report

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, More Love , by FreeWorld and it's a mix of rock, soul, funk, jazz, gospel and reggae. Opening with funk rocker, Outta Sight , Richard Cushing on lead vocal and bass sets the pace with a hot sax solo by Peter Climie and smoking B3 by Cedric Taylor, and joined by Alex Schuetrumpf on trumpet, Courtney Reid on vocal, Frank Paladino on bari sax, Freedman Steorts on trombone, Matt Sweatt on drums and hot guitar solo by Walter Hughes. Smoking opening. Soulful title track, More Love has a solid melody and should appeal strongly for radio play with great lead vocals by Chris Stephenson and warm backing vocals by the Tennessee Mass Choir. Hard driving Rush Hour has a soundtrack feel with Taylor on keys and Gene Nunez on guitars taking the lead pumped up by Schuetrumpf, Climie, Paladino and Steorts on horns and Sweatt on drums. Color Trip is an interesting pop jazz composition with tight horn lead and a real nice guitar solo b...

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, What It Is , from Freeworld and it's a horn infused party. Opening with Deeper By The Minute , Richard Cushing, lead vocalist and bass player sets the pace with Dr. Herman Green on tenor sax, Peter Climie on tenor, bari and alto sax, Andy Tate on guitar, Chris Stephenson on keys, Jared Dover on trumpet, Freedman Steorts on trombone and Greg Lundy on drums. A funky rocker with tight horns and a funky beat, cool opener. Shrimp N' Grits is a solid horn saturated instrumental. One of my favorite tracks on the release it features a real nice flow of trumpet and sax solos by Dover and Green as well as a vicious guitar solo by Tate. Another of my favorite tracks blends funk and neo soul on It's Alright . A great bass riff and shimmery piano work shine and punchy horn work keeps it tight. I fat guitar solo by Tate really hangs out against the somewhat conservative horn backing making it all the more impactful. Taki...