Jazz Articles about John Sinclair

John Sinclair & His Boston Blues Scholars: Steady Rollin' Man

by AAJ Staff
January 25, 2003

Recorded live at various venues, including John Sinclair's annual birthday show at the Press Room in Portsmouth, NH, Steady Rollin’ Man updates and introduces Sinclair’s fans to his latest tributes, rants and observations. Backing Sinclair's sit-and-listen prose are the free-form swirls of Devil-ish guitarist Ted Drozdowski, spiritual drummer Eric Austin and roadhouse bassist Mike Yocco, all of whom fall in and out in a mutually-supportive group dynamic. From excerpts of Thelonious Monk (whose wild key style is loosely interpreted by ...