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 Ruth
STEFON HARRIS
African Tarantella
JACK DEJONETTE AND BILL FRISELL
The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
JANICE BORLA
From Every Angle
Matt Flinner Quartet
Walking on the Moon
JESSICA WILLIAMS
With Love
Jamie Cullum
twentysomething
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