2012-08-13
Canadian band, Shuffle Demons, has been around for over twenty-five years. The band consists of bass, drums and three (count 'em...three) sax players. Ninth release, ClusterFunk, is funky, blues-based jazz, offering seven vocal and five instrumental songs. The instrumentals here are pretty much straight-up jazz, while the vocal pieces all lie more in the blues arena. Highlights include "Strollin'" with drummer Stich Wynston playing the rims and "Way After Midnight". "Way After Midnight" shows how tight these guys can be when they play some serious bebop. Rebecca RuthAaron Goldberg
The Now
Jeff Richman
Sizzle
JAMBALAYA BRASS BAND
IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Friday the 13th The Micros Play Monk
Matt Flinner Quartet
Walking on the Moon
STRYKERT AND SLAGLET
KEEPER
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