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Joe McBride

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Article: Opinion

Can You Judge an Album By Its Label?

Read "Can You Judge an Album By Its Label?" reviewed by Dave Hughes


This article was first published at All About Jazz in March 1999. For almost as long as there have been record labels, many labels have sought to build a reputation or a brand identity for themselves in terms of the genre of music presented on their labels or the technical quality of their product. ...

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Article: Profile

James Clay: Texas Tenor, Second Generation

Read "James Clay: Texas Tenor, Second Generation" reviewed by David Perrine


The term “Texas tenor" was originally coined to describe the sound and style of such swing era players as Herschel Evans, Illinois Jacquet, Buddy Tate, Budd Johnson, Arnett Cobb and others, and has subsequently been applied to second generation players from Texas that included James Clay, David “Fathead" Newman and Marchel Ivery. What these players had ...

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News: Recording

Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Returns On February 26 With Whisper, His First New Album In Four Years

Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Returns On February 26 With Whisper, His First New Album In Four Years

Label Debut For Shanachie Features Special Guest Bob Baldwin And Includes Soulful Renditions Of Jazz Classics By Freddie Hubbard And Dave Grusin Lead Single Is “Black Pearl” Albert Einstein once said “We all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” For multi-talented saxophonist and consummate creative spirit Marion Meadows, the ...

Album

Lookin' for a Change

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2009
Track listing: Crazy; 1000 Miles; The Scientist; Word Up; It's Over Now; This Is How a Heart Breaks; Kiss From a Rose; Like a Star; Secret Rendezvous; I Don't Wanna Be; Say; Lookin' for a Change.

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Article: Album Review

Joe McBride: Lookin' for a Change

Read "Lookin' for a Change" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


There is The Great American Songbook, that vast repertoire of songs culled from musicals, vintage jazz and early rock--songs that have been tapped dozens of times by artists young and old. It gets to the point that whenever the word “cover" is mentioned, eyes roll and stomachs begin to turn. So it's a pleasant change of ...

Album

Texas Hold'em

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2005
Track listing: Big Slick; In a Garden of Eden (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida); Double Down; Texas Hold

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Article: Album Review

Joe McBride: Texas Hold'em

Read "Texas Hold'em" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


If online promotions and televised tournaments are any indication, hold 'em poker has become one of the most popular games in the Western world. Attempting to capitalize on the game's growth, keyboardist Joe McBride brings us Texas Hold'em, a collection of eleven original songs, mostly with titles that represent some aspect of the card game. The ...

Album

Keepin' It Real

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Woke up This Morning (Burnett/Love) - 4:29 2. Keepin' It Real (McBride) - 5:01 3. Oi Gata (McBride) - 4:17 4. Lakewood (McBride) - 5:16 5. His Name (McBride) - 4:15 6. Never Let You Go (McBride) - 4:13 7. Morning in a Distant Land (McBride) - 5:05 8. Can't Live Without You (McBride) - 3:46 9. When You Smile (McBride) - 4:22 10. Kickin' It (McBride) - 3:55 11. Gentle Rain (McBride) - 3:40 12. Woke up This Morning (Burnett/Love) - 4:05

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Article: Album Review

Joe McBride & The Texas Rhythm Club: Keepin' It Real

Read "Keepin' It Real" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante


On Keepin It Real, his sixth Head Up release Joe McBride continues to deliver smooth jazz as only he can. McBride, who hails from St. Louis, MO (his uncle is former Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride), soaked up that city's musical brew and folded in the essence and subtleties of his influences, which appear to be funk, ...


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