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Robert Walter's 20th Congress: Money Shot
by Jim Santella
The classic soul-jazz organ combo is alive and well. Big John Patton and Grant Green gave us Yodel." Here, Robert Walter and Elgin Park tear it up. Drummer Stanton Moore provides a solid Bo Diddley beat, as saxophonist Cochema Juan Gastelum offers echoes of that soulful sound. Live audiences would have to be on their feet dancing within seconds.
Walter's debut album is an enhanced CD with a 5-minute video and all the tracks & information online. It's one of ...
read moreStanton Moore: All Kooked Out!
by Douglas Payne
It takes a special kind of drummer to be a leader. Maybe a nervy one. There's the temptation to grandstand with showy over-domination or remain buried in a rhythm section and let someone else take the honors. The most successful drummer-leaders are either innovative melodists like Art Blakey, Shelly Manne and Tony Williams. Or they're artful percussionists like Louis Bellson, Chico Hamilton or Leon Parker.Then there's Stanton Moore. As a New Orleans native, he's grown up on the ...
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