One other thing has remained a constant, even now when he's responsible for providing the melodic contours of the Widespread jam, is that jazz looms large in his arsenal of influence. And it's of the unabashedly electric and exciting sort. Remember, before Herring, Jeff Sipe and the Burbridge brothers formed the now-legendary Aquarium Rescue Unit with the Colonel Brice Hampton, thereby jump-starting the jamband revolution, they had a fusion band.
Luckily, Herring keeps indulging his jazz “jones" by revisiting it on his own recordings and projects, whether with past post-ARU outlets, like Jeff Sipe's Apartment Projects and Project Z, or his freshly completed and scintillating Lifeboat (Abstract Logix, 2008).
Veteran AAJ Contributor Philip DiPietro spoke at great length with Herring, about the recording of this long overdue solo debut, his work in and out of the Jamband scene, and much more in Jimmy Herring: The Lifeboat Sessions and More, published today at AAJ.
As part of AAJ's exhaustive coverage of this significant new release, you can also read Managing Editor John Kelman's hot off the virtual press review Lifeboat, check out a 29-minute video interview with Herring, today's AAJ Daily Video, and listen to “Splash," the closing track on the album, today's AAJ Daily Download.
AAJ is committed to providing the most extensive coverage available surrounding new releases, so be sure to check out all of our coverage of Jimmy Herring and Lifeboat today!
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