Jazz Articles about Kevin O'Donnell

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 plugging an alternative rock esthetic into timeworn Swing standards that inaugural effort demonstrated something decidedly fresh and different in a genre that already seemed ...