Jazz Articles about High Pockets

The High Pockets: Picasso's Dog

by Ed Kopp
December 1, 1998

Every year or so, just when I begin to think that the pop-jazz landscape is a barren wasteland, somebody releases a CD that knocks my socks off. Last year it was Jim Beard, this year it's The High Pockets.The High Pockets are an eight-piece group that mixes disparate ingredients from around the world in an unusual musical gumbo. Cajun-style accordian and New Orleans-style brass stand at the center of this Orlando band's inspired sound, and while the union ...