Peter Scherr

Peter Scherr: Son of August

by C. Michael Bailey
January 29, 2011

Bassist Peter Sherr made a splash with his trio recording with Jazz Folk--Jazz in the Stone Age (Self Produced, 2010)--a strange collection of grunge covered jazz. Son of August pairs the bassist with his slide guitar playing brother, Tony Scherr, second guitarist Brad Shepik, and saxophonist Michael Blake, for a curious collection of progressive jazz and retro-proto-rhythm and blues. Among these latter musings is the powerful “Willing." Scherr covers Canadian multi-instrumentalist Chris Brown's “Willin,'" featuring his brother ...