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Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six

Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six: Control Freak

by Derek Taylor
October 1, 2000

The neo-Swing resurgence advanced by such colorfully-plumaged groups as the Squirrel Nut Zippers and Cherry Poppin’ Daddies may have fizzled in the last few months, but the Quality Six continue to solider on. There debut record for Delmark Heretic Blues showcased a band whose eclecticism and musicianship stood them shoulders above the competition. Rather than simply ...

Heretic Blues

By Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1999

Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six: Heretic Blues

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 1999

Bob Koester, the main man at Delmark Records, labels the music produced by Kevin O’Donnell’s Quality Six “unclassifiable,” and he’ll get no argument from these quarters. It has elements of blues, swing, classic New Orleans and even occasional whiffs of bop, played by a sextet whose front line includes violin, guitar, alto sax and trombone. Violinist ...