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Buck Hill: Relax
by Dan McClenaghan
Relax has an old-school feeling, like a Blue Note album from the sixties. It's a straight-ahead sound, with Buck Hill's brawny, relaxed tenor saxophone in the embrace of a fine organ trio. I compare it to an “album" in part because there's a two-sided feeling to the eight songs.
“Side one" opens with a with the Hill-penned “RH Blues," a fresh-sounding up-tempo romp featuring a fluidly stinging guitar solo by Paul Pieper, followed by John Ozment's rippling Hammond work and ...
Continue Reading'You Can Have Watergate, Just Gimme Some Bucks & I
by Derek Taylor
Jazz owes a sizeable debt of gratitude to the United States Postal Service. When times were lean and gigs scarce many musicians found financial solace as mail workers. The steady source of gainful employment allowed them to woodshed and compose on the side and offered a refuge away from the often-maddening dynamics of the music business. Charles Mingus in Los Angeles, Joe McPhee in Poughkeepsie, and Buck Hill in D.C. to name just a few.
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