I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release,
Battle of the Blues, Chicago vs Oakland id it's drips soul. Opening with
Broke Ass Man, a sweaty, R&B track by Mz. Sumac, you got honest to goodness soul and hot vocals over warm organ and piano
by Chris Burns, and deep bass by Aldwin London. Willie Nelson's,
Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away has a great soulful take by Aldwin London, a super singer and bass player with soulful sax by John Brumbach singing to the music. Very nice.
Take It Easy features the lap steel soloing of Freddie Roulette over a cool Twist Turner melody. Rusty Zinn's slashing guitar style steps forward on
Good Morning Mr. Blues and the vocal prowess of Nat Bolden. Pure blues all the way with Leo Q. Allen on trumpet, a great track. "Mr Excitement", Del Brown belts out a soulful,
Now That I've Gone. Showing incredible soul prowess, Brown has a powerful voice that carries the understated instrumentation. Brumbach is back with another powerful sax solo pumping the track even higher. Very nice. Another hot guitar instrumental is
Red Tide and Roulette again shows incredible feel. Gerald McClendon's solid entry,
Cold In The Streets, is one of my favorites on the release with super vocals and Mark Wydra's guitar work over the bass lines of Art Love are magic. Wrapping the release is Emery Williams Jr. on soul track,
Mama Don't You Weep, with Bernard Anderson on sax and a great bass line by Art Love. This is a really nice release of R&B, Soul and Blues and a great way to wrap up the year.
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