Jazz Articles about D'WYS

D'WYS: Organtasy

by Jim Santella
December 1, 1999

His music combines jazz, blues, soul, funk, rock, gospel and a lovely South African vocal style that reaches around the world. At times, however, it’s way too much. Take a lyrical vocal melody, add tasteful instrumental accompaniment, and you have a formula that works in any environment. However, when you start adding too many sounds at once it gets cluttered. Spoken word, rap, a driving techno-dance drum beat and a powerful electric bass line can add up to overkill when ...