Eric Schugren/Vin Scialla

Eric Schugren/Vin Scialla/Brian Charette/Mike DiRubbo: Wake Up!

by Dan McClenaghan
October 14, 2014

Wake-Up! is one of those surprises that jazz lovers live for. The names--four of them on the very well-designed, 1960s Blue Note Records-like cover--aren't top shelf in terms of profile. They might even be completely unfamiliar to the less than fanatical jazz fans. But what a band! What a set! There's just something that says “lacking pretense" about a set of good old-fashioned organ combo sounds. Grant Green, Larry Young, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff are ...