Jazz Articles about Jimmy Hall & The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Collective

Jimmy Hall & The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Collective: Build Your Own Fire

by C. Michael Bailey
April 28, 2007

Singer/harmonicist Jimmy Hall's Build Your Own Fire is the third in Zoho Music's Roots series, joining Bonnie Bramlett's Roots, Blues, and Jazz and Ike Turner's Risin' With the Blues. These first two releases have been enthusiastically received, encouraging label founder Joachim Becker to expand the scope of his “Latin Music with a New York Vibe. This decision has been a true blessing.

The musical pedigree for Build Your Own Fire is made of 24 karat gold from multiple veins. The ...

Jimmy Hall & The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Collective: Build Your Own Fire

by Jim Santella
April 15, 2007

This down-to-earth blues album by Jimmy Hall and The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Collective comes as a tribute to an unsung member of the southern blues community. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Eddie Hinton (1944-1995) was one of those guys who held genius in the palm of his hand but couldn't handle it in the end. We've known other jazz and blues artists who followed a similar course. It's always tough on those who were close to the center of it all. When Hinton passed ...