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Ramsay Midwood: Shoot Out at the OK Chinese Restaurant
by C. Michael Bailey
Ramsey Midwood performs a brand of “roots" music more authentic than anything Sun Volt, Wilco, or the Scud Mountain Boys could possibly conceive. The Austin Texas cum Arlington Virginia native produces a beautifully legitimate low-fi version of an American musical sour mash. The closest thing I can think of would be the love child of Hank ...
Bill Heid: Da Girl: The B3 Artistry of Bill Heid
by C. Michael Bailey
Da Girl is journeyman B3 jazz conceived and performed by one of the instrument's most stalwart components, Bill Heid. A fixture on the jazz/blues/soul scene for the past 30 years, Heid has had the opportunity to assimilate a myriad of styles and sounds. His two principal influences are Don Patterson and Larry Young. While also influenced ...
Ferdinando Argenti and Enrico Rosa: To the Old Friendship
by C. Michael Bailey
Ferdinando Argenti follows up his 2000 self-released record Argenti with a brilliant duet recital with fellow Italian guitarist Enrico Rosa. Argenti has spent the last three years wisely, as is abundantly evident in his forward-looking composing and performance. A native of Pisa, Italy, Mr. Argenti received his formal musical training at the Berklee School of Music ...
Jeff Lang: Cedar Grove
by C. Michael Bailey
In the beginning, God created the slide guitar.1 And this was good, but God needed someone to play the damn thing and so he created Charlie Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson.2 When Robert Johnson went to see the devil, he kept a close eye on him.3 That was a good start, but then came along ...
Jonas Hellborg, Shawn Lane, Jeff Sipe: Temporal Analogues of Paradise
by C. Michael Bailey
One could conceivably reason that Jonas Hellborg's Temporal Analogues of Paradise was merely a retro exercise in mid-'70s flabby musical excess, as the live release, recorded in Europe in 1995, includes only two, 25-minute plus pieces. Having listened to hours of such music, I would characterize this disc a bit differently. These two long pieces come ...
Jimmy Scott: Moonglow
by C. Michael Bailey
There is something strangely perfect about Jimmy Scott’s singing. And I do not attribute this to his well-documented Kallman’s Syndrome, a condition that has preserved his beautiful high tenor. Mr. Scott’s recordings are characterized by an uncharacterizable voice and delivery that keeps the listener off center. This works both to his advantage and disadvantage. While “Moonglow" ...
The Pete BarenBregge: Point of Grace
by C. Michael Bailey
A certain "sound" has been associated with respective jazz record labels since the 1940s. Blue Note had the "Blue Note" sound in the 1950s and ‘60s. Contemporary and Pacific Jazz had that "West Coast Sound." Other than Manfred Eicher’s ECM imprint, no other contemporary label has developed one like Tempe, Arizona’s Summit Records. Summit has come ...
Fred Tackett: In A Town Like This
by C. Michael Bailey
Little Feat guitarist Fred Tackett hails from Arkansas. That fact is written in every word he sings and plays on his solo release, In A Town Like This. In a musical coleslaw that combines equal parts blues, country, hillbilly, eastern, and western music, Mr. Tackett paints his soundscape with broad autumnal strokes that recalls Arkansas in ...
Organissimo: Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters
by C. Michael Bailey
Organissimo injects their unique brand of organ trio music with a shot of James Brown. Drummer Randy Marsh, more often that not, lays down a greasy funk, supported by organist Jim Alfredson's pedals--more like a Friday Night fish fry than chicken and ribs by the river. Guitarist Joe Gloss applies a sheen of respectability to this ...
Wu Man: Pipa
by C. Michael Bailey
For the uninitiated, the pipa is the lute-like instrument one hears often when dining in Chinese restaurants. More twingy than twangy, the pipa has a much more supple, pliant sound than the guitar. It is a four stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body. Its short, bent neck has 30 frets which extend onto the soundboard, affording ...
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