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Derek Brown: All Figured Out
by Jerome Wilson
Tenor player Derek Brown has made a name for himself with a concept called BEATBoX SAX," a method of playing saxophone in a continuous stream of pops, honks, melody and slap-tonguing that comes out like a hip-hop variation on Boots Randolph's old novelty tune. Yakety Sax." He has put several videos on YouTube of him doing ...
Remembering Dr. John
by Matt Hooke
Dr. John, Ph'd in jny: New Orleans piano with a minor in voodoo, died at the age 77 on June 6. Dr. John honored his roots, learned from masters like Professor Longhair, and added his own special herbs to create a gumbo that can never be recreated, even if someone manages to find a recipe. Dr. ...
Mississippi Heat: Warning Shot
by C. Michael Bailey
My father, born in 1915 and having seen and heard such, would call Warning Shot Roadhouse Music." More technically, this is jump blues" employing a larger-than-average band with an unidentified horn section on a majority of the 16 selections, the longest clocking in at 5:36 and the shortest at 3:00. This is an old-fashioned recording of ...
Boots Randolph: A Whole New Ballgame
by Jerry D'Souza
Saxophonist Boots Randolph has been an integral part of several recordings that remain cornerstones in his career. Any fan of Elvis Presley will remember the edge he brought to the songs on Elvis Is Back! (RCA, 1960), with Reconsider Baby being a stand-out. However, Randolph went past that to notch up more great moments with Roy ...
Boots Randolph: A Whole New Ballgame
by C. Michael Bailey
Homer Louis Randolph III was born in Paducah, Kentucky in 1927. He has recorded widely since the 1950s, providing his unique Southern tenor saxophone sound on recordings as varied as Roy Orbison ("Oh, Pretty Woman ), REO Speedwagon's cover of Chuck Berry's ("Little Queenie"), Al Hirt("Java"), Jerry Lee Lewis ( Turn On Your Lovelight") and Brenda ...