Jazz Articles about Octagon Eightette

Octagon Eightette: Crusader Stomp

by Jerry D'Souza
April 1, 2003

In a deliciously inventive move some of the greatest players in the world of improvisation have come together in a program that grabs the blues, gospel, jazz and country music and shakes them up thoroughly. Concepts have been blown to the winds and harmony thoroughly deconstructed. How did it come about? Let Geordie “Wanker" Bushhead do the talking. “Sunday mornin' I was comin' down the steps of my church when I was blinded by the light. At first I thought ...