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Guitarist Bobby Broom Introduces His New Group The Organi-Sation With Their Debut Recording "Soul Fingers," Due October 12
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Virtuoso Chicago-based guitarist Bobby Broom has always embraced the rhythm and blues core of jazz music. On Soul Fingers, his 12th album as a leader and first with his new trio Organi-Sation, Broom mines the rich repository of ’60s and ’70s pop music, offering inspired versions of hits by the Beatles, Procol Harum, Steely Dan, and Seals & Crofts, among others. Set for October 12 release by MRI Entertainment, the recording was produced by legendary drummer Steve Jordan. Broom, a ...
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Belgium-based guitarist Fabien Degryse showcases fingerstyle mastery on new CD
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Graham Taylor
For Fabien Degryse, the guitar is an extension of himself. On his latest album Fingerswingin', Degryse uses the guitar to convey his various moods and feelings, from the snappy jubilation of “Bock to Bock" to the sun-drenched contentment of “(In My) Solitude" to the rain-swept infatuation of “Fly Me to the Moon." Each track is sculpted in Degryse's trademark fingerstyle playing. Each string of Degryse's acoustic guitar has a sensuous chime; throughout the album it produces a calming, hypnotic effect ...
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Paul Jackson's Song "Funky Fingers" Makes the Top 10 of "New Jazz Funk Songs of the Last Decade"
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Michael Ricci
Herbie Hancock and the Headhunter's virtuoso bass player Paul Jackson's song “Funky Fingers" makes the top 10 of “New Jazz Funk Songs of the Last Decade." Tokyo, Japan - “Funky Fingers" featuring Jackson on bass/vocals, Mike Clark on drums, Bill Summers on percussion Herbie Hancock on keyboards and Jerry Stucker on guitar, is #7 on “New Jazz Funk Songs of the Last Decade" fan poll. The cd is titled “Funk On A Stick" and is on Backdoor Records (BD 1041). ...
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